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Armindo Silva
He has a degree in economics from the ISE, a Master's Degree in Contemporary European Studies and a PhD in Economics from the University of Reading. He was an associate professor at ISEG and worked with the European Commission as Administrator (industrial policy), Deputy Head of Unit (industrial analysis of the textile sector), Head of Unit (employment policy, social protection) and Director (social and employment legislation). He is a consultant on employment, social security and European affairs.
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Joana Ferreira da Costa
Leads the Foundation's Digital & Social Content Management team.
She coordinated the Digital Area and the Fronteiras XXI project, with a monthly debate program in a partnership with RTP, the national Portuguese television.
Joana Ferreira da Costa was a journalist between 1997 and 2016. She worked for 11 years at the daily newspaper «Público» writing about Science, Health Policies and Politics, having been a resident's reporter at Parliament. She then worked as a sub-editor at «Diário de Notícias» and at weekly newspaper «Sol».
She has a degree in Social and Cultural Communication from the Portuguese Catholic University.

Last update: march 2023
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Irene Flunser Pimentel
Historian and Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova of Lisbon). Her research has focused on the Estado Novo (Portuguese New State), the World War II period, women and the political police (PIDE) during the Salazar and Caetano dictatorships.
She holds a PhD in Institutional History and Contemporary Politics from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a Master's Degree in Contemporary History (20th century) and a degree in History from the Faculty of Letters of Universidade Clássica de Lisboa.
She was awarded the Pessoa Prize in 2007 and the Seeds of Science Prize in the "Social and Human Sciences" category in 2009. In 2015, she was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the Government of France.
She is the author and co-author of several books, including From 25 April 1974 to 25 November 1975: Lesser-known Episodes, The Essential about the PIDE, The PIDE’s Informers, Holocaust and Spies in Portugal During World War II.

Last updated: March 2024
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Carla Maia de Almeida
A writer and journalist, she currently writes about children's books for LER magazine, an area where she also teaches and does translations. She has a Bachelor's degree and a postgraduate degree in Communication and Media Studies from Nova University Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in Children's Books from the Catholic University of Portugal. Since 2005, he has published eleven books, most of which are recommended by the National Reading Plan.
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Bernardo Gaivão
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Multimedia from the Lusiada University of Lisbon and a Master’s degree in Advertising from IADE. He has been devoted himself to managing educational projects related to statistical literacy through the Pordata Academy since 2010. More recently, he also took up the position of Regional Director at the American Atlantis Project, as well as the management of environmental education projects for Oceanário de Lisboa. He is passionate about travel, which he regularly partakes in.

Last updated: September 2017
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Inês Brasão
She has been a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, ESTM, since 1999. She got her PhD in Sociology and Historical Economics from the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences in Lisbon. Among other books, she published «Gifts and Disciplines of the Female Body» (1997), «The Time of the Servant Girls» (2012), «Óbidos Lagoon: A Guide to the Interpretation of Heritage» (2015) and «Different Views: A Portrait of the Óbidos Lagoon» (2015).

Last updated: February 2017
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Ricardo Garcia
He has been a journalist since 1988 in the fields of the environment, science and data journalism. He is the author of the books "Sobre a Terra", an environmental guide, and "Nós no Mundo", about sustainability.

Last updated: January 2017
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João Filipe Queiró
Professor of Mathematics at the University of Coimbra. He was Secretary of State for Higher Education between 2011 and 2013, President of the Mathematics Centre at the University of Coimbra and a member of the board of the International Linear Algebra Society. He is an associate editor for three international mathematical research journals. He has written several articles and books on mathematical research, the history of mathematics and educational policies in Portugal.

Last updated: November 2017
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João Villalobos
He is a consultant specialising in institutional and crisis communication and has worked with several companies, institutions and personalities. Previously, he was the culture editor in the Semanario, Se7e and Independente newspapers.

Last updated: March 2018