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Catarina Santos Botelho
Assistant professor (since 2016) and coordinator of Constitutional Law at the Porto Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law. She is also the executive coordinator of the Master’s degree courses in Law (2022), scientific coordinator of the Master’s degree courses in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Human Rights and co-coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Degree in Human Rights.
She is a member of the Coordination Council of the «Academic Network on The European Social Charter and Social Rights» and co-editor of the series «Constitutionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean» (Hart Publishing).
She is a member of the International Society of Public Law and the International Association of Electoral Law. Her most recent publications are: «Regulating Parties by Constitutional Rules in Liberal Democracies» (with Nuno Garoupa), in the German Law Journal, vol. 24 (9) 2023; «Academic Freedom as a Defensive Right» (with M. Stachowiak-Kudla, S. Westa & I. Bartha), Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, vol. 15, 2023; «The Presentist Portuguese Constitution, in The Architecture of Constitutional Amendments: History, Law, Politics», Hart Publishing, 2023; «Portugal: A European Union-friendly jurisdiction (with Marta Vicente), EU Law and National Constitutions: The Constitutional Dynamics of Multi-Level Governance», Routledge, 2024. And also «The end of the deception? Counteracting algorithmic discrimination in the digital age», in The Oxford Handbook on Digital Constitutionalism, Oxford University Press, 2024, in press.

Last updated: April 2024
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Evelia Murcia Álvarez
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Vigo (2016) and a Master's degree in Social Policies and Socio-Community Intervention from the University of A Coruña (2018). She has worked as a research assistant in the department of Analysis and Intervention
Department of Psychoeducational Analysis and Intervention at the University of Vigo and at the Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), through the JAE-Intro programme. She is currently a research assistant at ISCTE-IUL, as part of the CLAVE project – The social development of human values in childhood and adolescence, funded by FCT. Her main research interests include the impact of social policies on the living conditions of vulnerable populations, social welfare, the philosophy of the common good and the epistemology of social work. More recently, she has become interested in the study of children and their values and attitudes towards social diversity and social justice. She is currently Professor of Social Work at the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Vigo.
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Gloria Yanguas
She has a Bachelor's degree in Translation and Interpreting from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a postgraduate degree in Marketing Management and Consumer Research from the Open University of Catalonia. She is a member of the PRM Market Intelligence team that produced the study "Women in Portugal today".

Last updated: November 2023
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Emílio Arenas
He was born in Barcelona in 1981. 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. He is part of the PRM Market Intelligence team that produced the study "Young People in Portugal Today".

Last updated: November 2023
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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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Ivette Garcia
She was born in Barcelona in 1972. She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Market Research and Techniques from the University of Barcelona.
She has taught market research on courses and Master’s degree programmes at the Ramon Llull University (La Salle Campus Barcelona), the University of Barcelona and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She has been with PRM for 25 years and is currently senior project manage.
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Marta Mesa
She was born in Barcelona in 1972. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Sciences and a Bachelor’s degree in Market Research and Techniques from the University of Barcelona. She has taught market research on courses and Master's degree programmes at the University of Barcelona and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She has been with PRM for 25 years and is currently senior project manager.

Last updated: November 2021
Author
Alex Morell
He was born in Lleida in 1972. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Barcelona and a postgraduate degree in International Marketing from INSEAD Business School. He has 20 years' experience in market intelligence, both professionally and in the teaching field. He has been the Managing Partner of PRM since 2015.

Last updated: November 2021
Author
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
Author
Sofia Serra-Silva
A political scientist with a PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Lisbon, she studies how political institutions and citizens interact in the new digital age. Her research interests include the relationship between parliaments and citizens, political parties, political attitudes and behaviour and the quality of democracy. She is an assistant researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences and currently a FLAD visiting professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Her work has been published in several academic journals, such as «Policy & Internet», «Party Politics» and the «Journal of Legislative Studies».

Last updated: September 2023