Politics

President of Brazil for two terms (between 1995 and 2003).
He has a PhD in Political Sciences and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. He is a university professor and writer and was considered by the Library of Congress to be one of the greatest thinkers in the area of political science and sociology in Latin America.
He was in exile during the military dictatorship in Brazil, in Chile in 1964 and then in France, before returning to his country in 1968. He was the founder of the Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap). He also taught at Stanford, Cambridge and Paris universities.
He represented São Paulo as a senator for the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) and was one of the founders of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) in 1988. He was a member of the parliament that drafted the Constitution.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992-1993) and Minister of Finance (1993-1994) in Itamar Franco's government.
He has a PhD Honoris Causa from the University of Coimbra and University of Porto Schools of Economics and from the University of Montreal. He has received the John W. Kluge Award (2012).

A data scientist, he has a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Porto. He is currently completing a second Master's degree in Political Science at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE).
His research interests include political economy, the sociology of finance, elections and political representation and data visualisation.

Last updated: November 2023

Researcher at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, where she got her PhD in Law. She specialises in the study of decision-making at European level and inter-institutional relations in the European Union.

Last updated: March 2022

Researcher at the GOVCOPP-UA Research Unit and guest lecturer in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences. She has a PhD in Applied Environmental Sciences and focuses her research on the role of sustainability indicators for governance and local development...

Last updated: March 2022

Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro and at the GOVCOPP-UA Research Unit. He has a PhD in Public Administration from the University of Lisbon and conducts research in the fields of Networked Governance, Public Policy Processes, Public Sector Reforms and Local Innovation.

PhD candidate in Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence. With a background in International Relations, he completed his Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Aveiro, focusing on issues of electoral competition and the success of new parties.