Science and Technology Management Fellow for the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) of the School of Sociology and Public Policy (ESPP) of the ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon. PhD (2013) and Master’s (2010) in Social Sciences, specializing in Comparative Studies on the Americas, from the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) of the University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília/DF, Brazil. Visiting scholar at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles/CA, United States, in 2013. Specialization (2008) in International Relations from the Institute of International Relations of UnB. Journalist with a bachelor degree (1998) in Social Communication from the Faculty of Library Sciences and Communication of UFRGS, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. Postdoctoral fellow (April 2017 – March 2018) of the WVS–Brazil at the Faculty of Economy and International Relations and at the Graduate Program on Political Science of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Porto Alegre/RS, granted with a scholarship by the Federal Agency of Support and Evaluation of Postgraduate Education (Capes)/Ministry of Education of Brazil (MEC).