Participation as Speaker

2026 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Cognitive Resilience as Civilian Defence: Countering Disinformation and Information Warfare through Nonviolent Societal Strategies', at the International conference on constructive (nonmilitary) defence, organised by the Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente (MAN), the Institut pour la Paix (IPP), the Institut de recherche sur la Résolution Non-violente des Conflits (IRNC), the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC, US), and the Organization for Nonviolent Movements (ONM), to be held on 13-14 November 2026 at the St Thomas Cultural Centre in Strasbourg, France.
2026 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Trustworthy Digital Mediation for Renaissance Heritage: Authenticity, Bias, and Cognitive Security in AIAssisted Storytelling' at the International conference Storytelling Europe's history in the age of AI: Harnessing digital technologies for effective in situ cultural mediation”, organised by the Cooperation Network of the Routes of Emperor Charles V, in collaboration with the University of Granada, the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife and the Yuste Foundation within the framework of the European cooperation project MARY4ALL – Music and Arts in the Renaissance: Female Patronage Reactivated through Digital Technologies, and in connection with the commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the wedding of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal and their stay in Granada, to be held on 21-22 October at the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
2026 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Synthetic Imagery, Algorithmic Activism, and the Visual Politics of Protest in the Age of AI' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.20241772) at the International Workshop 'Visual Politics of Protest' organised by IPSA Research Committee on Visual Politics (RC04) and Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte), to be held on 14-16 September 2026 at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
Communication and presentation of the paper ‘Hybrid Deliberation and Under-Represented Groups: From Presence to Influence in Deliberative Design’ (doi:10.5281/zenodo.20615429) at the International research workshop on ‘Deliberative Practices and Under-Represented Groups’, held as part of the COST Action CHANGECODE on 11-12 June 2026 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
2026 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Synthetic Reality, Digital Rights, and the Future of Democratic Participation: How Immersive Technologies and AI Are Reshaping Civic Engagement and Social Rights' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.19566052) at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy (DCPPP), Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, themed 'Democracy, Social Rights and Participation: Comparative Perspectives', held on 27-28 April 2026 in Lisbon.
2026 – Lecture on 'Administrative Culture in the Age of Cognitive Warfare: Governance, Disinformation, and Democratic Resilience' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.19449990) within the International Monthly Lecture Series (IMLS - 8), RC-48 (Research Committee 48 - Administrative Culture) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), 24 April 2026.
2026 – Communication and presentation of paper ‘Cognitive Warfare, Disinformation, and Corporate Influence in Europe’s Energy Transition: Information Control, Regulation, and Human Rights Implications’ (doi:10.5281/zenodo.18899808) within Session 4 ‘Climate Change, Resource Constraints and Governance Strategies’ of the International Conference on Rethinking the Politics of Climate Change and Global Insecurities organised by Nagasaki University (Japan), Research Platform on Planetary Risks (NUPPRI) and Research Center for Global Risks (CGR), and Zayed University (United Arab Emirates), together with International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Committee on Security, Conflict and Democratization (RC44) and Research Committee on Climate Security and Planetary Politics (RC52), held on 13 March 2026 at Nagasaki University and online.
2025 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Cognitive Warfare and AI-Driven Disinformation: Implications for Decision-Making in Hybrid Conflict Scenarios' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.17571145), at the X Media International Scientific Conference of the series 'Decisions in situations of endangerment', held on 19 Nov. 2025 at the Management and Leadership Faculty of the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces, Wrocław, Poland.
2025 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Cultural Resilience in the Digital Age: Artistic Interventions as a Response to Cognitive Warfare and Social Polarization' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.17116155) in thematic group G61 (Culture on Prescription: Social Adaptation Practices in Times of Uncertainty) at the XIX National Sociological Congress held on 16-19 September 2025 at the University of Białystok, Poland.
