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Author of the novels «Archipelago” and "Meridian 28», as well as the diaries «Life in the Countryside», which earned him the APE Grand Prize. He was born on Terceira Island, spent 20 years in Lisbon – where he wrote for almost all the major national newspapers – and returned to the Azores in 2012. Since then, he has been living in Dois Caminhos, where he takes care of his two dogs, a garden and an orchard. He is the author, among others, of the column «Father at 50» (Notícias Magazine).

He has a master’s degree in legal and political sciences and a law degree. A professional lawyer with over 15 years’ experience, he has also been a member of Parliament (2011-2013) and Secretary of State for Tourism (2013-2015). Furthermore, he served as vice-president of the CDS-PP (2016-2019). He has been a commentator and columnist for SIC, TSF, Visão, Jornal de Negócios, Diário de Notícias and i.

Last updated: April 2023

He has a PhD in Social Work, specialising in Social Policy and Social Movements. He is an associate professor at the Catholic University of Portugal School of Social Sciences and a researcher at the Católica Research Centre for Individual, Family and Social Well-Being. He is a member of the European Social Work Research Association's Social Work, History and Research and Social Work and Policy Practice research groups. His research focuses on poverty studies and public policies, especially citizenship social protection policies and social minimums. He participated as a researcher in the Adequate Income in Portugal project.

Last update. May 2021

She has a PhD in social work and a degree in sociology and currently works as Lecturer at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She was a member of the Social Security staff, where she held various positions. She has been a councillor (without portfolio) in the Porto City Council since 2017, having also served a term from 2009-2013.
A consultant to the European Commission for social programmes, she coordinated the 2nd and 3rd National Action Plan for Inclusion (Portugal 2006-2010). She is president of the Administrative Commission of the Porto Delegation of the Red Cross (since 2017).

Last updated: May 2021

Journalist at «Público», she has been working for over two decades in the field of human rights and social exclusion, with a special focus on historically marginalised groups.
She is the author of five books and co-author of three others, the latter in the context of international cooperation and volunteering.
She has also written extensive journalistic series and documentary theatre and is developing documentary film and narrative podcast projects.

Last update: March 2026

Assistant professor and vice-director of the Department of Social Research Methods at ISCTE. She has a PhD in Quantitative Methods and specialises in Statistics and Data Analysis.
She is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology at the same university, with a particular interest in the areas of sampling, robust statistics, data visualisation, employability, well-being and social inequalities. She is also a member of the European research projects "InCities – Trailblazing Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities" and "Synclusive – A systemic approach to eliminating employment gaps and creating a more inclusive labour market for vulnerable groups".
She is part of the Youth Employment Observatory (OEJ) and has been coordinating the specialisation course in Visual Information Communication (ISCTE) since 2015.

Last updated: January 2024

Sociologist, director of the Transversal Skills Laboratory (LCT-Iscte) and assistant professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, School of Sociology and Public Policy.
She is an integrated researcher and member of the Scientific Committee of CIES-Iscte; coordinator of the Inequalities, Work and Well-Being research group at CIES-Iscte; and a member of the Inequalities Observatory.
Throughout her career she has participated in project teams and scientific consultations on specifically sociological topics, such as social classes and social inequalities; characterisation of the living conditions and value orientations of higher education students; social change and lifestyles; ageing; well-being; the role of the State in promoting equity, among others.
She is CIES-Iscte's representative on the ESS/European Social Survey and a member of the Eurostudent research team.

A journalist, he has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the School of Communication and Media Studies and a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Lisbon.
He has been writing for the Observador since 2016. In 2017, he won the Dom Manuel Falcão Prize for Journalism, which distinguishes works on religious topics. He was one of the authors of a series of investigative reports on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Portugal, published in 2019 and won several journalism awards, including the Gazeta Multimedia Prize.
He is the author of the book «Rome, We Have a Problem. How the Catholic Church dealt with Two Thousand Years of Sexual Abuse» (Tinta-da-China, 2021).
He was born in Leiria in 1995.