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• Os efeitos eleitorais da calamidade: tempestades, abstenção e escolha eleitoral [The electoral effects of calamity: storms, turnout and vote choice]

  Opinion article, Expresso · February 2026 · with Mafalda Pratas, Pedro C. Magalhães, and João Cancela

• Dr. Lopes: Ventura Mobilized ‘Latent Populists,’ but Authoritarian Appeals in Portugal Have Limits

  Interview, European Center for Populism Studies · 2025

• Portogallo al voto per la terza volta in tre anni. Boom della destra e fine del bipolarismo

  Telescope article by the Italian Center for Electoral Studies (CISE) based on a webinar presentation with Pedro C. Magalhães · June 2025

• The 2024 snap elections in Portugal

  Blog post, Who Governs Europe · 2024

• After the elections in Portugal: Challenges & new political correlations

  Interview, ENA – Institute for Alternative Policies · 2024

• Ciência Política Portuguesa: Evolução e caraterísticas da produção científica indexada [Portuguese Political Science: Evolution and characteristics of the indexed scientific production]

  with Susana R. Nina, Nelson Santos, and Lúcio Hanenberg

  Research Brief, Observatory of the Quality of Democracy, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon · 2023

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• Sub-representação de uma Geração: Jovens na Assembleia da República, Governo e Parlamento Europeu (1976–2019) [Under-representation of a Generation: Youth in the Portuguese Parliament, the Government and the European Parliament (1976–2019)]

  with Pedro Silveira and António H. Lopes

  Research Brief, Permanent Youth Observatory, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon · 2021

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• Observatory of the Quality of Democracy (OQD)

  Research and coordination team · ICS, University of Lisbon · 2022–2024

• Permanent Youth Observatory (OPJ)

  Collaborating member · ICS, University of Lisbon · 2021–2024

• Political Observatory (Observatório Político)

  Associate researcher · ISCSP, University of Lisbon · 2015–

• Member of an advisory group on youth political participation

  Office of the President of Portugal · Data integration, assessment of proposals, and organization of public events · 2022–2023

• Invited expert on “Improving data collection on youth participation in parliament”

  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), 149th Assembly, Geneva (online) · October 2024

• Commissioned report

  US-based political risk advisory firm · 2024

• Episode on “Polarization around the World”

  Invited panellist · Sociedade Civil, RTP2 (television) · 2026

• Panel “Democracity: da simulação à participação real”

  Invited panellist · Democracity Day, MyPolis and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon · 2026

• Workshop “Psychology and Power: how does politics use psychology?”

  Organizer · National Meeting of Psychology Students, National Association of Psychology Students, EEG-UMinho, Braga · 2025

• “Online and Offline Youth Political Participation in Europe: a cross-country longitudinal comparison”

  Speaker · National Meeting of European Studies, Portuguese Federation of European Studies, Fundão · 2024

• Conference “Democracia: Juventude em Ação”

  Co-organizer and moderator · Presidential advisory group on youth political participation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon · 2023

• Best practices ceremony of the European Solidarity Corps

  Award presenter · Representing the Permanent Youth Observatory, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon · 2023

• Presentation and discussion of the book “Obrigado pela Democracia, Agora queremos Liberdade: Iniciativa Liberal — A fundação de um partido”

  “Conversations Around Books” series, Biblioteca de Alcântara, Lisbon · 2022

• “O que é perguntar em ciências sociais?”

  Science outreach to secondary school students · Ciência Viva programme, ICS-ULisboa · 2021

• Event “The Future of Europe: European Youth Seminar”

  Organizer · University of Beira Interior and the European Parliament · 2021

• “Party system and political parties in Portugal”

  Lecturer · Political Training Course, ICS-ULisboa and Order of Pharmacists · 2024

• “Political parties in municipalities”

  Lecturer · II Short Course on Municipal Law, Coimbra Business School with the National Association of Municipal Assemblies (ANAM) · 2024

• “Political parties”

  Lecturer · Short Course on Local, National and International Political Analysis, University of Beira Interior · 2023

• “Political parties and citizen electoral groups”

  Lecturer · Short Course on Municipal Law, Coimbra Business School with ANAM and the Centre for the Valorisation of Local Elected Representatives · 2023