Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro

Professor at University of Coimbra

Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies and an assistant professor in International Relations (IR) at the Faculdade de Economia of the University of Coimbra. He was a lecturer at the University of St Andrews, where he obtained his doctorate, and at the Central European University. His research interests encompass IR theory, armed conflict, the former Soviet space, particularly former Soviet Central Asia.

Sarah da Mota

Professor at University of Coimbra

Sarah da Mota has been a Visiting Professor of IR at the University of Coimbra since 2019. Specialising in Security Studies, she is the author of NATO, Civilisation and Individuals. The unconscious dimension of international security (2018) and has published on critical security theories and the use of drones in counter-terrorism. Currently, she has been working on new security challenges related to the use of technology, such as space politics and cybersecurity.

Pedro Seabra

Researcher at CEI-Iscte

Pedro Seabra is a Researcher at the Center for International Studies, University Institute of Lisbon (CEI-Iscte) and a Guest Assistant Professor at Iscte-IUL. He holds a PhD in Political Science, with a specialization in International Relations from the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ICS, ULisboa), a Masters in Political Science and International Relations, with specialization in International Relations by the School of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon (FCSH-UNL), and a Law degree by the Law School of the University of Porto (FDUP). Previously, he was a Researcher at the National Defence Institute (IDN), a Nuclear Security Fellow at the School of International Relations-Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), a SUSI Fellow of the US State Department and a Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellow of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). In 2022 he was selected as a Paris Young Defence Leader by the Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM) and as Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund of the US (GMF). In 2019 he was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Relations-University of Brasília, Brazil (IREL-UnB) and at Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII). Between 2013 and 2016, he was a Visiting Researcher at IREL-UnB, at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria, South Africa (GovInn-UP) and at ICS, ULisboa. Previously he also worked as a Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS). His main research interests focus on International Relations, International Security, regional security governance, South Atlantic geopolitics and security-capacity building in Africa.

Cátia Miriam Costa

Researcher at CEI-Iscte

Cátia Miriam Costa is a researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL) and an Invited Assistant Professor at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. Her research focuses on ocean governance and globalisation, international communication, the various forms of diplomacy, innovation and soft power, and China as a globalisation actor. She was assistant to the Secretary of State for Internationalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the XXII Constitutional Government, until April 2022.

Danilo Marcondes

Professor at Brazilian War College

Danilo Marcondes is an Assistant Professor at the Brazilian War College (Escola Superior de Guerra-ESG) in Rio de Janeiro, where he coordinates the Defense Diplomacy Studies Center (Núcleo de Estudos de Diplomacia de Defesa-NEDD).  He holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge where he held a CAPES/Cambridge Trust Scholarship (2012-2016). Danilo was a Junior Visiting Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (IHEID) (2015-2016) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) (2017). Danilo worked as an International Relations Analyst for AMAZUL Defense Technologies (2017-2018) and as a Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at PUC-Rio (2010-2012). Danilo has published articles and book chapters on Brazilian foreign and defence policy, South-South Cooperation, Brazil-Africa relations and the South Atlantic space.

Layla Dawood

Professor at University of Rio de Janeiro

Layla Dawood holds a BA and MA in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, a BA in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and a PhD in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She is currently a professor at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Her research interests include international-relations theory and international security, with a focus on the balance of power, nuclear policy, and non-proliferation.

Marcelo M. Valença

Professor at the Brazilian Naval War College

Marcelo M. Valença is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate Program in Maritime Studies at the Naval War College (Escola de Guerra Naval, EGN). He holds a Doctorate degree in International Relations (2010) and a J.D. (2004) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). His research explores the convergence between international law and politics in themes related to critical security studies, Brazilian foreign policy, regional security, and critical military studies. He is also interested on active teaching and learning strategies in international affairs.

Silvério Rocha-Cunha

Silvério Rocha-Chuna is a Full Professor of Political Theory at the University of Évora. He has a PhD in Legal and Political Theory from the University of Évora and is an integrated member of the Research Centre of Political Science [CICP]. He is the author of Paradoxes of Modernity in International Political Theory (2017, V. N. Famalicão, Húmus). He has recently edited a book on human rights, entitled Justice and Human Rights in an Age of Transition (Justiça e Direitos Humanos numa Era de transição – Ed. Húmus. Vila Nova de Famalicão, 2019); and a book entitled Politics and Pandemics: transdisciplinary political views on dilemmas of the Earth City. Ed. Húmus.

Irene Viparelli

Irene Viparelli is an Assistant Professor at the University of Évora, Department of Economics, Escola de Ciências Sociais (Portugal), an Integrated Member of the Research Centre CICP (Centre of Political Science) and a PhD Collaborator of the Research Centre PRAXIS (University of Beira Interior). She is an Editor of Perspectivas – Journal of Political Science. She has a PhD in Ethics and Political and Legal Philosophy from the University of Salerno and is a Specialist on Political Theory, Political Science and Political Philosophy. Between 2010 and 2017, she developed a post-doctoral project in Political Science, founded by the FCT. She conducts research on Political Theory and has edited two recent books: Viparelli I., Ruoppo A. P. Aporie dell’integrazione europea: tra universalismo e sovranismo. (2021 FedOA Press) and Viparelli I., Rocha e Cunha S., A crise Europeia: entre o niilismo do presente e a invenção do futuo (2019 Humus).

