Lucie Calleja (141F-BBE6-ADB2)

Curriculum Vitae

Lucie Calleja

Lucie Calléja is Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Relations, Security and Defense at the Institute for Political Studies of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) and researcher at the Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies (CIEP). She completed her PhD in 2024 and was Research Fellow at the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) between 2021 and 2024. Before that, she completed the MA in Governance Leadership and Democracy Studies at the Institute for Political Studies (IEP-UCP) in 2017 and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Université Lumière Lyon II (France) in 2015. In 2021, she joined the Research Line 'Peace and Civil Society' (LIPSC) of the CIEP (IEP-UCP). Her research interests focus on conflict resolution and peacebuilding, particularly in Africa, with a specific emphasis on community-based initiatives and women’s participation.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Lucie Calleja
Date of birth: 1995/03/23
Gender: Female

Citation names

Calleja, Lucie

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 141F-BBE6-ADB2
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2613-1570

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucie-calleja-3131a2105/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
French (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/01 - 2024/06/24 Concluded	Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defense (Doutoramento) Major in International Relations Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal "UNSCR 1325 and Local Women's Involvement in Peacebuilding Initiatives: the Case Study of Liberia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19/20
2023/07/01 - 2023/07/16 Concluded	UN Graduate Study Programme (Outros) United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland
2015/09 - 2017/05 Concluded	MA Governance Leadership and Democracy Studies (Mestrado) Major in International Relations Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal "Democratic Transition and Consolidation Process in South Africa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18/20
2014 - 2015 Concluded	International Relations (Licence) University of Malta Faculty of Arts, Malta
2012 - 2015 Concluded	Political Science (Bachelor) Major in Political Science Université Lumière Lyon 2 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon, France

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - Current	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - Current	Coordinator of the MA in Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação do Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação do Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
2021/03/04 - 2022/01/01	Commissioning Editor	E-International Relations, United Kingdom

2018/09 - 2021/09/30	International Relations Executive Coordinator	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/10/01 - 2024/06/24	Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/09	Board Advisor Trainee	Instituto para a Promoção da America Latina e Caraíbas, Portugal

2017/09 - 2017/12	Global Volunteer for Quality Education	AIESEC, Brazil

2017 - 2017	Administrative Assistant	Conseil Departemental de Haute-Savoie, France

