About

I am a Research Fellow at the Research Centre in Political Science of University of Minho and Associate Fellow at the Centre for International Studies of ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon. I hold a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Masters in European Politics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. My research bridges the fields of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis and European Studies, having covered topics such as foreign policy, regional integration, Europeanization, interregionalism, Brexit, Europe-Africa relations, EU foreign policy, Portuguese foreign policy. I have led and participated in several research projects with competitive funding. My work has been published in Journal of European Integration, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, European Politics and Society, among others.

Research Interests

Africa, Comparative Politics, European Politics, European Union, Foreign Policy, Globalisation, Governance, Government, Integration, International Relations, National Identity, Policy Analysis, Political Parties, Regionalism, Developing World Politics, UN, USA, WTO, Methods, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Qualitative, Comparative Perspective, Europeanisation through Law, Mixed Methods, Political Regime, Southern Europe, State Power, Brexit, Member States, Policy-Making, Political Cultures

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• European Union
• International Relations
• Southern European Politics
• Differentiated Integration in the EU
• Political Methodology
• Identity
• Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis
• Comparative Political Institutions
• Young ECPR Network on Europeanisation (YEN)
• Elites and Political Leadership
• Teaching and Learning Politics