Evanthia Balla

Evanthia Ball is an Assistant Professor at the Univeristy of Évora, Department of Economics, Escola de Ciências Sociais (Portugal). She directs the MA in International Relations and European Studies. She collaborates as a researcher with the Research Center in Political Science (CICP), the Instituto Jurídico Portucalense (Portugal) and the Council for International Relations (Greece). She conducts research on European Policy and Security. Her recent publications include The Evolution of the EU’s Security Model Through the Lenses of the Balkans in International Relations and Diplomacy (2021). “Power and governance in times of the pandemic: The European Vaccines strategy and the role of the Commission”. In Rocha-Cunha, Silvério; Del Villar, América; Balla, Evanthia; Manso, Maria de Deus. Vasquez Rafael. Política e Pandemias. Olhares Políticos Disciplinares Sobre os Dilemas da Cidade Terrestre. Ed. Húmus Húmus.

Sílvia Roque

Sílvia Roque is an Assistant Professor at the University of Évora. She is an Associated Researcher at the Central for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. She completed her PhD in International Relations in 2014 by University of Coimbra, her Master in African Studies in 2007 by ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and she graduated in International Relations in 2002 by University of Coimbra. As an Invited Assistant Professor she taught the discipline “Globalization and International Relations in Africa” – Master in African Studies, ISCTE – during three years. Published 12 articles in journals. Has 13 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Organized 17 event(s). supervised 2 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 4 MSc dissertation(s) e cosupervised 1. Has received 1 award and and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 2 project(s), Post-doc Fellow in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 2 project(s) and Researcher in 9 project(s). Works in the area(s) of International Relations and Violence, Peace and Security, with a focus on Feminism and Gender in Global Politics.

Sónia Ribeiro

She is a visiting Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University and Coordinator of the Research Line in Maritime Affairs, since 2011. She has coordinated various advanced programs within the UCP Institute of European Studies, and since 2014 has coordinated the Advanced Program in Sea Studies and coordinates, since 2015, the Post-graduation in Sea Science & Business Administration. Sónia is Consultant and Executive Project Manager at SaeR – Society of Strategic Assessment and Risk since September 2000, specializing in the areas of Geopolitics and Prospective, Strategic Planning, Strategic Evaluation and Regional Development. Sónia Ribeiro holds a PhD (2010) and Master (2000) in European Studies in the Institute of European Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University and a degree in International Relations (1997) of Lusíada University of Porto.

Luís Andrade

Luís Manuel Vieira de Andrade is a Full Professor at the Universidade of Açores, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da UAc.

Nancy Gomes

Associate Professor at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) where she is currently the Scientific Coordinator of the Degree in International Relations; Coordinator of the Advanced Course of Studies on Latin America, organized by the Department of International Relations (DRI) at UAL and the National Defence Institute; and Coordinator of the Chair of Ibero-American Studies, created in partnership by the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and UAL, attached to DRI/OBSERVARE. Integrated researcher at OBSERVARE-Observatory of Foreign Affairs, specializing in Ibero-American Affairs. She is the author of several scientific publications in national and international journals, in the field of expertise, and an occasional commentator on issues related to Latin American countries on television, radio and the written press. Director of the Delegation of the Fundação Universitária Ibero-Americana (FUNIBER) in Portugal, since September 2022. She worked as a consultant in the Education and Scholarship Service of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (between 2001 and 2005).

Isabel Nunes

Director at Nacional Defence Institute

She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Twente and a post-doctorate in International Relations from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). She has a Master degree in Strategy from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and a degree in History from the Faculty of Arts of Lisbon. She is a researcher at the External Relations Observatory of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa.

She was Deputy Director of the National Defense Institute between September 2006 and September 2008.

Between 2002-2005 she was a research fellow of the Foundation for Science and Technology with the research project “Multilevel Role Prescriptions – Portugal, NATO and the Common Foreign Security Policy” leading to her PhD and between 2008-2011 with the project “Operationalization and Implementation of Common Security and Defense Policy CSDP) – Connecting Competences and Power” in a post-doctoral framework. She was a research fellow at the Department of International Relations and International Organization of the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) between 2009 and 2011. Between 1999-2001 she was a NATO fellow, under the NATO-EAPC Individual Fellowship, with the research project “The Transatlantic Link and the European Defense and Security Identity in the Mediterranean Context”.

In 1994, she received the National Defense Prize for the best research work (master thesis) on the title “Outlining a Portuguese Diplomatic Strategy – Portugal in the Second World War”.

She was auditor of the National Defense Course at the National Defense Institute between 1995-1996

Since 2011, she has been Head of the Center for Studies and Research (CEI) of the National Defense Institute and advisor to that same institute, with areas of expertise in European foreign, security and defense, foreign policy of small states and theories of International Relations.

She represents the National Defense Institute at the Executive Academic Committee and is the director of the Course “Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management” within the framework of the European College of Security and Defense.

At the National Defense Institute, she has been directing the National Defense Course since 2012.

Between November 1996 and September 2006, she served as Head of Division of the Research Department of the National Defense Institute.

Between 1991 and 1996, she worked at the Department of International Relations – Division of Multilateral Relations, of the General Directorate of National Defense Policy, Ministry of Defence.

In 1989, she joined the Ministry of Defense where she worked as an advisor for international relations at the Secretary of State for National Defense Cabinet of the XI Constitutional Government.

Her latest publications include (2021) “European Union: Strategic Compass”; (2021) “Prospects for Euro-Atlantic cooperation”; (2018) “European Defense Cooperation”; (2017) “The British Referendum and European Security and Defense” (2017) “Comprehensive Approach in Crisis management: A literature review” and (2016) “International regimes as an analytical tool”.

