Public activity

Ambassador for the UN Global Compact Network - Aliance for the SDG - Portugal (SGD16: Peace Justice and Strong Institutions) (2023)

Member of the Academy of Legal Letters, in São Paulo, Brazil (2022).

Member of the Comitee on Conflicts of Interest of the IPBES representing the European and Western Group of States since 2020.

Expert nominated by the Portuguese Government (2020) to advice on biodiversity and ES during the preparatory works for the COP15 of the CDB and the Portuguese presidency of the EU in 2021

Won the prize of pedagogic innovation for having developed a serious role-playing game to use in class and improve conflict resolution skills among master students (2020).

Legal expert invited by the DG environment of EU Commission for brainstorming meetings on environmental topics as future directives on forest and soil (2019), the National Implementation Repports (2017), and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (2017 and 2015).

Coordinator of the work group for valuing endogenous natural resources in the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization in Central region (Portugal) since 2019.

Member of the expert group created by the Portuguese Environmental Agency for payment for ES (2018)

Invited to talk about science and social innovation at the national Parliament (2018)

Expert in the drafting committee of two Research and Innovation agendas for 2030 in Portugal: Circular Economy Agenda and Tourism Agenda (2017)