2025 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Cognitive Warfare and Information Control in the Geopolitics of Europe’s Energy Transition' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.17018416) at the Hybrid International Workshop 'Europe and the Global Energy Transition: From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics?', led by the YUSRT03 Yaşar University Scientific Research Team, in collaboration with the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant Green Industrial Policy in the Age of Rare Metals (GRIP-ARM) under Grant No, 950056, and the EUforCliC Jean Monnet Module Project, held on 3-4 September 2025 in İzmir, Turkey.
2025 – Exposition of the poster XIII-APS-51004 'Hybrid Warfare in Democratic Instability: Technology, Information Operations, and International Security' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.15822171) within the thematic session Security, Defense and Armed Forces of the XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology (XIII APS Congress) under the theme 'Challenging democracies: risks and uncertainties', organised by the Portuguese Sociology Association (APS), held on 8-11 July 2025 at the University of the Azores, São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
2025 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Ethical Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for the Western Balkans' in the roundtable discussion themed 'Development and Challenges in the Western Balkan: Regional and European Models' held on 13 May in Sarajevo, organised by the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo, in cooperation with the University of Oradea, Romania.
2025 – Communication and presentation of the abstract No. XIIAPCP-33393 'Small States in the International System: Strategies of Survival and Influence' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.14962697) in Panel E7 (Geopolitics in a Changing World) within section 6 on International Relations at the XII Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP), held on 6-8 March 2025 at ISCTE–University Institute of Lisbon.
2024 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Navigating the Future: Human Rights Implications of Artificial Intelligence' (doi:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14197410) within the Research Committee 26 (RC26) on Human Rights of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) panel on AI and Human Rights at the international conference 'Beyond Europe: Artificial Intelligence', held on 12-13 December 2024 at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, organised by the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism and the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Adam Mickiewicz University.
2024 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Safeguarding the Future: Developing the Next Generation of Human Rights for Digital and Cognitive Domains' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.14197410) within Panel 2 'The next generations of human rights - attempts at diagnosis and prediction' of the interim conference of the Research Committee 26 (RC26) on Human Rights of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) 'The evolution of the position and role of human rights in political systems', held on 28 November 2024 at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, Campus Slubice, organised by the Centre for European Research and Education and the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of the Adam Mickiewicz University.
2024 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Navigating the Risks of Hybrid Warfare: Cyber, Cognitive, and Information Threats at the Brink of Conflict' within session 2 'Developing research on decisions under risk' at the X Media International Scientific Conference of the series 'Decisions in situations of endangerment', held on 13 Nov. 2024 at the Management and Leadership Faculty of the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces, Wrocław, Poland.
2024 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Segurança no Ártico: um desafio global' in the second session of the international workshop Perspetivas polares. O Ártico nas ciências humanas e sociais no Brasil, Itália e Portugal (Italian: Prospettive Polari. L’Artico nelle scienze umanistiche e sociali in Brasile, Italia e Portogallo) that will be held online on 24-25 October 2024, organised by the Grupo Latino de Ciências Polares e Escola Superior de Defesa do Brasil.
2024 – Communication and presentation (doi:10.5281/zenodo.13370094) of the paper 'The Impact of Russian Nationalism on Ethnic Conflicts in Soviet and Post-Soviet States' within panel P-083 on Nationalism and Ethnicity in Democracy and Autoritarism at the IPSA 75th Anniversary Conference dedicated to Democratization and Autocratization, held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-13 September 2024.
2024 – Exposition of the ePoster n. 23279 'Research on Exploiting Cognitive Hacks (REACH)' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.11507818) at Ciência 2024, held at the Alfândega do Porto Congress Center, Portugal, on 5-7 July 2023, organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Ciência Viva, and University of Porto, supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2024 – Communication and presentation (doi:10.5281/zenodo.11203465) of the paper Morals and Ethics in Counterterrorism (doi:10.12681/cjp.34495) in session 10 of 27 June of the XIV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture on Culture at War, organised by The Lisbon Consortium, a partnership between the Research Center for Communication and Culture (CECC) of the Faculty of Human Sciences (FCH) of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), and held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 24-29 June 2024.