On December 18, 2018, she received the 1st class National Defense Medal awarded by the Minister of Defense.

Licínia Simão

Coordinator at Atlantic Centre

Licínia Simão, PhD in International Relations, has been an advisor to the Portuguese Minister of Defence since 2018, and, since august 2021 is the Coordinator of the Atlantic Centre. She is an assistant professor at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra, teaching in International Relations, and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies. She has several academic publications in national and international editors as well as indexed journals. She is also an auditor to the National Defence Course and is member of the reflection group on the Atlantic at the National Defence Institute. She has also been nominated as a member of the redactorial commission to the Portuguese National Defence Strategic Concept

Helena Carreiras

Minister of National Defence, Portugal

Helena Carreiras, PhD in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute in Florence, is the Portuguese Minister of National Defence since March 2022. She is Associate Professor with tenure at ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL) and researcher for the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL). From 2010 to 2012 she was deputy director of the National Defence Institute and from 2016 to 2019 she headed the ISCTE-IUL School of Sociology and Public Policy. She was also deputy director of the CIES – Sociology Research and Studies Centre (2015) and the IPPS – Institute for Public and Social Policy (2018/2019). She was the Director of the National Defence Institute from 2019 to 2022. She is the author or organiser of 14 books, 48 chapters in books and 27 articles in specialist reviews.

Nuno Lemos Pires

Nuno Lemos Pires, Army Brigadier General, PhD, (https://academiamilitar.academia.edu/NunoPires was born in Lisbon, Portugal.

Finished the Military Academy (AM) in 1988 and has over 30 years of service in command and direction, instruction and teaching functions.

Throughout his career he integrated various institutions, national and international, having participated in several missions abroad, in Mozambique, Angola, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Between 1988 and 1998 he carried out functions of instruction and command at the Infantry Practical School. During this period, he also undertook a mission within the scope of Technical-Military Cooperation in Mozambique. Between 1998 and 2002, after concluding the General Staff Course, he was a lecturer in the areas of Strategy and Military History at the Institute for Advanced Military Studies in Lisbon. Between 2002 and 2005 he headed the Intel Branch, the All-source Cell and Intel Targeting, at NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, in Valencia, Spain. Between 2005 and 2007 he was Chief of Staff to the Commanding Admiral at NATO Joint Command Lisbon, after which he took charge of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion at the Mechanized Brigade in Santa Margarida, between 2007 and 2010. Once his command action ended, he began his duties as Professor of Military History and International Relations at the Military Academy in Lisbon, followed by the post of Director of Training at the School of Arms in Mafra. Between 2014 and 2019 he commanded the Student Corps and the Amadora Unit at the Military Academy, accumulating with the position of Professor of History, Defence, International Relations and Military Sciences. In 2019 he performed the functions of Deputy General Director of National Defence Policy in the Ministry of National Defence and Coordinator of the Atlantic Centre. From September 2021 to September 2022 he was the first Mission Force Commander of the European Union Training Mission in Mozambique. After the end of his command in Mozambique, he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Portuguese Military Academy, position he currently holds.

In addition to his military career, BGEN Lemos Pires has a vast academic career, with a PhD in History, Defence and International Relations from ISCTE-IUL (with Military Academy), a Master’s Degree in Military Sciences from Military Academy, a Post-Graduate Degree in Military History from Lusíada University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management from ISMAG. He is a frequent collaborator in several Universities and Institutes, both national and international, and a regular guest in colloquiums and conferences on his themes of interest.

He has published 11 books and more than 120 chapters or articles in books and various publications on subjects related to Military History, International Relations, Security and Defence, Strategy and Terrorism.

Throughout his military and academic career Brigadier Lemos Pires has been awarded several commendations, decorations and prizes, including four Distinguished Service Medals (Gold and Silver), CSDP EUTM-MOZ Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service and the National Defence Prize 2014 for his work: “Wellington, Spínola and Petraeus: The Holistic Command of War”.

BGEN Lemos Pires is married and has three children.

Inês Marques Ribeiro

Integrated Researcher at CEI-Iscte

Inês is Integrated Researcher at the Centre for International Studies at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. Working with the Portuguese National Defence Policy Directorate since 2020 as a researcher (preparing studies, advising, and preparing policy documents on European and Transatlantic Defence). Guest Assistant Professor at Iscte. PhD in History, Security and Defence Studies focused on EU Defence Policy (Iscte), M.A. in European Political Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges). Previously: Editorial Assistant at the Portuguese Journal of Social Science (Iscte). Research interests: EU, CSDP, Critical Geopolitics, Discourse Analysis, Post-Structuralism.

Frank Mattheis

Research Fellow at UN University Institute

Frank Mattheis is a Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), where he coordinates a research cluster on regional governance. His work deals with the dynamics of regional integration in Africa, Europe, and Latin America, as well as with the interactions between supranational institutions. Previously, he held academic positions at the Leipzig University, the University of Pretoria, the Université libre de Bruxelles, and the University of Freiburg. He received his doctoral degree from Leipzig University and regularly provides advice to multilateral and regional organizations. In 2021, he received the FLAD Atlantic Security Award, created by the Atlantic Centre, the National Defence Institute, and the Luso-American Development Foundation.

