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Maria Luísa Lima
She is a full professor in the Department of Social Psychology and the Psychology of Organisations at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, where she has taught since 2004. She does her research work at the Research and Social Intervention Centre at the same university.
She has coordinated several research projects throughout her career, having specialised in the application of Social Psychology to health and environmental issues. One of the topics that she looked into more closely is the question of risk perception, from the social factors that affect it to its consequences for public participation in decision-making processes.
Between 2006 and 2010, she chaired the Portuguese Association of Psychology. She was a member of the Scientific Council of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Foundation for Science and Technology.
She has written several books, such as «Social Psychology of Health, Volumes 1 and 2» (Edições Sílabo) and the essay «Ourselves and Others: The Power of Social Ties», published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
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Pedro Góis
He holds a PhD, a Master's Degree and Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from the University of Coimbra. Between 1998 and 2015, he was Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto.
Since 2015, he has been Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. He is also Permanent Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, where he has dedicated himself to researching international migration.
He also collaborates with various national and international agencies and institutions, such as the International Organisation for Migration, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the European Migration Network.
He has published over 100 articles and books on emigration and immigration in Portugal and Europe. In his most recent work, «Common Home» (2019), Pedro Góis notes that «migration flows to Portugal produce positive effects, mitigating, in the short term, the consequences of population ageing and decline» yet requiring long-term demographic planning, which has yet to be done.

Last update: February 2020
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Pedro Pinto
Founder and CEO of the communications company Empower Sports and presenter on the Eleven Sports channel. He began his career at RTP, later working for CNN (in the US and later as a correspondent in London), Sport TV and UEFA. He has also worked with FIFA and the Portuguese Football Federation.

Last updated: January 2022
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Raquel Vaz-Pinto
Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI) at Nova University Lisbon and invited associate professor at the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences, where she teaches Asian Studies and History of International Relations.
She chaired the Portuguese Association of Political Science (2012-2016) and was a consultant to the Board of Directors of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2020-2022).
Author of several articles and books including «The Great Wall and the Legacy of Tiananmen, China and Human Rights» (Tinta-da-China) and «The Portuguese and the World» (Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos).
Her research interests are Foreign Policy and Chinese Strategy; the US and the Indo-Pacific; and Leadership and Strategy.
She is a resident international policy analyst on SIC Notícias and at TSF.
She teamed up with Pedro Vieira for the podcast – [Ir] Relevant Politics, for Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, and the duo currently do the monthly podcast «Eleanor's Friends», for the Luso-American Development Foundation, with stories about extraordinary women.

Last updated: February 2024
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Raúl Morcillo
He was born in Barcelona in 1976. He has a Master’s degree in Statistics from the University of Barcelona and a Bachelor’s degree in Market Research and Techniques from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). He has been on the PRM team for 17 years.

Last updated: November 2021
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Rita Brazão de Freitas
She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Évora and she has a Master's degree in Statistical Modelling and Data Analysis from the same university. Since February 2016, she has been a researcher at the Vienna Institute of Demography (FWF-projects 28071), as part of the project: "Running against the clock: realising family plans throughout life ". Her area of specialisation is Demography. She is an integrated member of CIDEHUS-UÉ.

Last updated: March 2022
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Laura Sagnier
With a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona, she has worked for over 25 years in market intelligence, an analysis tool for strategic decision-making, both as a consultant and in university teaching.
She is responsible for the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos study, "Women in Portugal today: who they are, what they think and how they feel", an investigation based on surveys of women about their aspirations, personal, family, professional and social life, conducted by a multidisciplinary team, bringing together analysts from the Spanish consultancy firm PRM – Market Intelligence and Portuguese specialists in studies on the female gender. In 2021, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos launched the study "Young people in Portugal today: who they are, what they think and what they feel", which she was also responsible for. Over the years, she has led projects in various sectors at PRM, from finance to telecommunications, including mass consumption and distribution, and in more than 20 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. She was born in Barcelona.

Last updated: May 2022
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José Gil
A philosopher and essayist, he first studied mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, then moved to France, where he graduated in philosophy at the Sorbonne University. After obtaining a master's degree and a doctorate in the same field, he became Coordinator of the Psychoanalysis and Philosophy department at the University of Paris VIII, while also working as a scientific translator for the OECD.
In 1976, he returned to Portugal to take up the post of assistant to the Secretary of State for Higher Education and Scientific Research. After several years of teaching in secondary schools, he was invited to teach at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He left in 2010, remaining at the university as a Lead Researcher.
He directed the publisher Relógio D'Água’s Philosophy Collection and published several articles and scientific essays in national and international magazines and encyclopaedias. His 2004 essay «The Fear of Existing» earned him a position on the French weekly «Le Nouvel Observateur’s» list of the world's 25 great thinkers. He was also awarded the P.E.N. Clube Português Essay Prize (2005) and the Vergílio Ferreira Prize (2012).
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José Alves
PhD, Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Economics from the University of Lisbon Higher Institute of Economics and Management (ISEG/ULisboa). Researcher at UECE (Research Unit on Complexity and Economics), focusing on Macroeconomics and Public Finance.