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Lara Patrício Tavares
Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lisbon, where she coordinates the postgraduate course in demographic studies. She also coordinates the postgraduate and doctoral programmes in population sciences at the same university.
She is a social scientist whose research focuses on the economics of the family, education and social demography.
With a background in economics, she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and her PhD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex (UK).

Last updated: March 2024
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Hein de Haas
Dutch sociologist and geographer who has conducted extensive research into migration over the last three decades. Between 2006 and 2015, he was Co-director of the International Migration Institute (IMI) at Oxford University. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), where he continues to direct the IMI. He is also Professor of Migration and Development at Maastricht University. His book «How Migration Really Works» was published in Autumn 2023 by Viking.

Last updated: March 2024
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Cristina Ponte
Full Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is a researcher at NOVA's Communication Institute. Her work focuses on media and journalism studies, children and the media, inclusion and digital participation.
She is Coordinator of the «EU Kids Online» project.
Previously, she was affiliated with the Communication, Information and Digital Culture Research Centre, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences and the Media and Journalism Research Centre.
She holds a degree in social communication, a master's degree in communication sciences and a PhD in journalism.

Last updated: February 2024
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Isabel Menezes
Psychologist specialising in political psychology and political education.
Full Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Porto.
She is a board member and Researcher at the Centre for Educational Research and Intervention at the University of Porto.

Last updated: February 2024
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Luís Lobo Xavier
Director of the Planning and Strategy Department at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since 2019. Previously, he coordinated and supervised projects related to health, sustainability, human development and social innovation.
With a degree in economics and law, he has also been a consultant and educator at various social intervention and entrepreneurship institutions.

Last updated: February 2024
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Joana Moreira
CEO of Movimento Transformers, a Porto-based working to stimulate civic and social participation. It works with children and young people at risk of social exclusion and, more recently, with senior citizens in the Reformers project.

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Ana Sofia Lopes
She is a Professor at the Association for the Integrated Development of Matosinhos, which promotes disadvantaged groups’ socio-economic integration.

Last updated: October 2023