Maria Raquel Freire
Biography
Maria Raquel Freire, PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent, UK, is researcher at the Centre for Social Studies and Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. She was the Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence PRONE, and held a Jean Monnet Chair, at the University of Coimbra. She is currently involved in the research projects ProTest (Horizon Europe) and CARSI (Marie Curie Staff Exchange). She was a visiting professor and/or researcher at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA (FLAD Visiting Professor); Osaka University, Japan; KULeuven, Belgium, among others. Her research interests focus on peace studies, foreign policy, international security, European Union, and Eurasia. She has published extensively on these topics.
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Latest Publications
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Fazendeiro, Bernardo Teles; Freire, Maria Raquel; Nascimento, Daniela (2026), "Why the OSCE endures: the Helsinki Final Act at 50 in illiberal central Asia", International Affairs, 67
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Freire, Maria Raquel (2025), "A geopolitical enlargement in a contested context Border dynamics in the repositioning of the European Union to the east", R:I Relações Internacionais, Special Issue (também publicado em português), 25-39
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Freire, Maria Raquel; Santos, Sofia José; Crivelente, Moara Assis; Bezerra, Luiza Almeida (2025), Europeanisation in Debate: Media, Politics and Public Opinion in Portugal. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
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