Current research interests

European Security

Maritime Security

European Foreign Policy

Regional Dynamics in the South Caucasus and Central Asia

Research Projects

2019 - 2022 - "Prone - Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Coimbra", coordinated by Maria Raquel Freire , sponsored by Comissão Europeia .
    Project Partnership:
              - FLUC e FCTUC

2016 - 2018 - "A Geopolítica do Gás e o Futuro da relação Euro-Russa - Geo4Ger", coordinated by Carla Fernandes, sponsored by FCT.

2015 - 2018 - "CASPIAN: Around the Caspian: a Doctoral Training for Future Experts in Development and Cooperation with Focus on the Caspian Region", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by European Commission.
    Project Partnership:
              - DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
              - THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
              - UNIVERSITEIT GENT
              - OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY
              - FORSCHUNGSSTELLE FUR UNABHANGIGE LITERATUR UND GESELLSCHAFTLICHE BEWEGUN
              - TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL

2014-01 - 2017-12 - "EUropean Identity, Cultural Diversity and Political Change - EUinDepth", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by European Commission (IRSES).

2013-09 - 2016-09 - "Gobernabilidad, Estabilidad y Desarrollo. Una metodología para la creación de un Modelo de Democracia Sostenible", coordinated by Alberto Pirego Moreno, sponsored by Universidad Pontificia Comillas.

2013-01 - 2013-12 - "Conflict analysis and peacebuilding", coordinated by José Manuel Pureza, sponsored by NOREF.

2011 - 2012 - "Reflection Group on the Middle East and the Mediterranean", coordinated by IDN e IPRI-UNL, sponsored by IDN e IPRI-UNL.

2010 - 2011 - "Early Warning Systems: from Analysis to Action", coordinated by Initiative for Peacebuilding, sponsored by Comissão Europeia.

2010 - 2010 - "Inter-institutional interaction between the EU and the OSCE in Central Asia: water management as a case study", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Academia da OSCE.

2009 - 2010 - "EU Member States Bilateral Relations with Russia and the Impact on the CFSP", coordinated by Maxine David, Jacqueline Gower e Hiski Haukala, sponsored by University of Surrey e UACES.

2008 - 2009 - "Conflicts in the European Neighbourhood", Work Pacakage 11/ MICROCON", coordinated by Nathalie Tocci, sponsored by European Commission.

2006 - 2007 - "Alargamento, Vizinhança e Conflitos - A Europa em Mudança, Círculo de Reflexão Social e Política (CIRESP)", coordinated by André Barrinha, sponsored by Fundação Friedrich Ebert.

Networks

Central Eurasian Studies Society

European Union Studies Association

European Youth Exchange

German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Alumni Network

International Studies Association

Portuguese Political Science Association

Young Auditors of Defense Alumni