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/10/01 - 2024/06/24	UNSCR 1325 & Local Women's Participation in Peacebuilding Processes 10.54499/2021.04746.BD Integration into Research Grant Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/11 - Current	Novas Estratégias para a Paz em Cabo Delgado 2022.10494.PTDC Researcher Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Lucie Calléja. The “Peace Huts”: Empowering Women in Liberia’s Peacebuilding Efforts. Palgrave Macmillan - Springer. 2025. Under revision
Book chapter	Lucie Calléja; Ana Cavalieri. "An overview of the women, peace and security agenda: historical perspectives and current debates". In The Palgrave Handbook on politics of gender and identity in the lusophone world: referencing the past, understanding the present, and preparing the future. 2024. Under revision Lucie Calléja. "What role for women in Cabo Delgado's conflict?". In Muslim societies and peacebuilding in Africa. 2022. Accepted
Conference abstract	Lucie Calléja. "Western Sahara Conflict: Is Peace Possible in Today’s Changing Global Landscape?". Paper presented in IEP COLLOQUIA Conference “Sovereignty, Borders and Conflict. Tensions in a Changing World”, Lisbon, 2025. Submitted Calleja, Lucie. "Women Building Peace in Cabo Delgado". Paper presented in XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política, Covilhã, 2023. Published Calleja, Lucie. "Women, Civic Space and Post-Conflict Liberia: What Improvements?". Paper presented in Gender and Media: Challenges of Beijing + 25, 2021. Accepted Calleja, Lucie. "Grassroots Women and Peace: A case study of the Liberian Peace Process". Paper presented in IPSA World Congress 2021: New Nationalisms in an Open World, Lisbon, 2021. Accepted
Conference paper	Lucie Calléja. "Estratégias Metodológicas Qualitativas em Sociedades em Conflito e Pós-Conflito: Perspetivas da Etiópia e Libéria". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política, Lisbon, 2025. Under revision Lucie Calléja. "As mulheres na construção da paz: um caminho para a emancipação?". Paper presented in 14th World Women's Congress, Maputo, 2022. Published Lucie Calléja. "Women and grassroots-level engagement in building peace". Paper presented in Inaugural SACRU Research Student Seminar: "A Sustainable Future: Research delivering Impact for the 21st Century", 2021. Published
Journal article	Calleja, Lucie. "Sociedade Civil, Mulheres e Construção da Paz em Cabo Delgado". Nova Cidadania 80 (2023): Published Calleja, Lucie; Lucie Calléja. "Building Inclusive Peace from the Bottom-Up: The Case of Liberia". International Journal of Non-Profit Sector Empowerment 1 1 (2022): https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/npse/article/view/31253/24020. Open access • Published • 10.12681/npse.31253 Lucie Calléja. "The gender-environment nexus: towards inclusive and sustainable development". Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política 17 (2022): 53-68. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41380. Open access • Published • 10.33167/2184-2078.RPCP2022.17/pp.53-68 Lucie Calléja. "Transnational terrorism: a threat to global security". Janus.net 12 1 (2021): 1-12. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40257. Open access • Published • 10.26619/1647-7251.12.1.1 Calleja, Lucie. "The Rise of Populism: a Threat to Civil Society?". E-International Relations (2020): https://www.e-ir.info/2020/02/09/the-rise-of-populism-a-threat-to-civil-society/. Published
Report	Calleja, Lucie. 2023. Towards a Human-Centered Future: Sustainable Disarmament and Human Rights. https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/2023%20%20GSP%20Report.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation	"UNSCR 1325 & Local Women's Involvement in Peacebuilding Initiatives". PhD, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação do Instituto de Estudos Políticos, 2024. Lucie Calléja. "Democratic Transition and Consolidation Process in South Africa: In how far has the post-Apartheid transition to Democracy been successful?". Master, Institute for Political Studies, 2017.
Translation	Calleja, Lucie. Ericeira: Vila Piscatória, Reserva Mundial de Surf. Portugal. 2019. Published
Working paper	Lucie Calléja; António Fontes Ramos. 2025. "For a Peace Solution to Ukraine - An overview of possible solutions".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/07	When Women Lead: a civil society peacebuilding approach in Cabo Delgado	27th IPSA World Congress of Political Science International Political Science Association (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2023/05	Civil Society: A Critical Perspective	Institute for Political Studies
2023/03/15	O papel das mulheres no processo de paz em Moçambique	O papel das mulheres no processo de paz em Moçambique Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies (CIEP) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/03	Women Building Peace in Cabo Delgado	XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Portugal)
2022/12	The Power of Grassroots Women in Building Peace: Analysis of Liberia	VII Seminário IDN Jovem (Portugal)
2022/10/13	Building Inclusive Peace from the Bottom-Up	Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions in an Uncertain World International Political Science Association (IPSA) (Canada)
2022/10	Building Inclusive Peace from the Bottom Up: The Case of Liberia	Joint IPSA Colloquium (Kingston, Canada)
2022/09	As Mulheres na Construção da Paz: Um Caminho para a Emancipação?	Women's World Congress 2022 (Maputo, Mozambique)
2022/06	“Sociedade Civil, Mulheres, e Construção da Paz em Cabo Delgado”	Estoril Political Forum: Confronting the Authoritarian Challenge Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Portugal)
2022/06	Sociedade Civil, Mulheres, e Construção da Paz em Cabo Delgado	Estoril Political Forum XXX
2022/02/23	Gender Equality and Planetary Well-Being	EUROPAEUM Planetary Well-Being Winter School EUROPAEUM
2021/11	Women and Grassroots-Level Engagement in Building Peace	A sustainable future: research delivering impact for the 21st century Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities
2021/10/24	Peace and Reconciliation: A Grassroots Perspective	Leading Like Mandela: Peace and Reconciliation Ubuntu United Nations Leaders Academy
2021/07	Grassroots Women and Peace: A Case Study of the Liberian Peace Process	26th IPSA World Congress of Political Science 2021 (Canada)
2020/04/28	UNSCR 1325 and Women's participation in Peacebuilding Processes	Tutoria de Doutoramento Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal)
2019/12/13	Quels places, organes et structures à mettre en œuvre pour l’engagement de la jeunesse contre la violence radicale ?	Journées Euro-Mediterranéennes pour l’Engagement de la Jeunesse et des Femmes contre les Violences Extrêmes et la Radicalisation Chaire UNESCO-PREV (Rabat, Morocco)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018/09 - 2018/09	Event for International Students (2021/02/08 - 2021/02/09) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
2018 - 2018	VII Meeting “Strategic Triangle – Latin America, Europe, Africa” around several themes such as: Youth and Participation; Strategic Partnerships; Digital Economy; Infrastructures and Transports; Diplomacy and Regional Dynamics; Culture, Science and Education. (2018/05 - 2018/05) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto para a Promoção da America Latina e Caraíbas, Portugal
2017 - 2017	First Meeting Business Intelligence: specialists and diplomats met to debate and discuss the major markets in Portugal and opportunities for investment. This meeting was organized with the support of the bank BBVA. (2017/04/11 - 2017/04/12) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto para a Promoção da America Latina e Caraíbas, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/03 - Current	Apresentação do paper "Estratégias Metodológicas Qualitativas em Sociedades em Conflito e Pós-Conflito: Perspetivas da Etiópia e Libéria" Congress	XII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política, Portugal
2025/03/07 - 2025/03/07	XII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política Conference	XII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política
2024/09/05 - 2024/09/05	In honour of the presence of the Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, Dr. Jacqueline O'Neill, the Embassy of Canada, the National Defence Institute, and the Association of Women Ambassadors organized a conference on 'Strengthening Transatlantic Partnerships and Global Stability through the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.' I was invited to moderate the Panel "Promoting security and defense cooperation with Africa through WPS policy engagement". Conference	Strengthening Translatlantic Partnership and Global Stability through the Women, Peace and Seucirty Agenda Instituto da Defesa Nacional, Portugal
2023/07 - 2023/07	27th IPSA World Congress of Political Science (Buenos Aires, July 2023) Oral Presentation: “When Women Lead: a civil society peacebuilding approach in Cabo Delgado” Congress	27th IPSA World Congress of Political Science International Political Science Association, Canada
2022/06 - 2022/06	Participation in Estoril Political Forum (Estoril, Portugal) Conference	Confronting the Authoritarian Challenge Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
2022/02/22 - 2022/02/25	EUROPAEUM Winter School Planetary Wellbeing Conference	Planetary Wellbeing EUROPAEUM, Spain
2021/02/25 - 2021/02/25	Em colaboração com a Associação Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa (ABED), o IDN organiza o seminário para refletir sobre a implementação da RCSNU 1325 no Brasil e em Portugal e a integração de género em ambos contextos. Conference	"Mulheres, Paz e Segurança: implementação da RCSNU 1325 no Brasil e em Portugal" Instituto da Defesa Nacional, Portugal Associação Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa (ABED), Brazil
2020/11/06 - 2020/11/06	The IDN held an international conference to celebrate the 20th years of the UN Resolution 1325 about women, peace and security, discussing the achievements and challenges that remain for further implementation. Conference	Women, Peace and Security - 20 years of UNSCR 1325 Instituto da Defesa Nacional, Portugal
2020/04/24 - 2020/04/24	The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security held a conference engaging women peacebuilders at the frontlines of battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion focused on the impact of the pandemic on women in conflict settings. Conference	On the Frontlines of COVID-19: A Conversation with Women Peacebuilders The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, United States
2020/04/08 - 2020/04/08	Experts emphasized the need for a gender-conscious response to COVID-19 and advance strategies to minimize the pandemic’s impact on women. Conference	COVID-19: A Gender Perspective on the Growing Humanitarian Crisis The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, United States
2019/12 - 2019/12	"Journées Euro-Mediterranéennes" gathered politics, experts, researchers, and civil society to produce a data base regarding social prevention for youth and women against extreme violence and radicalism, and to present operational recommendations for the Euro-Mediterranean region. Seminar	Journées Euro-Mediterranéennes pour l’Engagement de la Jeunesse et des Femmes contre les Violences Extrêmes et la Radicalisation (Rabat, Morocco)
2019/06 - 2019/06	The Estoril Political Forum is an international forum known as a high-level programme offering participants an opportunity to learn and network with specialists on the field of International Relations and Political Science. Seminar	“The Transatlantic Alliance: 70 Years After the Foundation of NATO, 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall” Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019/01 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (APCP)	Member

