Social Affairs

Jorge Félix Cardoso is a political advisor to the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament. He works on security and defence issues and has also worked in consumer protection, digital policies and sustainable development.
Jorge was a parliamentary advisor to MEP Maria Manuel Leitão Marques from 2020 to 2024, during which time he worked on the recent European law banning products made using forced labour from the European Union market.

Last updated: August 2025

Rui Araújo is a journalist who occasionally collaborates with «Luzes» magazine (A Coruña) and «FronteraD» (Madrid).
He has also contributed to outlets such as RTP, Expresso, RFI, Le Point, Libération, CBS News and TVI.
He co-founded the magazine «Grande Reportagem».
Rui was the first Portuguese reporter to enter Timor after the Indonesian invasion and has covered conflicts in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Libya, Syria and the Central African Republic. He was also the first Portuguese journalist to be admitted to the Nieman Foundation for Journalism (Harvard University).
In 1997, he was a founding member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and has also served as the ombudsman for the newspaper «Público».
He has written non-fiction books on espionage and war, and also co-written two others, including one on the subject of corruption, published in the USA, in addition to four crime novels.
He writes a regular blog about bullfighter José Bento de Araújo, his great-great-great-grandfather, who practised his art in Portugal, Spain, France and Brazil during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Last update: August 2025

He is a nurse specialising in Mental Health and Psychiatry and he has a PhD in Sociology from ISCTE and a postgraduate degree in Data Analysis.
He is currently a professor at the Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, while also doing research in the areas of health, social inequalities and demographic ageing and publishing a large number of scientific articles.
He has worked in multidisciplinary health teams in Angola, Iraq and Timor-Leste, in partnership with local and transnational institutions, such as the WHO, UNICEF and the UN.

Last updated: august 2025

Psychologist and associate professor at the London School of Economics, where he teaches in the department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.
A world-leading expert on perfectionism, he is the author of the bestselling book «The Perfection Trap» (2023) and the presenter of a TED Talk that has been viewed over three million times.
His research and insights have been featured in TIME, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and many other outlets including New Scientist, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. Among his accolades are the «APA Division 47 Dissertation Award» and the «University of Leeds Research Excellence Award».

Last updated: july 2025

Journalist.
He first set foot in a newsroom in 1997, in the northern offices of the «Diário de Notícias». He started out in sport and was sent to the Olympic Games and European Football Championships, before devoting himself to other subjects, from science to education, and edited the Society and Online sections.
He took second place in the EIT Food Prize, with a report on the drought.

Last update: january 2025

In addition to being an architect, he is also a freelance journalist.
He was an activist with the Wake Up Lisbon Movement, editor of «DIF» and «Le Cool Lisboa» and journalist for «Coimbra Coolectiva» magazine.
He took second place in the Fundação Casais/CEiiA Prize for «Journalism for Sustainability 2023», received an honourable mention in the «2023 Journalism and Local Power» Prize from the Association of Portuguese Municipalities and an honourable mention for journalism from «Associação Corações com Coroa» in 2024.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Architecture form the Coimbra School of Artistic Technology and a Master's degree in Building Rehabilitation from the University of Coimbra.

Last updated: january 2025