Daniela Santos holds a degree in Sociology and a Master in Public Policy from ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She is currently a doctoral fellow at the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and research assistant at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) where she develops her doctoral project on "Protection of cyberspace: Political decision-making processes in the European Union and NATO". Her research interests focus security and defence policy, international organizations, cyber-security and cyber-defence, as well as on policy-making processes.