Biography

Vanda Amaro Dias is a researcher on Peace Studies at the research group of Humanities, Migration and Peace Studies at the Centre for Social Studies, an Assistant Professor at the Oporto Global University and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra, in the field of International Relations. She has teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including the supervisions of Master's dissertations and the participation in academic degrees' juris. She received her PhD in International Relations: International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the University of Coimbra. She has a Master's degree in Political Science and International Relations, with specialisation in European Studies, and a First Degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Nova University of Lisbon. She is currently a member of the Commission of the Undergraduate Program in International Relations at the Oporto Global University. Her research interests include peace studies, security studies, foreign policy, European Union, Russia and the post-Soviet space. She has published several book chapters and articles in national and international scientific journals on these issues.