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I am Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where I work as Principal Investigator on REBOOT, a Horizon Europe project focused on the European Film Industry (more here). I am also Research Fellow in the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative industries at King’s College London. My research looks mostly at EU media and cultural policy, including its intersection with EU foreign policy, although I also participate in projects focused on expanding current academic understanding of the links between culture, the economy, and development.

Additionally, I work as an independent consultant, designing and evaluating policy and governance frameworks to unleash the potential of culture to build a more prosperous EU and world. Recent projects include the CultureForHealth consortium, which I supported as EU policy expert. I also worked for and with the German Institute of Foreign Cultural Relations, the European Parliament (as expert on the status of artists and cultural workers), the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the European Foundation for Progressive Studies, and the Latvian Council of Science, among others.

My work is driven by the aim to impact EU policies. It has been cited in documents by and for the European Parliament (here, here and here), the European Council (here) and the European Commission (here). I have also addressed the European Parliament’s CULT Committee; a 2024 intervention on EU cultural diplomacy can be watched here and a 2021 intervention on the status of artists and cultural workers can be watched here.

As a Portuguese, European, and British citizen, I am committed to strengthening UK-EU relations through cultural and media policy and support several UK-based organisations on a pro bono basis.

Previously, I was Lecturer at King’s College London, Associate Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Visiting Lecturer at the Institut Catholique de Paris. I was also Research Fellow at the Centre on Public Diplomacy of the University of Southern California, where I led empirical research on the EU’s approach to culture in foreign affairs, and Postdoctoral Research Assistant working on a project led by the University of the Arts London for the UK government. My research has been published in namely the International Journal of Cultural Policy, the Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, and the Journal of Arts and International Affairs. I am a member of the management committee of the International Cultural Relations Research Alliance (ICRRA), a network co-convened by ifa and the British Council.

I hold a PhD in Visual Culture from Goldsmiths, University of London, an MA in Politics (European Studies) from UCLouvain, and a BSc in Sociology from ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute. I am trilingual in English, French and Portuguese.

CURRENT ROLEs

Researcher/Principal Investigator NL REBOOT, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Commmunication, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Visiting Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London

Member, Conselho Científico/Scientific Council, Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK)

Associate Fellow, British Foreign Policy Group

Member, UK Council, Creative UK

Senior Media Policy Advisor, UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity

PREVIOUS ROLES: expert/advisor

EU Policy Expert, CultureforHealth Consortium co-funded by the European Commission. Partners: Culture Action Europe, Trans Europe Halles, Central Denmark Region, The Northern Dimension Partnership for Culture, Centrul Cultural Clujean, and Društvo Asociacija

Lead Researcher, The Situation of Artists and Cultural Workers in the European Union, Culture Action Europe

Research Fellow 2019–2021, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California

Expert (Project: Values Machine Learning), Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Expert, Next Left academic group, Foundation for European Progressive Studies

Expert/Reviewer, Horizon Europe: Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society, European Commission

Expert (Project: Science of values and identity in the political process) – Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Consultant, Erasmus+ project led by the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, Paris

Expert, Culture and Foreign Policy (Project: The Role of Culture in a Divided Europe) – ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen/Institute for International Cultural Relations), Stuttgart

Subject Matter Expert (2021-2023), Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada (with Dr Dimitra Kizlari)

Expert/Reviewer, Latvian Council of Science

Cultural Diversity Expert, European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation

PREVIOUS ROLES: academic

Lecturer in Cultural Industries and Policy, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Commmunication, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Scoping Culture and Heritage Capital Research, University of the Arts London

Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Education (teaching the modules Cultural Policy and Conflict, Diplomacy and International Relations among others; MA Cultural and Creative Industries; MA Arts and Cultural Management; MA Global Media Industries), King’s College London

Associate Lecturer (ATER), Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy (MA Geopolitics and International Relations), Institut Catholique de Paris (in English and French)

Associate Lecturer (BA History of Art/Fine Art Years 1/2/3 and MA Research Architecture) – Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London

MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS (selected)

Management Committee Member, ICRRA – International Cultural Relations Research Alliance, DE/UK
Member, Chatham House – the Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK (2020–2021; 2023–)
Fellow, Royal Society for the Arts, UK
Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK
Member, UACES – the academic association for Contemporary European Studies, UK (2023)
Research Fellow 2019–2021, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, USA
Member and Policy Officer, United Nations Association Westminster Young Professionals, UK (2015–2017)
Member, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Young Scholars Initiative (Political Economy of Europe working group) (2015–2016)

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