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Film critic, screenwriter, director and manager of the Cinema area for Guimarães 2012 – European Capital of Culture. He is a professor at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and wrote for Seara Nova and Cinéfilo magazines and the A Luta and Expresso newspapers. He currently works with the Diário de Notícias newspaper.

Last updated: November 2023

Manuel António Garcia Braga da Cruz was born in Tadim, Braga in 1946. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy (UCP, Braga) and Sociology (Gregorian University, Rome). He got his PhD and went into Political Sociology (ISCTE, Lisbon). He was a researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences (1977-2000), where he also directed the Social Analysis magazine (1987-1998). He has been Rector of the Catholic University of Portugal since 2000, where he has been a full professor since 1992. He was the founder and president of the Portuguese Association of Political Science. He is a member of the Portuguese Academy of History, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, the Real Academia de la Historia de España and the Real Academia de Ciencias Politicas y Morales de Madrid. He is the author of the following works : The Origins of Christian Democracy and Salazarism (1980), Monarchists and Republicans in the Estado Novo (1986), the Party and the State in Salazarism (1988), Sociological Theories. The Founders and the Classics (1989). Political Institutions and Social Processes (1995), The Estado Novo and the Catholic Church (1998), Historical Transitions and Political Reforms in Portugal (1999), Castelo Rodrigo and Santa Maria de Aguiar (2006), Catholic University of Portugal. 40 years in the service of the Church and of Portugal (2009).

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