Susana Peralta was one of the experts interviewed by Público about what should the State do with what it is gaining from inflation? She defended “targeted” public aid, saying that it is “evident that at a time when inflation is already just below 10% and that, above all, it is very concentrated on essential goods such as food and energy, it is essential to help less affluent families.” She also advocates support for companies in essential sectors such as agri-food or health.

José Tavares wrote an essay for Expresso on the new challenges facing Europe. The war in Ukraine made the need for more European autonomy. And how this war showed that a new common will to defend European values is already taking place, a surprise even for the most optimistic enthusiasts of the European Union project. The professor also published, in co-authorship with Sharmin Sazedj (Banco de Portugal), in VoxEU a work entitled The gender gap at the top: The role of networks where he analyzes through data from Portuguese firms the role of professional networks in the gender pay gap among top executives.

Daniel Traça, in an interview with Rádio Renascença, said that “this year there will be no recovery of purchasing power.” He also stressed that “the country has to increase productivity, to be able to pay better wages and retain the best professionals in the country.” To Açoriano Oriental, he defended that “companies need to transform and for that they need to establish partnerships that stimulate innovation.”

Pedro Brinca in an interview to Observador commented on the new maximum inflation rate. He was also interviewed by Antena 1, regarding the impacts of the interest rate hike on inflation and households' living conditions. To Expresso he commented on the potential impact of ECB's interest rate hikes on the likelihood of recession in the Euro-Zone and also on How the growth in interest rates impacts our lives. On RTP3 he was interviewed about the increase in the reference rates from the ECB by 50 basis points and what to expect in terms of future inflation dynamics. To Polígrafo he commented on price dynamics during the change from Escudos to Euro in 2022. ECO  interviewed him about how states are increasingly entering the capital of energy companies.

Pedro Neves was one of the interviewees in Jornal de Negócios about humor in leadership. "Humor is a very powerful strategy to deal with crisis situations, with stress and with difficulties, because it helps to change the lens on the problem", said Pedro Neves.

Miguel Pina and Cunha with Arménio Rego (Católica Porto Business School) wrote in Expresso about Putin's leadership and how Russia, as a continental country, is a melting pot, potentially sensitive to separatist temptations.

João Duarte, within the scope of the study on European funds, gave an interview to Jornal de Negócios. He explained that, with the rise in inflation, "the real value of the financial envelope to support the recovery is decreasing". "There is no doubt that the European economic recovery is losing steam. This is also visible in business inventories and consumer expectations, which are decreasing, which happens whenever there is a recession on the way", he added.

Miguel Ferreira, within the scope of the study “Financing Entrepreneurship in Portugal” published by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, participated in the program Da Capa à Contracapa (Rádio Renascença). He discussed how financial restrictions affect entrepreneurship, what programs exist that allow to, “turn around” these difficulties and move forward with a quality project, and how to formulate public policies that financially encourage entrepreneurship in Portugal is urgent.

Pedro Martins was interviewed for the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos documentary about the challenges of higher education in Portugal. Absorbing the talent of the most qualified generation ever in Portugal, a generator of wealth, is only possible with a more robust and innovative economy. Will Higher Education be able to guarantee the skills that are demanded by the market? Watch the documentary Ensino – O desafio do superior em Portugal here.

Pedro Freitas spoke to Antena Aberta (Antena 1) about the new measures to help families that includes free daycare from September. The measure covers all children up to one year of age, but excludes those who already attend day care. The researcher was also interviewed by Público about inequalities between students, where he highlighted the Nova SBE project that tries to measure "the performance differentials between the different regions of the country", which is still in progress.

The Observador and Nova SBE Economics of Education Knowledge Center, for the second year, compiled two rankings of Portuguese high schools based final exams and another based on equity. The indicator can be consulted here.

Eduardo Costa was interviewed by Visão about the fact that June was the deadliest in the last 42 years, and how this is reflected in the retirement age. “The fact that the retirement age has dropped due to excess mortality shows the scale of the [pandemic] phenomenon we are experiencing. This is the first time this has happened”, he noted. However, he added that the retirement age will increase again in two or three years. The researcher was also at SIC Notícias and Antena 1 to analyze the proposals of the Commission for Monitoring the Urgent Care of Gynecology and Obstetrics, regarding the closure of emergency services of the SNS during the summer period.

The third edition of the Data for Change program that distinguished the Tempos Brilhantes Association's Mapa de Alerta Precoce do Insucesso Escolar (MAPIE) project was featured in the Mais Superior, Smart Cities and SIC. The project created a tool that, based on artificial intelligence, improves the school failure alert system by 60% for students in the 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education.

The most recent episode of the Zona de Impacto (Nova SBE/Expresso podcast) brought to the fore the last two school years where, because of the covid-19 pandemic, the national exams did not count towards the conclusion of the secondary subjects, but only for the access to higher education. Should this become the rule from now on? The topic was analyzed and discussed by Catarina Ângelo, Pedro Freitas and Ana Balcão Reis.

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