Population

Author of «This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism» she is at the forefront of the emerging movement to raise awareness about ageism and make age a criterion for diversity.
Co-founder of the «Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse», she speaks frequently on this subject, including on the main stage of TED and the UN.
In addition to writing for Harper’s, The Guardian and the New York Times, she has been recognised by the New York Times, the New Yorker, National Public Radio and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. Furthermore, she is the voice behind «Yo, Is This Ageist?»
In 2022, she was named by the UN as one of the «Healthy Aging 50»: fifty leaders who are making the world a better place to grow old.

Last updated: July 2024

Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lisbon, where she coordinates the postgraduate course in demographic studies. She also coordinates the postgraduate and doctoral programmes in population sciences at the same university.
She is a social scientist whose research focuses on the economics of the family, education and social demography.
With a background in economics, she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and her PhD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex (UK).

Last updated: March 2024

Dutch sociologist and geographer who has conducted extensive research into migration over the last three decades. Between 2006 and 2015, he was Co-director of the International Migration Institute (IMI) at Oxford University. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), where he continues to direct the IMI. He is also Professor of Migration and Development at Maastricht University. His book «How Migration Really Works» was published in Autumn 2023 by Viking.

Last updated: March 2024

Full Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is a researcher at NOVA's Communication Institute. Her work focuses on media and journalism studies, children and the media, inclusion and digital participation.
She is Coordinator of the «EU Kids Online» project.
Previously, she was affiliated with the Communication, Information and Digital Culture Research Centre, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences and the Media and Journalism Research Centre.
She holds a degree in social communication, a master's degree in communication sciences and a PhD in journalism.

Last updated: February 2024

Psychologist specialising in political psychology and political education.
Full Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Porto.
She is a board member and Researcher at the Centre for Educational Research and Intervention at the University of Porto.

Last updated: February 2024

Director of the Planning and Strategy Department at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since 2019. Previously, he coordinated and supervised projects related to health, sustainability, human development and social innovation.
With a degree in economics and law, he has also been a consultant and educator at various social intervention and entrepreneurship institutions.

Last updated: February 2024

Clinical psychologist, sexologist and coach.
She works on sexual and relational empowerment as a means of empowering women.

CEO of Movimento Transformers, a Porto-based working to stimulate civic and social participation. It works with children and young people at risk of social exclusion and, more recently, with senior citizens in the Reformers project.