In parallel with my academic work, I am also a member of the United Nations Global Network of Experts on the Protection of Vulnerable Targets against Terrorist Attacks. Recently I have provided commissioned research to the European Commission in the field of drones, and to the European Parliament on the regulation of security and defence technologies.

Professional background:

• 2017-19: Postdoctoral Fellow, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malmö University
• 2017: Guest researcher, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
• 2013-2016: Postdoc / Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
• 2013-14: External Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
• 2010-14: Researcher, University of Minho, Project Strategic P ar tn er ships in EU's F o re i g n P oli c y
• 2011: Visiting Fellow, European University Institute, Florence
• 2010: Visiting Fellow, Egmont Institute, Brussels
• 2008: Political Analyst, Delegation of the European Commission in Israel.
• 2008: EuroMeSCo Exchange Researcher, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Research Project Undocumented Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel
• 2006-08: Researcher, Institute for Strategic and international Studies (IEEI), Lisbon

Edu c a t ion

• 2014: PhD in Political Science, University of Minho, Portugal.
• 2008: MA in European Studies, University of Minho, Portugal
• 2003: L i ce n c iatura (5 year graduation) in Law, Portuguese Catholic University.

Languages

• Fluent: Portuguese (mother tongue), English, Spanish
• Intermediate: Norwegian, Italian
• Basic: Danish, French