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Associate professor in the Sociology Department at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte).
He is Director of the Inequalities Observatory and Scientific Coordinator of CoLABOR. As an author or organiser, he has published around 30 books, regularly writes articles in national and international journals and has received several scientific awards. His projects and research focus on social and territorial inequalities, job insecurity, unemployment, the welfare state, public policies, spatial mobility and social capital.

Emeritus Professor of Demography at the University of Oxford and Associate Researcher in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention. He has a degree in zoology and biological anthropology from Queen's College, Oxford, and was a volunteer teacher in Nigeria before completing his PhD at the London School of Economics.

Last updated: November 2023

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