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Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, Department of Sociology, Institute of Social Sciences. Researcher at the University of Minho Communication and Society Research Centre. PhD in Sociology in 2009 from the University of Minho. Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Capacity Tests in 1998 at the University of Minho. Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering and Computer Science in 1989 from the University of Minho.

Last updated: March 2022

Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies of the University of Lisbon Institute of Social and Political Sciences. Professor on the Master's degree in Gerontology at the Federal University of Paraíba. Director of the Ibero-American Observatory on Health and Citizenship. Postdoctoral work in Sociology and Communication from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid and in Anthropology from the University of Barcelona. PhD in Sociology and Master's degree in Medicine from the same institution. Master’s degree in Sociology from Nova University Lisbon, where He has a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Philosophy.

Last updated: March 2022

Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minho Institute of Social Sciences, researcher at the Centre for Communication and Society Studies at the same university and consultant in social sector organisations. PhD in Social Sciences – Demography from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). She is the national scientific coordinator of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and an international consultant on a similar project, the Longitudinal Study of the Health of Elderly Brazilians. She was awarded the Teaching Merit Prize at the University of Minho, two of the projects she coordinated were distinguished with Good Practice Awards and a poster she co-authored, presented at an international congress, received a 1st prize. Her research interests focus on the Sociology of Ageing and Demography. She is the author or co-author of several publications in books, book chapters and articles in international and national peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Last updated: March 2022

Paediatrician, Director of the neonatal and paediatric intensive care unit at Hospital de Santo António (Porto), member of the national Neonatal Health Committee.

Last updated: March 2022

Specialised in Hospital Administration at Nova University Lisbon, he is secretary of the General Meeting of the Portuguese Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis. He was an advisor to the Board of Directors of the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Cardio-pneumologist at Centro Hospitalar do Alto Minho, Guest Assistant at CESPU – Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Operations Director at Walk in Clinics Portugal SA.

Last updated: March 2022

Administrator of the Autonomous Medicine Management Unit of Centro Hospitalar de São João EPE. He has a postgraduate degree in Hospital Administration from the Nova National School of Public Health in Lisbon and in Management and Direction of Health Services from the University of Porto School of Management. Diploma in Advanced Studies in Health Sciences Research from the School of Medicine of the University of Barcelona. Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde – Norte.

Last updated: March 2022

A political scientist, she is Director (since 2023) and Coordinating Researcher of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon. Since 2021, she has also been Editor of the European Political Science Review.
She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford (2001). She directs the Electoral Behaviour and Political Attitudes of the Portuguese project as well as an ERC project on the consequences of the politicisation of European issues on national politics.
She has published several books and articles on Portuguese attitudes towards Europe, voting behaviour and the functioning of political institutions in Portugal from a comparative perspective.

Last updated: May 2024