2023 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: An Inspirational Charter' at the international conference Shaping a World of Freedoms: 75 Years of Legacy and Impact of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How Will Human Rights Shape the Future?, organised by the UNEQUAL World Research Center, IPSEC, and the IRLA and SDA Liaison Office to the United Nations, held on 11-12 Dec. 2023 in New York.
2023 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Value Differences: A Starting Point for Influence' at the HFM-361-RSY Symposium on Mitigating and Responding to Cognitive Warfare, organised by NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO), held at the School of Naval Engineer, Madrid, Spain, on 13-14 November 2023.
2023 – Exposition of the ePoster 'Shifting Terms and Concepts: From Defence to (Human) Security' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.8063098) at Ciência 2023, 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, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES), and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2023 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'The Next Iranian Revolution: Turning Challenges into Opportunities' at the 1st International Congress on Iranian Studies (Iranian Congress), organised by the Journal of Iranian Studies and Nous Academy, held on 15-18 June 2023.
2023 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'Guerre à la Carte: Cyber, Information, Cognitive Warfare and the Metaverse' at the International Scientific Conference 'Communication. Disinformation. Propaganda. Information Warfare Ecosystem' (KDP 2023) organised by the Faculty of Administration and National Security of the Jakub of Paradies University in Gorzow Wielkopolski (Poland), the Baltic Defense College in Tartu (Estonia), the University of Tartu (Estonian Republic), the Estonian Military Academy in Tartu (Estonia), Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) (Estonia) and the Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy at the Faculty of Public Policy of the Silesian University in Opava (Czechia) and Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Ukraine), held online on 25-26 May 2023 (Panel VII, 26 May).
2023 – Exposition of the poster XII-APS-84402 'Shifting Terms and Concepts: From Defence to (Human) Security'(doi:10.5281/zenodo.7679012) within the thematic session (online) Security, Defense and Armed Forces of the XII Portuguese Congress of Sociology (XII APS Congress) under the theme 'Polarized Societies? Challenges for Sociology', organised by the Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS), the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC) and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC), held on 4-6 April 2023 at the Convent of São Francisco, FEUC, Portugal (online thematic session of 5 April).
2022 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'State-driven Hate Speech from Nazi Germany to Date' at the International Conference on Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech, and Religious Freedom: A Human Rights Perspective, held in New York on 8-9 December 2022, organised by UNequal World Research Center, IPSEC, UN Liaison Office for IRLA and SDA.
2022 – Invited keynote speaker in the plenary session of the 13th edition of the International Media Scientific Conference 'War Media Challenges: Media, Information, Disinformation, Propaganda' with the lecture 'Media, Information, Disinformation, and Propaganda in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict', held on 18 November 2022, organised by the University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
2022 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The Twenty-First Century Hybrid Conflicts' within panel 'The Changing Face of War' at the international conference Challenges to European Security, organised by the Europaeum in partnership with the Charles University, held at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 24-25 October 2022 (session 25 Oct.).
2022 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Space: The Final Frontier of War?' (extended abstract No. 4393) within Working Group 1 - War Studies at the 14th Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS 2022) themed 'Promoting Peace and Security in a new incomprehensible and non-linear world', organised by the CIDIUM, held at IUM, Lisbon, Portugal, 10-13 October 2022 (session 11 Oct.).
2022 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Beyond the Mainstream Narrative' within Panel 08 'Rethinking Great Power Politics After Russia-Ukraine War' at the 9th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society (IEPAS2022), organised by Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN), hosted at the York St John University, York, UK, on 13-16 July 2022 (online session, 16 July).
