Dina Sebastião is full-professor of European Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra and is an Integrated Researcher of CEIS20 - Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, of the University of Coimbra. She holds a PhD in European Studies (2017) and a Master in Contemporary History: Economy, Society and International Relations, with specialization in Portugal and European Integration (2010), by the University of Coimbra. She's currently a member of the Scientific Coordination Board of CEIS20. Her research has been focused on the study of the European Union as a political system in progress, under a normative democratic orientation, dependent on political and party dynamics at the national and European levels. She has specifically studied the role of political parties in the political system of the EU, dynamics of Europeanisation, the economic and monetary governance of the EU and asylum policy. The multi- and interdisciplinary character of her research gives meaning to her integration at CEIS20. She has been studying EU politics and governance at the intersection of political science, history, and political economy. For the study of political parties, she has resorted mainly to political science theoretical frameworks, particularly developed in the context of EU studies, but complementing this approach with historiographic insights and political economy theoretical concepts. She has also been initiating epistemological and pedagogical reflections about European Studies from multi and interdisciplinary perspectives. At Ceis20 she finds conditions to further contribute for EU studies epistemology and pedagogy. The results of her research have been published in scientific journals and books and presented at international conferences. She was awarded the Jacques Delors 2017 Prize/Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - best academic study in EU issues.