Social psychologist, principal investigator at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-UL) and visiting professor at the School of Psychology, also in that university. He has a PhD in Social Psychology from ISCTE – IUL (2009) and did his postdoctoral studies in the Netherlands and Lisbon (ICS-UL).
He was president of the Portuguese Psychology Association (APP) between 2021 and 2023.
His research focuses on intergroup relations and socially relevant decisions for low-status groups.
He has published works in magazines such as the «European Journal of Social Psychology» and «Frontiers in Psychology».
He graduated in social communication from the Catholic University and began his career as a journalist at «Jornal de Letras». He has worked as a scriptwriter since 1998. He was a founding member of «Gato Fedorento» along with Miguel Góis, Zé Diogo Quintela and Tiago Dores. He writes weekly for «Visão» magazine, the Brazilian daily «Folha de S. Paulo» and is one of the members of the TSF/TVI24 programmme «Shadow Government». He is the author and presenter of the SIC programme «This Is Making Fun of People Who Work».
He was born in Lisbon in 1975. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the School of Communication and Media Studies, he worked on Canal Q, owned by Produções Fictícias, and is currently a scriptwriter and works on the RTP3 programme Last One Out Turns Off the Light. He is in charge of Communication at Cinema São Jorge and was a Communication Consultant at Booktailors. He works as a freelance illustrator and writes books as if there were no tomorrow.
He is an associate professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) in Lisbon. He got his PhD in Economics from Stockholm University in Sweden, where he also taught between 2007 and 2014.
He taught at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He worked as a researcher at the European Central Bank and was a fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute.
He carried out research at the Centre for Economics and Finance at the University of Porto until 2019. His research focuses on the interaction between micro-heterogeneity and macroeconomic dynamics, particularly on the topics of fiscal policy and optimal taxation.
He has published several papers in international scientific journals, such as the Journal of Monetary Economics or the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and contributed to the second edition of the Handbook of Macroeconomics.
He has a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Contemporary History from Nova University Lisbon and a PhD in History of Education from the University of Lisbon. He has published work in the area of the History of Discoveries, the History of Women and the History of Education. He has been a teacher since 1987 and has been in charge of education since 2003. Contributes to the «Jornal de Letras», with texts on education, past, present or even future.
He has a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, with a specialisation in Disability Studies, from the University of Leeds and a Master’s degree in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Coimbra. Researcher and vice-president of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, where he teaches on the PhD programme. He coordinated and took part in the development of a number of research projects and is the author of several publications in the areas of disability policies, violence and disability, inclusion and citizenship rights, social movements and sexuality and intimate relations of people with disabilities.
He was born in Espinho in 1979. He writes for the Expresso, where he published his first report in 2001 and which he joined as coordinator of Revista magazine in 2011. He worked at the Público newspaper and with SIC and RTP, as well as publishing in several foreign newspapers, from the British The Guardian to the Spanish El Mundo. He interviewed Al Gore and Obama’s photographer, spoke to some of the best chefs in the world, covered Bolsonaro’s rise in Brazil and revealed a sexual harassment scandal involving former FIFA president, Sepp Blatter. His work has already won awards from the Portuguese Press Club, the Portuguese League Against Cancer, the European Best Cancer Reporter Award and the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities. He is the author of the books «Children of Chemotherapy», also published by FFMS, and «Chefs Without Reserves» (Clube do Autor).
With a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Louvain, Jorge Vala was a Full Professor at ISCTE-IUL and is an Emeritus Researcher at the University of Lisbon ICS. His research initially focused on the learning of violence, then on conflicts between organisational groups, and then on the study of identity and feelings of justice and legitimacy associated with conflicts arising from racism, prejudice and migration.
He holds a PhD in War Studies from King's College and a Master’s degree in Contemporary History from the University of Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities. He was deputy director of the Centre for International Studies at Iscte-IUL, where he teaches and directs the PhD in History and Security and Defence Studies, in partnership with the Military Academy. He was deputy to the Minister of National Defence (2019-2022). He is a guest professor at the Institute of Political Studies at UCP and, in the 2024-25 academic year, he will be a FLAD guest professor at Georgetown University in Washington. He has published several articles and books, including the essay "Can Portugal have a Strategy?" (2019) published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