2022 – Exposition of the ePoster 'The Lexicon of War' at Encontro Ciência 2022 (National Science Summit 2021), the annual science and technology summit in Portugal, held at the Lisbon Congress Center, on 16-18 May 2022, supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) in collaboration with Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica and the Education and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2022 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The EU Values in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict' at the 6th edition of the international conference Europe as a Global Actor (EGA 2022), hosted at ISCTE–IUL (Lisbon University Institute), on 5-6 May 2022.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The Maritime Silk Road: A Euro-Sino Economic, Political and Geo-strategic Challenge' at the Doctoral Seminar Carlos V European Award – Antonio Tajani: The European Union and the Principle of Solidarity, organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation in collaboration with the Regional Government of Extremadura and the SEGEI Network (Socio Economic Governance and European Identity), held on 24-26 November 2021 at the Parador Hotel, Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. See the videorecording of the communication.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper No. 18 'The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Legal Conundrum' at the at the 3rd Meeting Research and Development Meeting on Military Sciences (ECM2021), held on 22 November 2021 at the Military Academy, Amadora, Portugal.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'Hybrid Warfare: Above or Below the Threshold of Armed Conflict?' at the international conference Soldiers and Hybrid War: The Role and Missions of Armed Forces in Below-Threshold Conflicts, organised by the Scientific Research Centre of the Hungarian Defence Forces Transformation Command of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence, held on 17-18 November 2021 the at Hungarian Defence Forces Zrínyi Miklós Barracks Theater, Budapest, Hungary.
2021 – Exposition of the poster 'COVID-19 Infodemic: fake news, real censorship. Information and freedom of expression in time of Coronavirus' at the international conference Science&You 2021, organised by the University of Lorraine, held on 16-19 November 2021 at the Robert Schuman Conference Center in Metz, France.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'Hybrid Warfare: Above or Below the Threshold of Armed Conflict?' within joint session 2E (Working Group 1-War Studies and Working Group 9-Military Education) 'Understanding and Teaching Hybrid Warfare' at the 13rd Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS 2021) themed 'Progress in Military Sciences for Resilience and Cohesion in the Face of News Forms of Disruption' held virtually on 11-14 October 2021 at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. See the video recording of the communication.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'COVID-19 and Freedom of Information: The Return of the Leviathan' within joint session 'The Covid-19 pandemic and the emergency policies: a renewed role for the State?' with RN16 Sociology of Health and Illness and RN32 Political Sociology at the 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2021 (15th ESA Conference 2021) themed 'Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures', held online in Barcelona, Spain, 31 August-3 September 2021.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian Question: A Legal Conundrum' within section S25: 'Human Rights and Justice in Exceptional Times', Panel P450: 'The State of Emergency in the Context of Covid-19 and beyond' at the European Consortium for Political Research General Conference 2021 (ECPR General Conference 2021), held virtually at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, on 30 August-3 September 2021 (Session of 2 Sept.).
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Before, Behind and Beyond the Conflict' within panel RC17.15 on Foreign Policy and International Relations: Examining the Case Studies (Session RC17 on Comparative Public Opinion) at the 26th International Political Science Association World Congress (IPSA WC2021) under the theme New Nationalisms in an Open World, held virtually on 10-15 July 2021.
2021 (co-authored with José Borges) – Exposition of the ePoster 'The European Union Artificial Intelligence Strategy' at Encontro Ciência 2021 (National Science Summit 2021), the annual science and technology summit in Portugal, held at the Lisbon Congress Center, on 28-30 June 2021, supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) in collaboration with Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica and the Education and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2021 (co-authored with José Borges) – Presentation of the abstract 'Advanced technical textiles and materials in defence: is the EU up to the challenge?' (doi:10.5281/zenodo.7831976) at the International Forum on Advanced and digitalised Smart Textiles (IFAST), Online Edition, 15-16 June 2021.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Russia vs. EU: Confrontation in a Contested Neighbourhood. A Challenge to the Helsinki Accords' within panel 3 'Security and Defense' at the 5th edition of the international conference Europe as a Global Actor (EGA 2021), hosted virtually at ISCTE–IUL (Lisbon University Institute), Lisbon, on 10-11 May 2021.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Towards A Strategic EU-NATO Security Partnership in Africa' at the international conference Thinking the European Security and Defense Identity, organised by the Portuguese Military University Institute (IUM), held online on 6 May 2021.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'War from Outer Space: Science Fiction or Emerging Reality?', within section 4 'What is the future of strategic stability after the START-III extension?' at the international academic and practical online conference The World Will Never be the Same! But, What New International Realities Will We Face?, held at the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of the Russian Federation on 28 April 2021.
