A lovely few days spent in Milan for my first ESPAnet conference, where I had the opportunity to present research on the politics of social safety nets and on social assistance decentralisation. Thank you to all organisers, staff and to all researchers passionate about the welfare state!

Spent a lovely few days in Barcelona to attend the doctoral workshop on comparative social and public policy at @upf.edu , co-organised by researchers from @uab.cat and @ub.edu. Very interesting work being done and what a city to spend Spring evenings!

April 25: 51st anniversary of the coup that started the Carnation Revolution, ending 48 years of fascism and paving the way to democracy and the end of 500 years of Portuguese colonialism. Also, the 80th anniversary of Italian liberation from nazifascism. 25 de Abril sempre, fascismo nunca mais!

Had the pleasure to present my PhD project at the congress of the Portuguese political science association, in Lisbon. So nice to be home again and keep up with the interesting work being done here and by other Portugal-bred researchers working abroad. See you in two years, APCP!