He holds a PhD in sociology, specialising in the sociology of education, culture and communication, from ISCTE-IUL, Portugal (2006). He is currently Postgraduate Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He is also Coordinator of the LIFE research group – Life Paths, Inequalities and Solidarities, and Vice-Coordinator of the Permanent Youth Observatory. As well as publishing regularly in national and international scientific journals on youth issues, he is the author/editor of books such as Millennial Generation? A Social and Political Portrait (2017), Researching Young People: Methodological Paths and Challenges (2017) and Youth(s) From the Local to the National – What Intervention? (2019). His most recent research has focused on the conditions enabling the emergence of «new dream professions» within the aspirational and professional integration patterns of younger generations; on how generational categories have gained prominence as symbolic devices for identifying and enunciating social inequalities in the post-crisis conjuncture; and on new and old forms of action and political production by/for and with young people.
Researcher at CoLABOR – Social Protection/Economy and Solidarity. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL and a Master's degree in Bioethics from the University of Lisbon School of Medicine. She has a postgraduate degree in Sociology of Health and Illness, as well as in Data Analysis in Social Sciences, from ISCTE-IUL. She has advanced training in Applied Project Management from Nova SBE, in Bioethics from the Yale Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioethics and in English Language and Culture from the Oxford Royale Academy.
Assistant Researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology (1999), a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication, Culture and Information Technologies (2001) and a PhD in Sociology (2010) from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. His current research interests focus on the Sociology of Health and Medicine, the Sociology of Ageing and the Sociology of Communication and Mass Media. He has carried out studies on access to, assessment of and attitudes towards the Health System in Portugal and on behaviour and attitudes towards therapeutic adherence; he has also studied how health and the Health System are represented in the Portuguese media, as well as access to and use of information sources for health literacy. Population ageing is another area of research that he has devoted himself to in recent years, particularly on aspects related to health, well-being and quality of life.
Assistant researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Nova University Lisbon (1984) and has a PhD in Sociology from Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (1999). He was a member of the ICS Board of Directors (1998-2004) and a member of the board of the Portuguese Sociological Association (2000-2002). He has worked on the themes of identities, values and ways of life. His main research projects are currently the study of Portuguese sexuality in the context of AIDS and a survey on the sources of sexual education of Portuguese young people.
Emeritus researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences. He was Director of the National Library and twice Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon. With a Bachelor’s degree and PhD in History (Paris), he was a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and held the Chair of Portuguese History at King's College, London.
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Évora and member of CIDEHUS-UÉ. She has a PhD in Sociology and teaches Demography on undergraduate and Master’s courses. She has coordinated a number of research projects in the areas of Demography and Sociology and she has published several papers in these scientific fields.
She got her PhD in Sociology from the University of Évora in 2015, she has a Master's degree in Statistical Modelling and Data Analysis from the University of Évora and a Master's degree in Demography from the University of Lund, European Doctoral School of Demography. With a specialisation in Demography, her research focuses on fertility and the transition to parenthood. She is a member of CIDEHUS-UÉ.
Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro, Researcher at the Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies Research Unit at the same institution. PhD in Demography from Nova University Lisbon FCSH.
