University degrees, diplomas and academic public assessments

2023 - PhD in International Relations - International Politics and Conflit Resolution, Thesis title: Defining "Refugees" and Their Protection: From the Construction of the Category to Its Implications to the Asylum Policy(ies) of the European Union, University of Coimbra

2008 - European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, Thesis title: The Case of Muslim Polygamy within Western European Legal Systems: Comparative Approach between France and England, Global Campus of Human Rights (Italy) and Danish Institute for Human Rights (Denmark)

2007 - Postgraduate Course in Human Rights, Essay on Islam in Europe: Legal Approaches in France and the United Kingdom, IGC/Human Rights Centre, U.Coimbra

2005 - Postgraduate Course in European and Economic Criminal Law, Paper on Corruption: compared perspective between Western European countries, IDPEE - Faculty of Law, U.Coimbra

2003 - Diplôme d´études supérieures en Droit, Erasmus Programme, UCLouvain, Belgium

2003 - Law Graduate, University of Coimbra

Field of specialisation

Forced Migration Studies

Human Rights

International Refugee Law