Associate professor in Communication Sciences at Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), University of Lisbon. Co-founding member and integrated researcher of Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (CIEG), in matters related to gender and communication. PhD in Communication Sciences, specialized in Sociology of Communication with a thesis about media representations and impacts on young women. Master in Sociology and graduated in Social Communication in ISCSP, University of Lisbon. She is CIEG’s subdirector. She is reviewer for scientific journals in gender studies and communication, and apart from scientific papers, is the author of several books on communication, sociology and image (A Imagem Corporal [Body Image] (2004), Sociologia da Comunicação [Sociology of Communication] (2011), Corpo e Imagem na Sociedade de Consumo [Body and Image in consumption societies] (2014) e Estudos de Imagem [Visual Studies] (2021). Main research areas focus on gender and communication/media, and the body.

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Célia Belim is an Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences (CC) at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (ISCSP, ULisboa), teaching since 2000. She has a PhD in Communication Sciences, a master's degree in Political Science, and a postgraduate degree in Islamic Studies. Currently, she is executive coordinator of the CC first study cycle and teaches in the three CC study cycles. She coordinates the funded project Communication of Health Public Policies in Portugal – ComHealthPPP, associated with the Center for Public Administration and Public Policies (CAPP, ISCSP), in which she is an integrated researcher. She is director and scientific coordinator of the Revista Portuguesa de Literacia em Saúde and vice-president of the Scientific Council of the Portuguese Society of Health Literacy. She is co-author of the books Health Communication Models and Practices in Interpersonal and Media Contexts Emerging Research and Opportunities (2021, IGI Global) and Image of U.S. Presidential Administrations: The Cases of George W. Bush and Barack Obama (2012, Lexington Books from Roman & Littlefield). She has received five academic awards, four research awards, and two honourable mentions.

Joana Woss completed her degree in Audiovisual and Multimedia at the School of Communication and Media Studies of the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute in 2013. At the same institution, she completed her master's degree in Multimedia in 2015, with the project: Proposal for standardizing claims management in the relationship between hospitals and health insurance providers. In 2021 she completed a postgraduate degree in Information Management and Business Intelligence applied to the health sector, at the Information Management School of Nova University Lisbon. In the same year, she began her path towards obtaining a doctorate at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, in Communication Sciences, in the area of Health Communication, which is still in progress. Since 2014, she has been working as Administrative Services Manager at Hospital da Luz Lisboa and, since 2023, she has been involved in training hospital sector professionals in the area of communication excellence and conflict management at Hospital da Luz Learning Health.

Cristina Vaz de Almeida has a PhD in Communication Sciences - Health Literacy from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon. She is President of the Portuguese Society for Health Literacy (SPLS), Director of the Postgraduate Program in Health Literacy (Institute of Applied Psychology – ISPA), Founding Member of the Portuguese Laboratory for Healthy Work Environments (LABPATS). She is also Chief-Editor of the Medical Research Journal (JIM), Peer Reviewer of the Portuguese Journal of Public Health, Researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies (CAPP, ISCSP), Member of the Advisory Board of the BUMPER project, Member of the National Cancer Hub (NCH) – Portugal, Member of the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment, Member of the Scientific Council of the Journal of Psychology and Neuroscience, Member of the Academic Network of Health Sciences of Lusophone (RACS). She is the coordinator and author of the Manual de Literacia em Saúde – Princípios e Práticas [Health Literacy Handbook – Principles and Practices] (PACTOR).

Raphaël Marques Baptista completed his degree in Journalism at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra in 2015, the same year he joined the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP). In 2017, he completed a master's degree in Communication Sciences, in Strategic Communication. In 2018, he completed a postgraduate degree in Journalism at Higher Institute of Business and Labor Sciences. In the same year, he began his path towards obtaining a doctorate, also at ISCSP, in Communication Sciences, which culminate in 2022, with a research linked to online health communication. His doctorate was unanimously approved with distinction and praise. He is currently an Invited Assistant Professor at ISCSP and an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior (UBI). He is also a collaborating researcher at CAPP and is currently working on two scientific projects: HealMe: What health managers in Portugal think about digital health and Communication of Public Health Policies in Portugal (ComHealthPPP).

PhD in Administration Sciences from the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (EEG-UMinho) and a degree and master's degree in Management and Public Administration from the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ISCSP, ULisboa). Assistant Professor at ISCSP, ULisboa, teaching subjects related to Research Methods, Strategic Management and the theory of Public Administration and Public Policies at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels of the Public Administration Coordination Unit courses. Executive Coordinator of the PhD in Public Administration. Integrated researcher at the Center for Public Administration and Public Policies (CAPP), ISCSP, where she was responsible for the research project “Assessment of the Public Policy for Restorative Justice in Portugal” (CAPP). She currently coordinates the research project “GOVAPP – Governance, Innovation and Institutional Arrangements in Portuguese Public Administration”, and collaborates in the projects “Widegama – Worldwide Government Accountability Map” and “ComHealthPPP – Communication of Health Public Policies in Portugal”. Areas of research interest: public governance arrangements; public governance; collaborative arrangements; good governance; public policy process; agenda-setting, formulation and implementation of policies.

Carla Cruz has a PhD in Communication Sciences (specialization in Sociology of Communication), a Master's degree in Sociology and a degree in Social Communication. She is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, at the Universidade de Lisboa, teaching within the scientific fields of Communication Sciences (1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycles) and Sociology (1st and 2nd Cycles). She is an integrated researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies (CAPP) and a collaborating researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (CIEG). Internationally she is also a member of the Portuguese team of a EUPRERA project. She is Vice-President of the Observatório da Criança – Associação '100 Violência' and member of the advisory board of the Observatório do Mundo Islâmico. She also researches on digital media and social change, whether in personal, educational, family or organizational contexts. Professionally, she was a journalist at TVI, SIC and RTP, having been a reporter, a voice-over and a program anchor.