Economy

Economics specialist at Oxford University, Senior Research associate at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Lecturer and Researcher at King's College, London. He is co-author of the bestseller «The Future of the Professions» (2015) and author of «A World Without Work» (2020), described by The New York Times as a «must-read for any potential presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future». His TED Talk on the future of work has been viewed over 1.6 million times.

Professor and researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico and at Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability. At the same time, he has had a consultancy firm for more than 30 years, in the area of hydrology and water resources.
He devotes particular interest to the challenges of water management in a context of increasing scarcity and uncertainty, as a result of economic transformation and climate change.
He has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University (USA) and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico.

Assistant Professor in the Department of Health System Policies and Management and member of the Scientific Council at Nova National School of Public Health.

Chief content officer at the Impresa Group. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper «Expresso» and head of news at the television channels «SIC» and «SIC Notícias».
He is a columnist for «Expresso» and a television commentator, where he discusses national and international politics and the economy.

Last update: april 2026

Former chairman of Endesa and of several companies within the Endesa group in Portugal.
He holds a master’s degree in Economics, Politics and Energy Management from the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, having previously studied Engineering and Economics.

Last update: january 2024

Assistant professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and researcher at the Centre for Management Studies at IST (CEGIST).
Although he trained as an engineer, his research focuses primarily on labour economics, particularly the relationship between technological innovation, human capital and employment. His interests also extend to entrepreneurship, especially from an occupational choice perspective.
His academic work has been published in Research Policy, Small Business Economics and the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of CEGIST.

Last updated: March 2025

Finnish biologist and executive director of RePlanet, an environmental NGO that seeks science-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity collapse, without losing sight of the need to eliminate poverty. Interestingly, this environmental activist played American Football, winning two bronze medals at the World Championships.

last update: September 2022

Labour economist, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and affiliated with IZA – Institute of Labour Economics. In 2020, she completed the Max Weber postdoctoral programme at the European University Institute. She got her PhD from the Nova School of Business and Economics.

Last updated: June 2022