2021 – Invited keynote speaker with the lecture 'Conflict and International Relations: The Impact of Terrorism and Extremism on the Middle Eastern International Politics Agenda' at the congress 'Beyond the West: Politics of the Global South' organised by the Political Science and International Relations Studies Association (NECPRI) of NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), held online on 12-15 April 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.
2021 – Exposition of the poster XI-APS-87872 'The Role of the Armed Forces in Homeland Security' within the thematic session Security, Defense and Armed Forces in the XI Portuguese Congress of Sociology (XI APS Congress) under the theme 'Heated identities: differences, belonging, and populisms in an effervescent world', organised by the Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS), the School of Sociology and Public Policy at ISCTE–Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas, ESPP/ISCTE–IUL) and the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, ICS–ULisboa), held virtually on 29-31 March 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.
2021 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Military Emerging Disruptive Technologies: Compliance with International Law and Ethical Standards' at the international conference Intelligent and Autonomous: Emergent Digital Technologies and the Challenges of Disinformation, Security, and Regulation (Panel 4: Military Use of AI), held online on 12 March 2021 and organised by the Department of Public Communication and the Faculty of Law at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, and supported by Media Literacy in the Baltics Program of the U.S. Department of State, administered by IREX. See the video recording of the communication.
2020 – Exposition of the ePoster 'History of International Relations at a Glance' at Encontro Ciência 2020 (National Science Summit 2020), the annual science and technology summit in Portugal, held at the Lisbon Congress Center, on 3–4 November 2020, supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) in collaboration with Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica and the Education and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2020 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'The Twenty-First Century Wars. Unconventional Conflicts Before International Law' within the Working Group 1 - War Studies at the 12nd Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS2020) themed 'Military Sciences vs. Open Sciences with the scient of COVID-19 Pandemic', held virtually on 13-29 October 2020 at the Finnish National Defence University (FNDU), Helsinki.
2020 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'The International Criminal Court: The Failure of Justice' at the UNequal World Conference on Human Development in the context of Current Global Challenges, held virtually in New York on 28-29 September 2020, organised by UNequal World Research Center in partnership with Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS), ConScienS, UN Liaison Office for IRLA and IPSEC.
2020 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Middle East Politics: Rightful and Legitimate Institutions or Terror Organizations?' at the 7th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society (IEPAS2020), organised by Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN), Observatory of Foreign Relations (OSBERVARE) of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Autonomous University of Lisbon, UAL), held virtually at UAL on 23-25 September 2020 (Panel M06, 24 Sept.). See the videorecording of the communication.
2020 – Communication and presentation of the extended abstract No. ID21 'Epidermal Systems and Virtual Reality: Emerging Disruptive Technology for Military Applications' at the 2nd World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense (AuxDefense 2020 – Online Edition), sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense, organised by the University of Minho, held virtually on 6-8 July 2020 (Session of 8 July).
2019 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Arctic Security: A Global Challenge' at the 7th Lisbon International Arctic Conference and Workshop, held at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), Universidade de Lisboa (School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon, ISCSP-ULisboa), on 13 December 2019.
2019 – Communication and presentation of the paper and poster 'Shaping the Holistic Concept of Multi-Domain in a Legal Vacuum. A Tricky Issue' at the 2nd Annual Meeting of Research and Development in Military Sciences (EAI&DCM 2019), held at the Naval School, Lisbon Naval Base, Alfeite, Almada, Portugal, on 27 November 2019.
