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She is an assistant professor at ISCTE-IUL and an integrated member of the Centre for Research and Social Intervention (CIS-IUL). She is the director of the Master's degree in Social Psychology of Health at ISCTE.
She has worked mainly in two areas: Psychology of the Environment and Psychology of Ageing. She has several publications with an impact on scientific journals and has worked on several national and international projects in the field of environmental psychology and ageing.
She wrote the essay «Discrimination Against the Elderly», published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. More recently, he served as an expert in the Global Report against Ageism with the World Health Organisation.

Last updated: February 2024

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».

Last updated: December 2023

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.

Pedro Pita Barros is a full professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova University Lisbon, where he is the BPI | Fundação la Caixa Professor of Health Economics, and a member of the Economic and Social Council (voted Personality of Recognised Merit).
Pedro held the position of Vice-Rector of Nova University Lisbon (2013-2017) and he is a member of the EC Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (EXPH) (the European Commission, by selection). He was the President of the European Health Economics Association (2013-2016) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Energy Services Regulator (2005-2006). He was also the President of the Portuguese Health Economics Association (1998-2000; 2009-2010), a member of the EC Mission Board for Cancer (the European Commission, by selection) (2019-2020), a member of the National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences (2015-2021) and a member of the National Health Council (representing the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities) (2016-2021).
Pedro has been honoured as a Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (Ordem do Infante D. Henrique) and with a gold medal for Distinguished Services, awarded by the Ministry of Health.
His research work is in the areas of health economics, economic regulation and competition policy. He acts as a consultant for public and private bodies in the same areas.

Last updated: August 2025

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.

Last updated: April 2024

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.

Last updated: December 2023

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.

Last updated: November 2023