Susana Ferreira

Lecturer at Complutense Univ. of Madrid

Susana Ferreira holds a PhD in International Relations and International Security by the NOVA University of Lisbon and the UNED (Spain), having received the UNED Extraordinary Doctoral Award for her thesis. She is a Lecturer of International Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid. She has lectured at the António de Nebrija University. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (University of Georgetown), and at the Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado, with whom she maintains a close collaboration. She is an associate researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA); the Institute of National Defense (IDN-Portugal); and, the Center for Security and Defence Research at the Military University Institute (CIDIUM). Her research areas cover international migration, border management, security studies, European policies, and the Mediterranean, in which she has several national and international high-standard publications. She is the author of “Human Security and Migration in Europe’s Southern Borders” by Palgrave Macmillan publishing house (2019) and has another monographic volume with her PhD directors published by the Instituto Universitário General Gutiérrez Mellado (2015).  She has participated as editor and co-editor of several volumes, from which stands the Routledge Handbook of Maritime Security (2022). She has been granted the FLAD Atlantic Security Award, in its first edition in 2022.

António Gonçalves Alexandre

Portuguese Navy Captain, in reserve

António Gonçalves Alexandre is Portuguese Navy Captain, in reserve. He has taken part in numerous military operations, namely Sharp Vigilance and Sharp Guard, embargoes against former Yugoslavia, in the Adriatic Sea, in 1992 and 1996, respectively, and Active Endeavour, in 2002, in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean, against maritime terrorism.

He commanded the frigate “Corte-Real” between 2008 and 2010, and in 2009 participated in operation Allied Protector, against maritime piracy in the Western Indian Ocean.

Between 2014 and 2015 he was commander of the Portuguese Naval Force.

From 2017 to 2020 he was a lecturer at the Military University Institute.

He holds a PhD in International Relations from FCSH-NOVA and is an associate researcher at the Research and Development Centre of the Military University Institute.

He has published chapters in books and articles in scientific journals, mainly related to maritime security and geopolitics of maritime spaces.

Rachid El Houdaigui

Senior Fellow at the PCNS

Rachid El Houdaïgui is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and a professor of International Relations at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier’s Law Faculty, who focuses on international relations, geopolitics, Mediterranean region, North Africa and the Arab world. He is also professor at Royal College of Advanced Military Studies (Kenitra) and visiting professor at Cergy-Pontoise University (Paris), Cadix University (Spain) and at La Sagesse University (Beirut, Lebanon). EL Houdaïgui is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with international relations and geopolitics: the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Arab world. Also, he is co-director of the Moroccan-Spanish review “Peace and International Security” and in charge of the Observatory of Mediterranean Studies (Abdelmalek Essaadi University).

Abdessalam Jaldi

International Relations Specialist at the PCNS

Abdessalam Jaldi is an International Relations Specialist, with a focus on International Law and International Relations. He is currently working in the PCNS as a core member of an analytical study examining the Maghreb mutations, the Euro-African relations, the new tendencies of international law and the influence of India and Africa. Ph.D Doctor in Law from France in 2018, he has four years of experience working in non-profit, social research and electoral observations.

Ángeles Jiménez García-Carriazo

Lecturer at the International Maritime Law Institute

Ángeles Jiménez García-Carriazo is a Lecturer at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta. Her research interests focus on the law of the sea, particularly, the extension of the continental shelf, delimitation of maritime boundaries and common heritage of mankind. She holds a Ph.D. degree (Universidad de Jaén), an LL.M. in European Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and a degree in Law and International Relations (Universidad Pontificia Comillas -ICADE).

Sarra Sefrioui

Professor at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

Sarra Sefrioui is a professor of public international law at Abdel Malek Essaâdi University in Tangier. She is the Moroccan representative in the network of experts on maritime safety and security MARSAFENET (COST Action IS 1105). Prof. Sefrioui has worked at the International Court of Justice in The Hague (Netherlands), at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg (Germany) and in an international law firm in Paris (France). Having done her doctoral thesis at Paris XI on “Islands in Maritime Delimitation”, Pr. Sefrioui is a graduate of the Yeosu Academy for Oceans Law (South Korea), the Rhodes Academy for Oceans Law and Policy (Greece) and the International Foundation for the Law of the Sea Academy (Germany). She is the author of several articles on maritime delimitation and marine environmental protection.

Sandra Fernandes

Professor at University of Minho

Holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations (Sciences Po Paris), with multifaceted experience inside and outside UMinho and Portugal.

Within the academic world, the course has resulted in recognitions, such as the Jacques Delors prize in 2005, election to the governing bodies of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) and invitations to universities in Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Turkey and Russia.

In addition to academia, there have been collaborations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Portugal and several other countries, with the Ministry of National Defence and invitations to act as a dialogue facilitator. Also noteworthy are the interviews with national and foreign media with the sharing of expert opinion on international policy issues, namely the European Union, Russia and Multilateralism.

The commitment to the valorisation of executive knowledge through the investment in teaching at UMinhoExec is seen in the active participation in the curricular offer, as well as the creation of specialised courses. Of note is the creation of the Diplomatic Career Admission Course – CICAD – UMinhoExec, the assiduous presence in the Public Management Training Programme – FORGEP, as well as the creation of the Protocol Training Programme.

