Aid, Trade and Finance

European Union foreign policy, particularly development cooperation, EU-Asia and EU-Africa relations

East Asia growth and development, particularly state-business relations

Ongoing Research Projects:

From Poverty Reduction to Economic Growth: Aid, Business Interests and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Aid2Growth), funded by FCT (Oct.2018-Oct.2020: 191,000 EUR)

Business4SDGS: O Sector Privado e a Inovação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, funded by Instituto Camões and Gulbenkian Foundation (Jan-Dec.2019: 25,000 EUR)

Ongoing Book Projects:

Routledge Handbook on EU-Africa Relations, with Toni Haastrup (University of Kent) and Niall Duggan ( University College Cork)

Ongoing Social Impact Projects:

DSLab ( /aquila/unidade/devstudies/ds-lab)

Mundo Crítico, with NGO ACEP ( https://www.mundocritico.org/)

Gulbenkian International Development Summer Course, with Portuguese Platform of NGOs ( https://gulbenkian.pt/noticias/parcerias-para-o-desenvolvimento/international-development-summer-course/)

Memberships:

DSA - Development Studies Association (UK)

EADI - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EU)

ISA - International Studies Association (US)

APCP - Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Portugal)

APEP - Associação Portuguesa de Economia Política (Portugal)