2019 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The Crackdown on Political Dissent in Turkey After July 15, 2016. A Challenge to European Values' at the 6th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society (IEPAS2019), organised by Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN), Observatory of Foreign Relations (OSBERVARE) of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Autonomous University of Lisbon, UAL), and held at UAL on 4-5 May 2019 (Panel on Turkey in-between Europe and Asia - Eurasia).
2019 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'Towards a Strategic EU–NATO Security Partnership in Africa' at the 27th International Meeting in Political Studies – Estoril Political Forum (EPF) 2019, devoted to the theme 'The Transatlantic Alliance: 70 Years After the Foundation of NATO, 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall', held at Hotel Palácio, Estoril, Portugal, on 24–26 June 2019 (Breakout session IEP Research Center–CIEP, 24 June).
2019 – Exposition of the ePoster #2399 'European Border Conflicts: Failures and Inabilities of EU Foreign and Security Policy' at Encontro Ciência 2019 (National Science Summit 2019), the annual science and technology summit in Portugal, held at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, on 8-10 July 2019, supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) in collaboration with Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica and the Education and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2019 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The Crackdown on Political Dissent in Turkey After July 15, 2016. A Challenge to European Values' at the international conference Europe as a Global Actor (EGA 2019) organised by the Center for International Studies (CEI-IUL) and held at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute), on 8-10 May 2019 (Panel 9 on EU and the Middle East, 9 May).
2018 – Communication and presentation of the poster 'The Twenty-First Century Conflicts' at the 1st Annual Meeting of Research and Development in Military Sciences (EAI&DCM 2018) – Research in Military Sciences: Current and future perspectives, held at the Military University Institute (IUM), Pedrouços, Lisboa, Portugal, on 12 December 2018.
2017 – Exposition of the ePoster 'The EU Ineffective Counterterrorism Strategy' at Encontro Ciência 2017 (National Science Summit 2017), the annual science and technology summit in Portugal, held at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, on 3-5 July 2017, supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and organised by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) in collaboration with Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica and the Education and the Science Parliamentary Committee.
2017 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the origins of the European integration process' at the international conference 'Diritti e dignità della persona. Agli albori del processo di integrazione europea: dalla CECA ai Trattati di Roma' held at the University Niccolò Cusano, Rome, on 5 April 2017, supported by the Vicariate of Rome–Pastorale Universitaria.
2016 – Communication and presentation of the abstract 'Increasing military capability through information and communication' at the Decision Support and Risk Assessment for Operational Effectiveness (DeSRA) 2016 Conference organised by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Science and Technology Organization (STO) Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), and held at La Spezia Naval base on 26-28 July 2016 (Panel on Information representation, visualisation and communication).
2016 – Communication and presentation of the paper 'A Critical Assessment of the European Cultural Approach to Counter Terrorism' at the international conference Europe as a Global Actor (EGA 2016) hosted by the Center for International Studies (CEI-IUL) at ISCTE–IUL (Lisbon University Institute), in Lisbon, on 24 May 2016 (Panel 13 on Terrorism & Security).
2009 – Oral communication 'Citizen Journalism' at the Crossmedia Creative Lab/Workshop 'Profession iReporter' in the More Than Zero Crossmedia Festival 2009, organised by More Than Zero and Cantieri Digitali, held on 26 November 2009 at Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti in Milan, Italy.
2009 – Oral communication 'Cultural Tourism and Innovation: Real Failures and Virtual Reality' in the panel 'The Future Tourism: projects over the horizon' at the conference 'Turistarth-Tourism Art and New Technologies', organised by the Trait d'Union, held on 12 November 2009 at Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti, Milan, Italy.
2009 – Invited keynote speaker in the meeting dedicated to the Day of Freedom, organised by the Municipality of Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy, held on 9 November 2009 at 'De Filippo' theatre in Opera (MI), Italy.
2008 – Invited keynote speaker at the meeting on 'The Collapse of the Berlin Wall', organised by the Municipality of Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy, held on 9 November 2008 at the Town Hall.

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