Luís Eduardo Saraiva

Professor at Military Institute

He is a lecturer and researcher at the Military University Institute. He is a retired Colonel in the Portuguese Army. He has a Doctorate and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Lusíada University and a degree in Military Sciences from the Military Academy. He is an auditor for the National Defence Course and a graduate of the Executive Program in Advanced Security Studies, in Germany, from the Marshal Center. Among the main academic functions performed stands out teaching at the Lusíada University, in the last ten years, in the graduation and master’s degree of International Relations, in the degree in Security Policies and in the master’s degree in Security and Justice, of curricular units such as Euro-Atlantic Space, Introduction to International Relations, Security and Defence Policy, Sociology of International Relations, Theory of International Relations, Strategic Information, Technological Security Systems and Political Communication, among others. He was also coordinator of the licentiate and master’s degrees in the area of Security. At the Military University Institute, he is responsible for the coordination of the curricular units of Strategic Studies (Joint-Majority Course – Master’s Degree in Military Sciences) and Seminar on Crises and Armed Conflicts (Doctorate in Military Sciences). He served in NATO (1989-1992 and 1997-2002), was a United Nations Military Observer during the war in Yugoslavia (1993-1994) and was Military Adviser to the Portuguese Representation to the European Union in Brussels (2005-2008).

José Palmeira

Professor at University of Minho

Holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations (University of Minho). Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science of the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho. He is Deputy Director of the Department of Political Science, Member of the Steering Committees of the PhD in Political Science and International Relations, of the MA in Political Science and of the Undergraduate Degree in Political Science, and Member of the Political Science Research Centre. He is also Co-Editor of the journal Perspetivas – Journal of Political Science.

Chris Alden

Professor at London School Economics

Chris Alden is Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Director of LSE IDEAS. His research focus is on Foreign Policy Analysis and Asia-Africa relations.  He is author or editor of ‘Emerging Powers in Africa: from development to geopolitics’, (Rome: Instituto Affari Internazionale 2019), ‘Foreign Policy Analysis and the Study of Indian Foreign Policy: a pathway to theoretical innovation? India Review 2019, New Directions in Africa-China Studies (Routledge 2018), Foreign Policy Analysis – new approaches (Routledge 2017), China and Africa – Building Peace and Security Cooperation on the Continent (Palgrave 2017), China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists (Johannesburg: Jacana 2014), and China in Africa (Zed 2007). He regularly teaches courses at University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, Paris School of International Affairs, Peking University and was a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, 1990-2000.

Carlos Gaspar

Professor at Univ. Autónoma de Lisboa

Professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL)-International Relations Department and Associate Research Fellow of its research unit OBSERVARE. He is Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IPRI-NOVA), a research unit of which he was Director between 2006 and 2011.  Senior Advisor, Instituto de Defesa Nacional. Senior Adviser, Fundação Oriente. Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Member of the Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política. Member of the Real Instituto Elcano. He was Political Advisor to President António Ramalho Eanes (1977-1986), President Mário Soares (1986-1996), and President Jorge Sampaio (1996-2006). Director of IPRI-NOVA (2006-2011), and Professor of International Relations at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2006-2020). He was a Research Fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and taught international relations at several Portuguese universities since 1988. He read Law and History at the Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, and holds a Master degree in International Relations from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and a Doctoral degree in International Relations from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

He has published several books and many articles and reports.

Nuno Canas Mendes

Professor at University of Lisbon

Nuno Canas Mendes has a PhD in International Relations and he is an Associate professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon and President of the Orient Institute.

Daniel Cardoso

Professor at Univ. Autónoma de Lisboa

Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) and Subdirector of Observare – Observatory of Foreign Relations at UAL. Integrated researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IPRI-NOVA).

He was a post-doctoral researcher at IPRI-NOVA (2016-2019), Visiting Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA-FCSH), at the Faculty of Economics, Universidade de Coimbra and visiting researcher at Fudan University, Shanghai (2011-2012).

His research interests focus on networked and multi-level international governance and foreign policy-making in Brazil, China and the European Union. His research has been published in various scientific journals such as Third World Quarterly, South European Society and Politics, Contexto Internacional and East Asia Journal.

PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Free University of Berlin and Master in International Relations from the Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra (FEUC).

Luís Valença Pinto

Professor at Univ. Autónoma de Lisboa

General (Army, Rtd).

He is Invited Full Professor at the International Relations Department of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and Researcher on its research unit, OBSERVARE.

On his military career and among many other assignments, he was Chief of Defense Portugal, Chief of the Army, Army Logistics Commander, Director of the National Defense Institute, National Military Representative at the the Supreme Allied Headquarters, Commander of the Engineer School, and Defense Counsellor in the Portuguese Delegation to NATO.

He was also Professor of Strategy and Geopolitics at the Institute of Military High Studies.  As Chief of Defense Portugal (2006-2011) he integrated the Military Committees of NATO and of the European Union.

As a Lieutenant and Captain he served in two combat tours in Angola (1971-1972 and 1973–1975).

After conclusion of his active service in the Armed Forces, he started an academic activity.

He has published more than one hundred studies, book chapters and articles essentially on Security and Defense issues.

He is a regular speaker in universities and other institutions in Portugal and abroad.

He is active and holds responsibilities in several cultural, scientific and social organizations.

