PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Free University of Berlin, and Master in International Relations from the University of Coimbra.

Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL), where he coordinates the degree in International Relations. Integrated researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA) and researcher at OBSERVARE-Observatory of Foreign Relations at UAL.

He was a postdoctoral researcher at IPRI-NOVA (2016-2019), Visiting Assistant Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2018-2019) and at Universidade de Coimbra (2018-2020) and Visiting Researcher at Fudan University, Shanghai (2011-2012).

His research interests centre on networked and multi-level international governance and foreign policy-making in Brazil, China and the European Union. His research has been published in various scientific journals such as Third World Quarterly, South European Society and Politics, Contexto Internacional and East Asia Journal.

É licenciada em Relações Internacionais e Mestre em Estudos Africanos pelo ISCSP – Universidade de Lisboa, com doutoramento em Literatura pela Universidade de Évora. É investigadora de pós-doutoramento no Centro de Estudos Internacionais (ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) e professora auxiliar convidada também no ISCTE- IUL. Tem coordenado e participado em diversos projetos de investigação internacionais, apoiados pela Comissão Europeia e pelo CYTED – Programa Ibero-Americano de Ciência e Tecnologia para o Desenvolvimento. A sua investigação cruza a análise de discurso e a literatura com as relações internacionais.