Lígia Carvalho Abreu has a PhD in Law from the faculty of law of the University of Geneva and is an associate professor at Universidade Lusófona (https://www.ulusofona.pt/en) where she teaches public and private international law, constitutional law, environmental law and human rights. She is an integrated researcher at the center for advanced studies in law ¿ Francisco Suárez (CEAD) of the Universidade Lusófona (https://cead.ulusofona.pt/en/) and she is also an associated researcher at the center for research on law and society (CEDIS) of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (https://novalaw.unl.pt/en/cedis/). She is a legal consultant, having prepared several studies for public and private institutions and international organizations. She develops a project in fashion law and, in this context, she is a professor and coordinator of the short course in fashion law at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a professor in the postgraduate course in fashion law at the catholic university and a member of the fashion law institute Argentina. She is a member of the research group on economic law, intellectual property and sustainable development at Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso (Rio de Janeiro). She is also a researcher at the project Right to the City which is a consortium with several Portuguese universities. She was a lawyer and a legal assistant at the United Nations Institute (UNITAR) in International Environmental Law. In 2024 she received the golden medal from the Escola Superior da Magistratura Tocantinense (ESMAT/Brazil) for her contribution to the dissemination of knowledge, encouragement of good practices and academic and professional dedication. (Last update 24 January 2024)