Luís Tomé

Professor at Univ. Autónoma de Lisboa

Full Professor at Autónoma University of Lisbon, where he is Director of the International Relations Department and of the research unit OBSERVARE-Observatory of Foreign Relations. Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI). Visiting Professor at La Sapienza Universitá di Roma – Italy, the Middle East Technical University (METU) of Ankara-Turkey and the Portuguese National Defense Institute (IDN), Military University Institute (IUM) and Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security (ISCPSI). He was Special Adviser for International Relations and Counter-Terrorism in the Office of the Minister of Home Affairs (Nov. 2015 – Oct. 2017); Advisor to the Vice-President of the European Parliament (1999-2004); and NATO-EAPC Researcher for two years, authoring the report “Russia and NATO’s Enlargement” (2000). Researcher in the areas of International Relations, Geopolitics and Security Studies specialising in the Euro-Atlantic, Eurasian and Asia-Pacific regions, he is the author and co-author of more than a dozen books and numerous essays and articles published in specialist journals. He has been a guest speaker at high-level conferences and collaborates regularly with various media outlets, analysing and commenting on international political and security issues. Professor Luis Tomé has a degree in International Relations from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL), a Masters in Strategy from the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) and a PhD in International Relations from Universidade de Coimbra (FEUC).

Richard Higgot

Professor at BSG and Univ. of Warwick

Prof. Dr. Richard Higgott, is Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy at the Brussels School of Governance and Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy, University of Warwick. In a professional career split between Europe and Australia he is now also Visiting Professor in Political Science at the University of Siena.

At the University of Warwick he was foundation Director of the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research. He has been Professor of Government at the University of Manchester.

In Australia he was, inter alia Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Foreign Affairs at the Australian National University, Winthrop Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Australia, Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, President of the Australasian Political Science Association and Vice Chancellor of Murdoch University in Western Australia.

He is the author/editor of over 20 books and 130 articles in major journals including International Organization, Political Science Quarterly, Review of International Studies, International Political Science Review, Review of International Political Economy and International Affairs.

He has edited three major peer reviewed journals: the Australian Journal of International Affairs, Global Governance and, for over 20 years, the Pacific Review.

Robert Sutter

Professor at Georgetown University

Prof. Dr. Robert Sutter is one of the world’s leading experts on East Asia and US-China relations. A Ph.D. graduate in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University, he is Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University. His earlier fulltime position was Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University for ten years (2001-2011).

Prof. Sutter’s government career for more than thirty years saw service as senior specialist and director of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service, the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the US Government’s National Intelligence Council, the China division director at the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Prof. Sutter has published 24 books (four with multiple editions), over 300 articles and several hundred government reports dealing with contemporary East Asian and Pacific countries and their relations with the United States. His most recent book is “US-China Relations: Perilous Past, Uncertain Present” (Rowman and Littlefield 2022), an extensively revised 4th edition where Prof. Robert Sutter’s explains in detail the critical role of American domestic politics in hardening US policy toward China over the past five years.

Sónia Sénica

Professor at Univ. Autónoma de Lisboa

Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) and Associate Research Fellow at its research unit Observare-Observatory of Foreign Relations. Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA).

She holds a degree, a Master’s degree and a PhD in International Relations from NOVA University of Lisbon. With a Postgraduate degree in “Theory and Diplomatic Practice” from the Lusíada University of Lisbon (2004).

Coordinator of a research project at the Luso-American Development Foundation (2016). Participant in the course “Diplomatic Protocol” of the École Nationale d’Administration in Paris (2008).

First Portuguese in the “Russia and the contemporary world” course at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow (2003).

Her research areas focus on Russian Federation, Foreign Policy and International Politics.

She is international politics commentator at CNN Portugal.

José Amado da Silva

Rector of Autonomous University of Lisbon

He has a degree in Chemical-Industrial Engineering from IST and a PhD in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

He was a professor at several higher education institutions and universities.

Consultant for companies, Ministerial Offices and Public Institutes in the areas of privatization, evaluation of community programs, business strategies, industrial policy and regulation. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICP-ANACOM.

He has several studies and publications in the area of regulation and competition.

He is currently Rector of the Autonomous University of Lisbon.

Francisco Proença Garcia

Professor at Portuguese Catholic University

Francisco Proença is currently Associate Professor with Habilitation and Dean for Faculty at the Institute for Political Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University; Visiting Academic at University of Saint Joseph (Macau), Instituto Universitário Militar (Lisbon) and Mozambique Catholic University (Beira).

Among other duties, he served as national representative in the Science and Technology Organization / North Atlantic Treaty Organization (2014-16), Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies of the Military Academy (2014), Advisor of the Chief of the Army Staff 2011-14); Military Advisor to the Portuguese Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Defense Agency (2008-11), President of the Scientific Council of the Higher Institute of Business Communication (2013), Vice-President of the Army Research Center (2002 and 2014), Planning Officer of the PKF / UNTAET Central Sector Command Headquarters in Timor-Leste (2001). Francisco Proença Garcia is Academic of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture, Academic of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Military History and Director of the Lisbon Geographical Society. He has written 16 books and published several dozens of scientific articles in the areas of International Relations, Security Studies and African Studies. His most recent edited book is Authoritarian Power and the Challenges to Liberal Democracy (2022), Aletheia, Lisbon.

Ana Mónica Fonseca

Director, CEI-Iscte

Ana Mónica Fonseca is the director of the Centre for International Studies at ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (CEI-IUL) and Assistant Professor of the Department of History at Iscte-IUL. She is also Director of the MA in Modern and Contemporary History and Sub-Director of the MA in International Studies. Her research areas focus on transitions to democracy in Southern Europe, Luso-German relations during the Cold War and non-state actors and the promotion of democracy.

Ana Isabel Xavier

Professor at Uni Autónoma de Lisboa

Associate Professor at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) and Guest Professor at ISCTE-IUL. Researcher at OBSERVARE – Foreign Affairs Observatory of UAL and Associated Researcher of the International Studies Centre (CEI-IUL) and CISDI-UM – Security and Defence Research Centre of the Military University Institute.

