Associate Professor at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon and an integrated researcher at BRU-Iscte (Business Research Unt). She holds a PhD in Management, specialising in Operations Management and Technology, and an MSc in Management, specialising in Strategy. She currently serves as Iscte Business School Vicedean for Teaching and Innovation and as co-director of the […]

Sociologist, currently teaching at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy. Associate researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology Cies-Iscte. He has been the Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank Group (2018-2020). He has been Minister of Labor and Solidarity (2001-2002), Secretary of State of Labor and Training (1997-2001), and […]

Specialized nurse, public health professional and experienced humanitarian with over 15 years in global health and holder of a MSc in Public Health, with particular interest in the interseccions of health policy and health seeking-behaviours. Teresa has worked in emergency settings across Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, and the Middle East, leading surge responses […]

PhD, humanitarian consultant and researcher in community psychology and anthropology. Her main topics of interest are refugee networks of solidarity, migration and climate justice. She worked for over 10 years in humanitarian settings as an MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) expert, developing and coordinating local projects in countries affected by violence and conflict, mainly […]

Annelien Groten is a development specialist with a doctorate in Anthropology (2022). She has worked for over 20 years in settings affected by development challenges. Her expertise lies in monitoring and evaluating local humanitarian and development projects focusing on participatory methodologies. Most of her work has been conducted in the field of access to justice, […]

Susana de Deus is specialized in international humanitarian and development areas with over 20 years of experience in International NGO´s such as Oxfam GB, MSF, and the Red Cross. She has been working in several countries in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, and Europe. Susana has solid experience in strategy design and […]

PhD in Anthropology (Iscte, 1999) and Associate Professor at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, School of Sociology and Public Policies. Director of the PhD program in African Studies. She was president of AEGIS (European Association of African Studies) and director of the Centre of African Studies/ Centre of International Studies at Iscte – University […]

Assistant professor in Sociology, in the Department of Sociology, School of Sociology and Public Policies, and Integrated Researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology – at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. Teaching master and undergraduate studies at Iscte: theory and methods on language policies and practices; family, migration and educations; research […]

Mehmet Ali Üzelgün is a Research Fellow in the Communication and Culture research group at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. He is also an Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, and an Associate Researcher at the Nova […]

Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, School of Sociology and Public Policy at Iscte and Research fellow at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology Cies-Iscte. PhD in Social Theory and Research, postgraduate in Data Analysis in Social Sciences. Director of the Iscte Master in Humanitarian Action. Member of the board of the […]