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He reports on national politics for the Diário de Notícias newspaper.
He graduated from the Centre for Vocational Training for Journalists and also worked at the LUSA Agency and the Público newspaper.
In 2020, he launched the work «Ana Gomes – Life and the World», which is the result of a long interview with the former MEP and ambassador. He is the author of «Unfinished Revolution, what didn't change on 25 April», one of the books that is part of the FFMS collection of Portraits.

Last updated: January 2024

He has been a journalist and infographic designer for the “Público” newspaper since 2016. He has been recognised with more than three dozen national and international awards and mentions in infographics.
With a degree in Graphic Design, he has taken part in several world congresses on infographics at the Malofiej workshop in the University of Navarra - Pamplona, Spain.
He studied programming languages at Formabase.
His work focuses on producing infographics for paper and online and creating new digital visual narratives.

Journalist, infographic designer and illustrator for the "Público" newspaper since 2006. He previously worked for the Impala and Cofina Media groups.
He has won more than dozens of national and international awards and mentions in infographics, online infographics, animated infographics and illustration.
He took part in the Malofiej workshop at the University of Navarra - Pamplona, Spain, in 2009, and has been to several world congresses. In Portugal, he completed a workshop in storytelling through infographics at the Instituto Superior de Gestão.
With a background in design, he decided to invest in web design training at LX School (Flag) and, more recently, in programming language at Formabase.
His work focuses on producing infographics for paper and online and creating new digital visual narratives with a large illustrative component.

Last updated: November 2023

Professor of Political Science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (CERI Sciences Po) in Paris.
A senior researcher in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, he is also co-director of the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance.
Soares de Oliveira has conducted extensive fieldwork on the international political economy of African states, focusing on extractive industries, the financial sector, conflict and post-conflict reconstruction and Afro-Asian relations. He is the author of several books.

Last updated: November 2025

A political scientist and sociologist, she is Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences and Director of the Doctoral Program in Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, where she also directs the Centre for Social Movement Studies (Cosmos). Her main research topics include corruption, social movements, political violence and terrorism. She directed the important «ERC Mobilizing for Democracy» project, focusing on the participation of civil society in democratisation processes in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. She has been awarded several prizes, including the Mattei Dogan Prize (2011) for outstanding achievements in the field of political sociology and the Humboldt Prize (2021).

Last updated: August 2022

Political scientist and researcher at Dublin City University, Ireland, with work on topics such as corruption, public integrity, lobbying regulation and institutional reforms. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon , was president of Transparency International Portugal (2020–2022) and collaborates with international networks and NGOs in the area of good governance.

Last updated: december 2025

Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University, where he completed his habilitation exams, doctorate and master's degree. He was Director of the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University. He is Director of the Católica Research Centre for the Future of Law and a member of the European Public Law Group. He was Minister for Administrative Modernisation in the 20th Constitutional Government.

Last updated: December 2019

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques has a bachelor degree in Law from the University of Coimbra, and later obtained her PhD in Economics from the same University. She is a Full Professor at the Economics School of the University of Coimbra and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies since its foundation. She is also the Vice-president of Association Internationale de Droit Économique. Throughout her career, Maria Marques has participated and coordinated several national and internationl projects on the subjects of Economic and Competition Laws, as well as Legal Sociology and Public Administration. She has authored several books and articles on these specialized themes. Between 2005 and 2011, she was appointed Secretary of State for Administrative Modernization, being responsible for the Simplex program, under which the online acess platforms to government and public administration were implemented. Her current research interests focus on regulation of economy by the Government and innovation of public services. Currently serves as member of the High Level Group on Administrative Burdens of the European Commission. Resign in lieu of her election to the Portuguese Parliament, October 4, 2015.

Last updated: october 2023

Lawyer. He has been a columnist and lawyer for the «Público» newspaper since its foundation and was the jurist responsible for the first conviction of the Portuguese State for violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects freedom of expression. Since then, he has been defending journalists convicted by the Portuguese courts at the European Court of Human Rights. He was part of the Council of Europe's expert group on the Rights of Internet Users. He has a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree from the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Coimbra School of Law.

Last updated: November 2023

He was born in Lisbon in 1975. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the School of Communication and Media Studies, he worked on Canal Q, owned by Produções Fictícias, and is currently a scriptwriter and works on the RTP3 programme Last One Out Turns Off the Light. He is in charge of Communication at Cinema São Jorge and was a Communication Consultant at Booktailors. He works as a freelance illustrator and writes books as if there were no tomorrow.