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/11/13 - 2024/11/20	Aula sobre "O Espaço Africano"	Political Science and International Relations (Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
2024/10 - 2024/11	Course on Conflict Resolution	Political Science and International Relations (Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação do Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05	Civil society: a Critical Perspective	(Mestrado)
2019/09 - 2019/12	Seminars on Internationalization	(Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
2017/09 - 2017/12	Education and Gender Equality	(Ensino secundário)	Escola Futura Geração, Brazil

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2018/09 - 2018/09	Evaluation of Student's applications to the Programme of International Mobility and eligibility to the Erasmus+ Programme (Law Faculty, Universidade Católica Portuguesa) Evaluator	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021 - Current	E-International Relations	E-International Relations
2021/03/04 - 2022	E-International Relations	E-IR Publications

Distinctions

Award

2017	Alexis de Tocqueville Award Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Portugal

Other distinction

2023	Certificate of Completion United Nations Geneva Graduate Study Programme 61st Edition United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland
2021	Certificate of Completion (Ubuntu United Nations) – Ubuntu United Nations Training on Servant Leadership, Ethics of Care and Building Bridges (2021) Ubuntu Leadership Academy, Portugal
2019	Certificate of Completion - Course on Gender Concepts; International Frameworks for Gender Equality; and Promoting Gender Equality throughout the UN System UN Women, United States
2019	Certificate of Completion - The Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa UN Women, United States
2018	Certificate of Completion - MOOC on Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster Harvard University - Harvard Humanitarian Initiative , United States
2017	Leadership Development Experience AIESEC, Brazil