Biography

Daniela Nascimento has a PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the University of Coimbra, a bachelor degree in International Relations by the same University and an European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the Inter-European Center for Human Rights and Democratisation. She is a researcher at the Center for Social Studies, in research line Democracy, Justice and Human Rights, and Associate Professor with Habilitation at the International Relations Group at the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra where she teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels in International Relations, including the MA in Peace, Security and Development Studies, and the PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution (with a performance evaluation of excellent for 2011-2013 and 2014-2016, 2017-2019, 2020-2022). She was Vice-Dean for Post-Graduate Studies at the School of Economics from February 20th, 2020 to April, 13th, 2022. She was an elected member of the Scientific Board of the School of Economics from 2011 until 2013 and from 2020 until 2022. She served as Counselor of the Council on Higher Military Education under the Ministry of Defense from 2017 and 2025. Her research interests focus on peace studies, human rights, peacebuilding, humanitarian action, especially in the African context and Timor Leste. She has published various chapters and peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and books, as well as participation in various research projects with national and international funding. Among her publications, the following books stand out: 'O humanitarismo em mudança: do socorrismo aos intervencionismos' (Humanitarianism in Change: From Relief to Interventionism) (Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2024, with José Manuel Pureza, "International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Strategies. The Complexities of War and Peace in the Sudans', published by Routledge (2017), the article 'Refugees as Entrepreneurs? A Challenge to HDP Programmes' (The International Spectator, 1-16, 2024, with José Manuel Pureza), the chapter 'Trials and tribulations: the challenges of building a sustainable state in South Sudan" published in 2020 in the book Limited Statehood and Informal Governance in the Middle East and Africa edited by Ruth Santini; Abel Polese and Robert Kevlihan (Routledge/Taylor and Francis).