Member of the Board of the Portuguese Atlantic Commission since October 2020.

She is an RTP commentator for international affairs, with a weekly item on Europe every Saturday on Jornal 2, on RTP2.

She holds a PhD in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics at the Universidade de Coimbra (specialisation in European Studies), with a thesis entitled “The European Union and Human Security: a crisis management actor in search of a strategic culture? Analysis and prospective considerations.” (2011). She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology of Development and Social Transformation (2006) and a degree in International Relations (2003) from the same Faculty. She has a post-graduate degree (2005) in Human Rights and Democratisation from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade de Coimbra.

Aldino Campos

Aldino Santos de Campos holds a degree in Naval Military Sciences (Naval School – 1992) and specialized in hydrography (Hydrographic Institute – 1996).  He holds a master’s degree in Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (University of New Brunswick, Canada, 2001) and the Naval General Course of War (Instituto Superior Naval de Guerra – 2004).  He also holds a PhD in Territory Engineering (Instituto Superior Técnico – 2009) and a PhD in International Relations (Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa – 2021).

He is a researcher at the Research Center of the Institute of Political Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University in the Line of Research in Sea Affairs (LIAM) in the area of global ocean governance.

Throughout his career he has conducted several hydrographic and geodesic missions in the continent and autonomous regions, as well as the duties of spatial data analyst with special focus in bathymetric data management, accumulating with teaching activity in the School of Hydrography and Oceanography and Naval School.  He was a guest professor of hydrography and geographic information systems at FCUL. Since 2004, he was coordinator in the area of geomatics in the Mission Structure for Platform Extension (EMEPC), having been responsible for the mission structure between 2013 and 2016.

In June 2017 he was elected to the Assembly of States Parties of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the position of member of the Continental Shelf Limits Commission (United Nations) for the 2017-2023 term, being reelected for the term 2023–2028 in the same Commission.

Emmanuel Bell Bell

Navy Captain

Head of Division in charge of Information and communication management at the Inter-regional Coordination Center (ICC) Yaoundé – Cameroon.

He Joined Cameroon navy in 1991 through the France naval academy from where he graduated in 1993.Upon completion of this training, he returned home and embarked on board Cameroon Navy Ship Bakassi. He served aboard as navigator, chief engineer, and later Executive officer. Meanwhile, he attended the French navy engineering school in France in 1995 and the International Maritime Officers’ course (IMOC) in Yorktown, Virginia, USA in 1999.In 2002, he fled to France to attend the French Engineering School (ENSTA) in Brest and was trained as a naval architect. In 2006 he started working as staff officer within the Navy Surface Forces Headquarters in Douala. In 2007, he was appointed Head of the state action at sea office. Additionally, in 2011, he was appointed operations officer and Head of the Douala Maritime Operations Center (MOC). In 2013, he acted as Technical Inspector within the Navy Headquarters. In 2014, he was selected as staff of the inter-regional working group in charge of elaborating Inter-regional Coordination Center (ICC) basic documents. After ICC inauguration in September 2014, he served as staff of the ICC launching team in charge of finalizing ICC basic documents. At the end of the launching period in November 2015, he was appointed ICC coordinator prior to the operationalization of ICC in February 2017.Since then, he has been serving as Head of Information management and communication Division at ICC. Since February 2020, he has been the acting Head of division in charge of training and practice. As the GoGIN project is developing a software called YARIS for maritime information sharing among the centers of the Yaoundé architecture, Captain Bell Bell has been selected as a trainer. After having attended several trainings on that software, he is now among trainers who are training operators in the various countries of the Gulf of Guinea. In 2021, he was designated as Co-chair of the newly created Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GoG-MCF/SHADE) initiated by ICC and NIMASA to fight against piracy in the GoG.

Christian Bueger

Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, honorary professor of the University of Seychelles, a research fellow at the University of Stellenbosch and one of the directors of the SafeSeas network

Christian Bueger is professor of international relations at the University of Copenhagen, honorary professor at the University of Seychelles, and one of the directors of the SafeSeas network for maritime security. He is widely known for his work on maritime security, piracy, and ocean governance and has widely published on these themes. In his current research he focuses on critical maritime infrastructures. He is one of the authors of Capacity Building for Maritime Security. The Western Indian Ocean Experience, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2021.

Solomon Onyilo Agada

Rear Admiral Nigerian Navy

Rear Admiral Solomon Agada was commissioned into the Nigerian Navy as Sub-Lieutenant in 1991. He has attended several courses in the course of his career which include the Officer Long Course where he specialized in Navigation and Direction, the Junior and Senior Staff Courses as well as Strategic Defence Studies course among others.

Rear Admiral Solomon also obtained Certificates of Training from the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo-Italy in international Humanitarian Law, Rules of Engagement, Naval Operations and Law as well as Advanced Course in International Humanitarian Law. Furthermore, he holds Certificate of Training in United Nations Peace Support Operations (COTIPSO) from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, USA. His academic qualifications include, Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from the Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna Nigeria, Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy (MAID) from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria and Masters of Philosophy in Strategy and Development Studies from Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In the course of his career, Rear Admiral Solomon have held several appointments afloat and ashore some of which are, Commanding Officer Nigerian Navy Ship AYAM, Directing Staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji-Nigeria, Exchange Directing Staff at the South Africa National War College, Pretoria-South Africa and Directing Staff at the prestigious National Defence College, Abuja-Nigeria. Additionally, he was also the Chief Staff Officer Central Naval Command, Nigerian Navy and the pioneer Co-Chair of the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum Shared Awareness and De-Confliction (GOG-SHADE) from April 2021 until 13 May 2022. He is currently the Chief of Training and Operations, Naval Headquarters, Nigerian Navy.

