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I'm an academic and policy expert specialising in EU policy with 15 years of experience. My work focuses on EU cultural and media policy and their overlap with EU foreign policy and diplomacy.
I support several organisations in the UK and have worked with and for the European Parliament, the European Commission, governmental fora and organisations, think tanks, academia, and industry groups in the UK and in the EU.
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Currently, 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 at EU media and cultural policy, including its intersection with EU foreign policy and diplomacy. As an academic, I have contributed to successful Horizon Europe grant applications in a total of €11.5 million.
Additionally, I work as an independent EU policy advisor and consultant. 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 policy. 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. A summary of my views on the strategic relevance of a transnational approach to culture can be found here and 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: the British Foreign Policy Group, Creative UK, the UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity, and the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK). I am also 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 am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
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 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
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
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London
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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