My work combines the fields of Law, Political Science and International Relations. I work on Elections, Democracy, and their current challenges and impacts at the international level. I worked with the European Union, International IDEA, The Carter Center, OSCE/ODIHR, The Council of Europe, The United Nations Development Programme, among others. The Electoral Integrity Project – International Advisory Board Member, after being visiting researcher in 2015 (coord. by Prof. Pippa Norris, Sydney University - Harvard University). I coordinated the project VotedHR - Elections, Democracy and Human Rights, at the Centre of Social Studies, University of Coimbra. The project aims at producing scientific knowledge, gathering insights from electoral stakeholders, people working with elections, and the public in general, to advance the concrete determinants of electoral integrity on the ground. It also aims at having an impact on the community, raising awareness on the main aspects and components of democracy, elections and Human Rights in general, and its broader insertion. This includes coordinating and carrying out a series of advanced training courses on Electoral Observation, Elections in Portugal, Democracy and Human Rights for Educators, among others. Internationally, VotedHR connects with International IDEA and The Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) in the international project "Elections and Covid-19". This includes a series of studies on how elections were run and which impacts of the pandemic. I authored a case study on Portugal, analysing the complexity and challenges of the electoral cycle, inserted in the global pandemic context. The aim is to produce scientific outputs at an international level, and global data, to be analysed on how elections were globally impacted by the pandemic and its potential broader impact . This is useful for the scientific community and practitioners, globally. A series of scientific publications is envisaged, with expected great impact at several levels. I worked recently with The Council of Europe, supporting Ukraine on holding democratic elections in the war context. I have worked with The European Union in the follow up mission to São Tomé e Príncipe (2024), and on election technical assistance (2024) at the European Partnership for Democracy, with a particular focus on voter registration and electoral management design, but also on the democratic engagement of women and youth. I served as Election Analyst in the ODIHR Expert Mission to Spain (2023). I worked with The Carter Center as Legal and Electoral Expert on the Electoral Mission to Brazil 2022 Elections, with a great focus on technologies. I worked on The Carter Center Electoral Technology Handbook (forthcoming), providing inputs from a legal perspective. I worked with International IDEA on the field of Electoral Justice (Stockholm and Jakarta, 2018; Mexico City, 2019). Lecturer at ProCuria - The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Indonesian Constitutional Court, on Electoral Justice (2018) and Human Rights (2019, 2022). Visiting researcher in 2015 The Electoral Integrity Project, coord. by Prof. Pippa Norris, Sydney University - Harvard University, 1st semester 2015; now member of the International Advisory Board. Lecturer in the Law Faculty - Lusíada University of Lisbon. Researcher in the Project "Peacebuilding and sustainable peace: UN missions in Timor-Leste and Portugal's contribution" (2012 - 2014). UNDP Electoral Legal Adviser in Timor-Leste, on the 2012 Electoral Cycle. Bridge certified trainer. Board Member of the Portuguese National Electoral Commission (2009-2022). Legal adviser before the Portuguese Parliament. PhD on International Politics and Conflict Resolution by the University of Coimbra. E.ma European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation Law Degree by the Faculty of Law, New University of Lisbon.