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She was born in 1982 and did competitive swimming and then the triathlon until 1999, when she went to the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon, where she got a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design. She was in college when she became a finalist for the Young Creators Prize in Literature. Her first novel came out in 2009 and won the Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho Award. Since then she has published novels, short stories and children's books. She has a PhD in Cultural Studies and also writes for dance and theatre.
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Last updated: September 2023.

Geographer, holding a PhD in Geography and Territorial Planning from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) of the New University of Lisbon. He is Professor at NOVA FCSH, Coordinator of the Department of Geography and Regional Planning and Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA).
His research focuses on housing policies, real estate market dynamics, urban public policies, urban geography, spatial planning and urban studies. He has published various studies in these fields, in addition to conducting diverse knowledge dissemination activities, such as coordinating scientific projects and curating exhibitions.

Last updated: July 2023

She has a PhD in Sociology, specialising in Development and Social Change, from the Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Lisbon.
She is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at NOVA FCSH, where she coordinates the Master’s degree in Human Ecology and Contemporary Social Problems. She is an integrated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences and has done research work on the subjects of ageing and the related social policies, family and intergenerational relations, as well as health.

Last updated: July 2024