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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

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

Rui Passos Rocha is a freelance digital marketeer. He published his book «Histórias Que as Ruas Contam». (Stories the Streets Tell) in 2025.
He studied Communication Sciences, Political Science and Information Visualisation.
He has worked in institutional communication in the areas of politics, society, culture and higher education (Casa da América Latina, ISCTE and Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos).

Last update: may 2026

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

He has a Bachelor's degree in History and a Master’s degree in Political Science. He is a columnist at the «Expresso». He has worked at the «Público», «Diário de Notícias» and «Independente» newspapers and was editor of «Atlantico» magazine. He has written several books.

Last updated: November 2023

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

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

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and enjoys being alive so much that she finds herself thinking of death quite frequently. Over the years, she has read a lot about the subject, which continues to intrigue her. She also has many other interests, ranging from literary translation to traditional typography. This is her fourth book, with other books in the works.

Last updated: October 2018

Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning at Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Lisbon and researcher at the CICS.NOVA Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on topics such as desertification, climate change and natural disasters. She is a member of the National Commission to Combat Desertification and the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Last updated: August 2023

She has a PhD in Philosophy, with aggregation in Philosophy, specialising in Ethics, and in Nursing. She was vice-president of the National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences in the fifth mandate (2015-2020). She is a coordinating teacher and runs the nursing department at the Setúbal Polytechnic School of Health. She is on the Ethics Committee for Health at the Setúbal Hospital Centre and on the Ethics Council at the University of Minho.

Last updated: June 2020