Politics

Researcher at the University Institute of Lisbon Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) and Visiting Assistant Professor at Iscte-IUL. He has a PhD in Political Science, specialising in International Relations, from the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences (ICS, ULisboa) and a Master's degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH-UNL).

Last updated: March 2023

Political scientist, full professor at ISCTE-IUL and senior researcher at CIES-IUL (ISCTE-IUL Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology). Director of the PhD in Political Science (CP). He has published several studies on voter attitudes and behaviour, ideology, political institutions and reforms and political representation.

Last updated: March 2023

Author, journalist and consultant best-known for his collaboration with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. After Labour's victory in the 1997 elections, he became Blair's chief press secretary and official spokesman, responsible for coordinating government communications. In 1999, he was seconded to NATO to oversee communications during the Kosovo conflict. After another election victory, he was appointed Director of Communications and Strategy, a post he held until his resignation in 2003. However, Campbell again collaborated with the Labour leaders (Blair, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband) in the following three elections. He was also a consultant for the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence and for Remain in the Brexit referendum campaign. Campbell also continues to advise centre-left parties in several countries, particularly in the Balkans. He is the author of several books, including ten volumes of his diaries.

Last updated: May 2022

She is the first woman in the country to hold the National Defence portfolio. Previously, she was director of the National Defence Institute, deputy director of this body, and headed the School of Sociology and Public Policy at ISCTE-IUL. She was also deputy director of the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (2015) and the IPPS – Institute for Public and Social Policies (2018/2019). She has a postgraduate degree and a Master's degree in Sociology and a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence.

Last updated: March 2023

President of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality since October 2020, after leaving her post as Director-General of the Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (2018-2020).
Between 2010 and 2014, she chaired the Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment.
She completed a postgraduate course in labour law and legislation techniques and a law degree.

Last updated: March 2024