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Psychologist and associate professor at the London School of Economics, where he teaches in the department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.
A world-leading expert on perfectionism, he is the author of the bestselling book «The Perfection Trap» (2023) and the presenter of a TED Talk that has been viewed over three million times.
His research and insights have been featured in TIME, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and many other outlets including New Scientist, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. Among his accolades are the «APA Division 47 Dissertation Award» and the «University of Leeds Research Excellence Award».

Last updated: july 2025

Journalist.
He first set foot in a newsroom in 1997, in the northern offices of the «Diário de Notícias». He started out in sport and was sent to the Olympic Games and European Football Championships, before devoting himself to other subjects, from science to education, and edited the Society and Online sections.
He took second place in the EIT Food Prize, with a report on the drought.

Last update: january 2025

In addition to being an architect, he is also a freelance journalist.
He was an activist with the Wake Up Lisbon Movement, editor of «DIF» and «Le Cool Lisboa» and journalist for «Coimbra Coolectiva» magazine.
He took second place in the Fundação Casais/CEiiA Prize for «Journalism for Sustainability 2023», received an honourable mention in the «2023 Journalism and Local Power» Prize from the Association of Portuguese Municipalities and an honourable mention for journalism from «Associação Corações com Coroa» in 2024.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Architecture form the Coimbra School of Artistic Technology and a Master's degree in Building Rehabilitation from the University of Coimbra.

Last updated: january 2025

She is dedicated to advocating for unity and equality as she believes there is still a lot of work left to be done. For the past 20 years, Ruby has travelled across the US to speak to thousands of children and teachers. «Racism is an advanced disease; stop using children to spread it», she says. She has also developed a project under her name to unite students, parents and teachers from diverse ethnic, racial and socio-economic backgrounds.

Emeritus and Visiting Professor at the University of Louvain, where he held the Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics from 1991 to 2016. Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford. Visiting Professor at Harvard (2004-2010); Oxford (2011-2015) and Robert Schuman Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence) (2016). Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium and the British Academy, he is one of the founders of the Basic Income Earth Network, chairing its International Board.

He is one of the world's most prominent economic historians. His journey has taken him to Scotland to the California sunshine, stopping off at King's College, Cambridge and Harvard, as well as Stanford and Michigan. He is Professor of Economics at UC-Davis, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the All-UC Economic History Group and Associate of the Centre for Poverty Research at UC-Davis.