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She has a PhD in social work and a degree in sociology and currently works as Lecturer at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She was a member of the Social Security staff, where she held various positions. She has been a councillor (without portfolio) in the Porto City Council since 2017, having also served a term from 2009-2013.
A consultant to the European Commission for social programmes, she coordinated the 2nd and 3rd National Action Plan for Inclusion (Portugal 2006-2010). She is president of the Administrative Commission of the Porto Delegation of the Red Cross (since 2017).

Last updated: May 2021

PhD student in Sociology at Iscte, with a grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology. She is researching "Decent work and social inequalities in the digital society" from a comparative perspective between Portugal and Europe
She has a Master's degree in Labour Sciences and Labour Relations and a postgraduate degree in Data Analysis in Social Sciences.
She is a member of the coordinating team of the Classes, Inequalities and Public Policies Thematic Section of the Portuguese Sociological Association (APS).
She has worked as a research assistant at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology and at the Institute of Social Sciences, applying quantitative and qualitative methodologies in different subject areas.

Last updated: January 2024

He has a PhD in Sociology and is an ISCTE professor and researcher. He is the coordinator of the Thematic Section on Classes, Inequalities and Public Policies of the Portuguese Sociological Association, a member of the Inequalities Observatory, deputy director of the Mundos Sociais publishing house, national advisor to the European Science programme Horizon Europe and scientific coordinator of the Observatory of Popular Clubs and Associations. He researches social inequalities, social classes, collective action, work, well-being, education, development, the welfare state, public policies, the digital society and artificial intelligence.

Last updated: January 2024

He is a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at ICS-UL, with a Bachelor's degree in Social Science Data Analysis and a Master’s degree in Political Science from ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon. He is a research fellow at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology-ISCTE, within the scope of the PASSDA research infrastructure (2019-2020) – Production and Archive of Social Science Data/European Social Survey. His main research interests are comparative politics, the collapse of democracy, social inequalities and political participation.

Last updated: November 2023

Assistant professor and vice-director of the Department of Social Research Methods at ISCTE. She has a PhD in Quantitative Methods and specialises in Statistics and Data Analysis.
She is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology at the same university, with a particular interest in the areas of sampling, robust statistics, data visualisation, employability, well-being and social inequalities. She is also a member of the European research projects "InCities – Trailblazing Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities" and "Synclusive – A systemic approach to eliminating employment gaps and creating a more inclusive labour market for vulnerable groups".
She is part of the Youth Employment Observatory (OEJ) and has been coordinating the specialisation course in Visual Information Communication (ISCTE) since 2015.

Last updated: January 2024

Sociologist, director of the Transversal Skills Laboratory (LCT-Iscte) and assistant professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, School of Sociology and Public Policy.
She is an integrated researcher and member of the Scientific Committee of CIES-Iscte; coordinator of the Inequalities, Work and Well-Being research group at CIES-Iscte; and a member of the Inequalities Observatory.
Throughout her career she has participated in project teams and scientific consultations on specifically sociological topics, such as social classes and social inequalities; characterisation of the living conditions and value orientations of higher education students; social change and lifestyles; ageing; well-being; the role of the State in promoting equity, among others.
She is CIES-Iscte's representative on the ESS/European Social Survey and a member of the Eurostudent research team.

A journalist, he has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the School of Communication and Media Studies and a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Lisbon.
He has been writing for the Observador since 2016. In 2017, he won the Dom Manuel Falcão Prize for Journalism, which distinguishes works on religious topics. He was one of the authors of a series of investigative reports on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Portugal, published in 2019 and won several journalism awards, including the Gazeta Multimedia Prize.
He is the author of the book «Rome, We Have a Problem. How the Catholic Church dealt with Two Thousand Years of Sexual Abuse» (Tinta-da-China, 2021).
He was born in Leiria in 1995.

Assistant professor at NOVA FCSH and researcher at IPRI-NOVA. She has a PhD in International Relations (2014) from NOVA FCSH. She was visiting fellow at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Rio de Janeiro) In 2012. Her research focuses on the analysis of foreign policy, Portuguese and Brazilian foreign policy, relations with the European Union and regional powers. She is editor of the magazine «International Relations» at IPRI-NOVA.

Last updated: August 2022