Biography

Paula Duarte Lopes is a Researcher on Peace Studies (International Relations) and a Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (FEUC), integrated in the Research Line 1: Semi-)Peripheral Capitalism: Crises and Alternatives. She holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University with the thesis 'Water without Borders'. She also has a MSc in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from FEUC. She lectures at the undergraduate and graduate programmes in International Relations, including the Masters in Peace, Security and Development Studies and the PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution. She received the 2017 Teaching Award by FEUC. She was the Vice-President of CES Scientific Board (2016-2018). She coordinated the research project "PPWater - Public and private responses to the lack of water supply payments: the Portuguese case" funded by FCT, as well as the team who drafted the Development Education National Strategy (2017-2022). She also coordinated the Portuguese team in the project ""e-NOTE - European Network on Teaching Excellence" funded by Erasmus + (2020-2023). Her research interests focus on global interventionism dynamics, including peace missions, development aid politics and international water governance. She conducted research in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, France, Portugal, Mozambique and Timor-Leste.