Associate Professor at the International Relations Department of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Subdirector of OBSERVARE and Editor of JANUS.NET, e-journal of international relations. Integrated researcher in the Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IPRI-NOVA).
She was visiting professor at the Universidade da Beira Interior, Universidade de Évora and Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia.
Her research interests are linked to International Relations and Sociology with emphasis on African development, namely on Small Island Developing States, an area she specialised in at the time of her Masters Degree (African Studies, 1998), PhD (African Studies, 2005, with FCT scholarship) and Post-Doctoral Studies (at the Centre for African Studies-IUL between 2006 and 2011 with FCT funding). She is interested in the thematic areas of international cooperation and socio-environmental articulation, including international agreements on the environment, local intervention in environmental preservation, including environmental education programmes, and conservation of endangered species promoted by international partnerships.
In parallel to her academic activity, she has been a consultant in the evaluation of development cooperation projects in Lusophone African countries (Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe), promoted by International Organisations (The World Bank Group) and Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe Civil Society Organisations (NGDOs), with Community funding.
