AbdoolKarim A. Vakil

Álvaro DominguesÁlvaro Domingues holds a Doctoral degree in Geography by the School of Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP). Between 1984 and 2000, he lectured at the Undergraduate Degree Course in Geography of FLUP. Since 2001, he teaches at the School of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), where he is also member of the Scientific Board and researcher at the Centre for Architecture and Urban Studies (CEAU-FAUP).

Ana ValeAna Vale, lawyer, develops her professional activity around the field of industrial relationships, training and equal opportunities between men and women, both in Portugal and the European Commission. More recently, she acted as President of the Coordination Committee of the European Social Fund and Manager of the Community Initiative Programs "Employment" and ADAPT, which promoted innovation in training and employment.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos

 
Clemens Zobel

Cristiana BastosCristiana Bastos is a senior researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, in Lisbon. She holds a Doctoral degree in Anthropology by the Cuny Graduate School. Since 2007, she is the Director of Social Science Press.

Fernando DantasFernando Dantas is Professor and Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Law at the University of the State of Amazonas, guest lecturer at the Doctoral Programme in Human Rights and Development of the University Pablo de Olavide in Seville (Spain) and also at the Doctoral Programme in Latin-American Thinking of the National University of Costa Rica.

Filipe Duarte SantosFilipe Duarte Santos is, currently, Professor at the School of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and is, also, the head of the Physics Department, as well as of several courses in the areas of Physics, Environment and Global Changes.

Francisco NoaFrancisco Noa is the Editor of HUMANITAS - Scientific Journal of ESCJS, ISPU, Maputo (Mozambique), Director of the College of Legal and Social Sciences (ISPU), Consultant for the Teaching Staff - Educational Board (ISPU) and Editor of the journal Proler - Literatura, Saber e Lazer. He is also professor of Mozambican Literature at the University Eduardo Mondlane - Maputo (Mozambique).

Hélia CorreiaPortuguese contemporary writer, Hélia Correia graduated in Romance Philology and is a Secondary Education Portuguese teacher. Her debut in poetry was with "O Separar das águas", in 1981, and "O Número dos Vivos", in 1982. In 2002, she was awarded the Portuguese Pen Club Prize 2001 for best novel for her book Lillias Fraser.

Hermes Costa

José Maria Castro Caldas

Marta Araújo

Omar Ribeiro ThomazOmar Ribeiro Thomaz is a graduate researcher at the Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning, Professor at the State University of Campinas and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, in Halle (Germany).

Paula Lopes

Paulina Chiziane

Paulo de MedeirosPaulo de Medeiros holds the Chair of Portuguese Studies at Utrecht University. As visiting Professor he has taught at several universities in Portugal, Brazil, Spain, and the UK. His research centers on Luso-Brazilian narrative, literary and cultural theory with a focus on the interrelations between politics and literature, as well as on postcolonial issues. He has recently edited Postcolonial Theory and Lusophone Literatures (Utrecht, 2007) and co-edited a number of journal issues in Portugal as well as in the UK and the USA, the most recent of which is a thematic issue of the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies on “Iberian Autobiography” (2008). He heads the Department of Portuguese Studies and coordinates the interdisciplinary MA on Western Literature and Culture and the Research MA on Comparative Literary Studies. Current research projects involve questions of contemporary poetics, the intellectual relations between Portugal and Northern Europe, and the representation of conflict.

Paulo Peixoto

Peter Ronald de SouzaPeter Ronald deSouza is Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Currently, he is the Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (India). He has been working as consultant for the World Bank for Rural Decentralization, the Ford Foundation for Local Governance in India and the International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance in the elaboration of the guide on Democracy Assessment.

Susana DurãoSusana Durão holds a Doctoral degree in Architecture by ISCTE-IUL (Higher Institute of Business and Labour Sciences of the Lisbon University Institute) She is Assistant Researcher at the Institute for Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon since 2008, where she also integrates the faculty of the Masterâ??s and Doctoral Programmes in Anthropology.

Tatiana Moura

Ungulani Ba Ka KhosaUngulani Ba Ka Khosa is a famous Mozambican writer and professor. He won the José Craveiringa Literature Award in 2007 for his book "Os sobreviventes da noite". In 2002, "Ualalapi" was considered one of the 100 best African novels of the 20th century. In 1990, he won the Grand Prize of Mozambican Fiction with "Ualalapiâ".

Walter Rossa