Paper on Latin-American Presidential Systems published in the Newsletter of Yuste’s Academy

My article on Latin America: The Pitfalls of Presidential System in Banana Republics (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8083269) is now released and is available at no charge in the Newsletter of the Academy of Yuste, Issue 28 (June 2023), pp. 1-33. The paper, translated by Verónica Guillén Melo, is available also in Spanish América Latina: los escollos del sistema presidencial estadounidense […]

Poster exposition at Ciência 2023

The ePoster ‘Shifting Terms and Concepts: From Defence to (Human) Security’ (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8063098) will be displayed at Ciência 2023, to be held at Aveiro University Campus of Santiago, Portugal, on 5-7 July 2023, organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Ciência Viva, and University of Aveiro, and supported by the Ministry of Science, […]

PhD thesis citation

My first PhD dissertation ‘Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Impact of Ambiguous and Disputed Definitions on Fundamental Human Rights‘ (2019) and the presentation of the public defence of the thesis are cited by Emilia Prushkivska in her article The Impact of Global Issues of Humanity on International Business Development published in Modern Economics vol. 27, no. 1 (June […]

Article published in Newsletter Annual of the Academy of Yuste 2022

My article Inside and Beyond the Russo-Ukrainian War: The Pitfalls of the European Union, which originally appeared in the Newsletter of the Academy of Yuste, 16 (May 2022), also in Spanish (Dentro y fuera de la guerra ruso-ucraniana: los escollos para la Unión Europea) translated by Verónica Guillén Melo, is published by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation in […]

Paper presentation at the 5th Erasmus Gender Seminar 2023

On Tuesday 20 June 2023 at 09:10-09:30 UCT/GMT/WET I will present my paper ‘The Impact of Gender Dimension on Warfare‘ at the 5th Erasmus Gender Seminar and Military Gender Studies Multiplier Event themed: ‘Gender perspectives in higher education’ (Erasmus GS23), that will held on 19-20 June at the Military Academy, Amadora, Portugal. The presentation will be […]

Paper on Islamic State cited in Religions

My paper ‘The Islamic State: A Clash within the Muslim Civilization for the New Caliphate‘, released in pp. 85-105, volume 39, no. 2, of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2015.1100010) is cited by Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin and Kartini Aboo Talib Khalid in their article ‘Combating Daesh: Insights into Malaysia’s Counter-Terrorism Experience and the Deradicalisation of […]

Paper presentation in the Iranian Congress

On Thursday 15 June 2023 at 10:30-12:30 UCT/GMT I will present my paper The Next Iranian Revolution: Turning Challenges into Opportunities at the 1st International Congress of Iranian Studies (Iranian Congress), organised by the Journal of Iranian Studies and the Nous Academy. I am also member of the Science Committee of the Congress which will held online on June 15-18. Check program […]

Appointed member of NATO STO Research Task Group on Cognitive Warfare in Cyberspace

In coordination with the Principal National Panel/Group or Board Member, I was appointed by the Italian National Coordinator as technical member of the NATO STO Research Task Group (RTG) SAS-185 on Indicators and Warnings for Cognitive Warfare in Cyberspace for the duration of the Team (1 June 2023-1 June 2026). As appropriate, I will be supported by resources from Italy. If necessary, […]

Paper cited in Portuguese policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 measures on human rights

My paper “COVID-19 infodemic: fake news, real censorship information and freedom of expression in time of coronavirus”, published in Europea 1 (Nov. 2020), is cited by Eduardo António da Silva Figueiredo in his policy brief O Impacto das Medidas de COVID-19 nos Direitos Humanos (Eng.: The Impact of COVID-19 measures on Human Rights), released in the framework of […]

Advanced degree in Armed Conflicts and Human Rights obtained

After the successful presentation of the final work titled ‘Guantánamo: Twenty Years of State Terrorism’, I obtained the advanced degree in Armed Conflicts and Human Rights (Portuguese: 2ª Pós-graduação em Conflitos Armados e Direitos Humanos – PGCADH 2022); degree mark 18/20. The second edition of the program was organized jointly by the Ius Gentium Conimbrigae-Human Rights Centre (IGC/CDH) of the Law School at the University […]