About

Maria Raquel Freire is Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, at the same University, in Portugal. She is the Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Coimbra (Peace Relations, Ontologies and Narratives in Europe: EU and its Eastern Neighbours | PRONE). She is also Visiting Professor in the Post-Graduate Programme in International Relations, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Her research interests focus on peace studies, particularly peacekeeping and peacebuilding; foreign policy, international security, European Union, Russia and the post-Soviet space. She has published extensively on these topics.

Research Interests

Conflict Resolution, European Union, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Analytic, Peace

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• European Union