I have a legal background and I am currently working in the international field, from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Board Member of the Portuguese National Election Commission since 2009.
UNDP Electoral Legal Adviser for the 2012 electoral cycle in Timor-Leste.
Legal Adviser at the Portuguese Parliament (2006-2011).

Visiting researcher in The Electoral Integrity Project, coord. by Prof. Pippa Norris, Sydney University - Harvard University, 1st semester 2015.

Researcher in the Project "Peacebuilding and sustainable peace: UN missions in Timor-Leste and Portugal's contribution" (2012 - 2014).

PhD in International Relations, at the University of Coimbra, with the thesis “UN peacebuilding and the role of electoral systems: the case of Timor-Leste”.

Law Degree by the Faculty of Law, New University of Lisbon.
E.ma European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation (Venice, Italy).

Specialisation on Intellectual Law by the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
Post-Graduation on Public Markets' Regulation, University of Coimbra.

Teacher in Civic and Human Rights education.

You can find some of my publications here: http://www.ces.uc.pt/investigadores/index.php?action=bio&id_investigador=569&id_lingua=2