Raquel Vaz-Pinto

Researcher at IPRI-NOVA

Raquel Vaz-Pinto é Investigadora do Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI) da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Prof. Auxiliar Convidada da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da mesma Universidade, onde lecciona as disciplinas de Estudos Asiáticos e História das Relações Internacionais.

É consultora do Conselho de Administração da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Foi Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política de 2012 a 2016.

Autora de vários artigos e livros entre os quais A Grande Muralha e o Legado de Tiananmen, a China e os Direitos Humanos editado pela Tinta-da-China e Os Portugueses e o Mundo editado pela Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Os seus interesses de investigação são Política Externa e Estratégia Chinesa; os EUA e o Indo-Pacífico; a Europa e o Mundo; e Liderança e Estratégia.

É comentadora residente de política internacional da SIC, da TSF e do Podcast [IN] Pertinente – dupla Política com Pedro Vieira – da Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Carmen Fonseca

Researcher at IPRI-NOVA

Carmen Fonseca is Assistant Professor at at the Department of Political Studies of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at NOVA University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH) and Researcher at Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA). She holds a PhD in International Relations from NOVA University of Lisbon. In 2012 Carmen Fonseca was visiting fellow at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro), and has been, since 2008, editor of the journal International Relations. She recently published ” A política externa do governo Lula”” (FGV-Editora) and, with Leticia Pinheiro, the essay “Portugal-Brasil: Encontros e Desencontros”, by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (FFMS).

Ana Santos Pinto

Executive Diretor, IPRI-NOVA

Ana Santos Pinto is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Studies and Assistant Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at NOVA University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH). She is also Researcher and Executive Director of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA), member of the Board of Trustees of Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) and member of the Advisory Council of Anna Lindh Foundation. Between 2018 and 2019, Ana Santos Pinto was Secretary of State for National Defense of the Portuguese Government.

Ana Santos Pinto holds a PhD in International Relations from NOVA University of Lisbon. Her main areas of research and academic publications are Identities in International Politics, European Union Foreign and Security Policy and Middle East geopolitics.

Diana Soller

Associated Researcher at IPRI-NOVA

Diana Soller is Associated Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA), International Politics Commentator at CNN Portugal and regular columnist in the online newspaper Observador. In 2018 she co-authored with Tiago Moreira de Sá the book “Donald Trump : o método no caos” (D. Quixote).

Under the development of the project “The Democratic West and the Democratic Rest: Searching for the New Liberal International Order”, she was Fulbright Scholar at the University of Miami, Visiting Researcher at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro) and Visiting Researcher at the Observer Research Foundation (New Delhi). She was also Research Advisor at the National Defense Institute (2005-2010).

Lawrence Dogli

Programs Coordinator, GoGMI

Lawrence Dogli is the Programs Coordinator for the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute (GoGMI). Lawrence’s work in GoGMI focuses on maritime security cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea, stakeholder engagements and partnerships, blue economy advocacy, and policy foresight. Lawrence is driven by a desire to understand the long-term benefits of strategic maritime safety and security analysis, as well as the economic and political dynamics, and his experience and interests, are at the intersection of maritime policy and socio-economic development.

Lawrence helped establish the Expert Level Discussion Group of the International Maritime Organization for the Gulf of Guinea region, where he coordinated expert dialogues on vital aspects of sustainability of the Yaoundé Code of Conduct Architecture (YCoC), and the development of recommendations to the Heads of States of the YCoC member states. “Sustainability” in the context of the dialogues referred to the ability of the Yaoundé Code of Conduct to be self-supported and maintained to continually achieve its primary purpose of fostering cooperation among signatory countries to combat transnational organized crime in the Gulf of Guinea maritime domain.

Previously, Lawrence was the Executive Assistant for GoGMI. Lawrence holds a BSc in Ports and Shipping Administration from the Regional Maritime University.

Gilles Chehab

Gilles Chehab joined the GoGIN+ project in 2021, which supports the use of the YARIS platform among AY stakeholders and member states.

He left the French Navy in 2021. His last responsibilities were to be Head of the Maritime Information, Cooperation and Awareness Centre and Co-Director of the FR/UK Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade-Gulf of Guinea since 2018.

Prior to that, he held numerous responsibilities as Course Director, training officer, Executive Officer and Ship’s Commanding officer

André Matos

Professor at Portucalense University

André Pereira Matos is the Coordinator of the BA in International Relations and the MA in International Relations and Diplomacy at Portucalense University, in Porto, Portugal. André Matos works as a Professor at the Law Department of same institution, as well as at Minho University, teaching International Relations Theory, Political Science, International Responsibility and others. André Matos is also the Coordinator of the Research Group “Democracy and Governance for the 21st century” of the FCT-funded Portucalense Institute for Legal Research. André Matos has previously worked as an international consultant at SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, at which he has been involved in FP7 projects and Horizon2020 proposals in several fields. André Matos concluded his PhD in International Relations with the thesis “A Constructivist Perspective on EU’s Democracy Promotion in Turkey”​. Additionally, André Matos has published in national and international IR journals and participated in several conferences worldwide. He has also taught some individual lectures ate different national universities on IR, Turkey and EU studies. His academic interests range from the Middle East, Turkey and democratisation processes to the European studies, identity issues and IR theories. He has been awarded with several prizes and scholarships.