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He has a master’s degree in legal and political sciences and a law degree. A professional lawyer with over 15 years’ experience, he has also been a member of Parliament (2011-2013) and Secretary of State for Tourism (2013-2015). Furthermore, he served as vice-president of the CDS-PP (2016-2019). He has been a commentator and columnist for SIC, TSF, Visão, Jornal de Negócios, Diário de Notícias and i.

Last updated: April 2023

He has a PhD in Social Work, specialising in Social Policy and Social Movements. He is an associate professor at the Catholic University of Portugal School of Social Sciences and a researcher at the Católica Research Centre for Individual, Family and Social Well-Being. He is a member of the European Social Work Research Association's Social Work, History and Research and Social Work and Policy Practice research groups. His research focuses on poverty studies and public policies, especially citizenship social protection policies and social minimums. He participated as a researcher in the Adequate Income in Portugal project.

Last update. May 2021

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

Journalist at the Público newspaper, she has also been working in the area of human rights and social exclusion for more than two decades, paying particular attention to historically marginalised groups.
She has written in-depth investigative reports and this is her eighth book, including three that she wrote when she was working in the field of international cooperation and volunteering. She has also written documentary plays and is now writing documentary films and narrative podcasts.

Last update: May 2026

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