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Full Professor at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon. She is Coordinator of the Demography course and the master's degrees in Risk Society and Health and Social Gerontology, on which she teaches various subjects. She also teaches classes in sociology and on the PhD in Social Policy. She has a degree in sociology, a Master's Degree in Demography and a PhD in Sociology from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. In 2002, she obtained her Aggregate Degree in Sociology/Demography from the same Faculty. She is currently Director of the magazine Fórum Sociológico.

Last updated: November 2023

He is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. He was director of the World Bank's Research Development Department and has written for «The New York Times», the «Financial Times, the «Wall Street Journal» and the «Washington Post». He researches the causes and consequences of civil war, problems of democracy in low-income societies rich in natural resources, urbanisation in low-income countries and private investment in African infrastructure. In 2014, he received a knighthood for his services to promoting research and policy change in Africa.

Last updated: January 2024

She has a degree in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and a Master's Degree in Gerontology from the University of Social and Political Sciences of Grenoble, France. She has developed and coordinated various national programmes and projects aimed at the elderly population. She is President of the Portuguese Association of Psychogerontology, Vice-President of the Portuguese Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Council Member of the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology. She received the 2016 FEMINA Award – Outstanding Portuguese and Lusophone Women.

Last updated: January 2024

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto (FEP-UP) and Vice-Rector of the University of Porto. Director of CIPES – Higher Education Policy Research Centre. Consultant to the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic for Higher Education and Science (since April 2016). Member of the Education Council of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (since 2013) and of the CNE – National Education Council (since 2014). Member of the Board of Directors of the Bial Foundation (since 2015).

Last updated: November 2017

Graduated in Marine Biology from Lisbon Classic University, in 1986, with executive education at IMD (1995) and Harvard (1997), and Alumni Member of Stanford (2000). Executive President of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos B.V., the main shareholder of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A., since its establishment in 2012. Member of the Board of Directors of Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A. from 1995 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015. Chairman of Unilever Fima, Lda., Gallo Worldwide, Lda., JMDB Representação e Distribuição de Marcas Lda. and Movendo Capital B.V. Since 2020, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, of which he was member of the Board of Directors from 2009 to 2018 and member of the Board of Trustees from 2018 to 2020. Since 2015, he is the Chairman of Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A., and, since 2016, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Oceano Azul Foundation. Since 2024, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alfredo de Sousa Foundation and member of the Board of Trustees of GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine.

Last updated: october 2025

D. Manuel Clemente was born in S. Pedro e S. Tiago, Torres Vedras, in 1948. He was nominated Bishop of Porto in 2007. He graduated in History and entered the Olivais Seminary in 1973. In 1979, he graduated in Theology from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and was ordained in the same year. In 1992, he completed a PhD in Historical Theology. Since 1975, he has taught History of the Church at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He has occupied the following positions and ecclesiastical offices: Coadjutor Bishop of the parishes Torres Vedras and Runa in 1980; Vice-Chancellor of the Olivais Seminary from 1989 to 1997; Chancellor of the same Seminary since 1997; Director of the Religious History Study Centre of Universidade Católica Portuguesa; nominated Titulary Bishop of Pinhel and Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarch of Lisbon on 6th November, 1999; Episcopal ordination in 2000; Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon; President of the EpiscopalCommission of Culture, Cultural Assets and Social Communications, elected in 2005. He is the author of the following works: Portugal e os Portugueses (Lisbon: Assírio e Alvim, 2008); Igreja e Sociedade Portuguesa do Liberalismo à República (Lisbon: Grifo, 2002); A Igreja no Tempo (Lisbon: Grifo, 2000); A Igreja no Tempo. História Breve da Igreja Católica (Lisbon, 1978).

Psychiatrist for children and teenagers. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the Nova School of Medical Sciences. He did his general internship at São Francisco Xavier Hospital and the specialist internship in the Department of Child Psychiatry of Dona Estefania Hospital in Lisbon. He currently has a private practice and also does clinical work at GPS – Specialised Home for Children and Young People –and at ART – Therapeutic Response Association – in Castro Verde.

Last updated: January 2024

He was born in Olhão. He has a PhD in Economics from Harvard University and he received the Young Economist Award from the European Economic Association in 2001 and the Latin Union Scientific Merit Award in 2006. He is deputy director of the Economic Studies department in Banco de Portugal. His research area is the labour economy, a subject he has published articles on in several international scientific journals. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and he is on the Roll of Honour at ISEG-UTL, as well as a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the same university. He was on the Committee on the White Paper on Labour Relations in 2007. He teaches at ISEG-UTL and ISEGI-UNL.

Last updated: January 2013