Raquel Duque

Raquel Duque is Assistant Professor in the field of International Relations at Lusíada University and Guest Assistant Professor at Catholic University of Portugal. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defence (grade: summa cum laude, 2016) from the Institute for Political Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal. During the PhD Raquel was a visiting graduate student at St Antony's College, University of Oxford (2014) and was a recipient of scholarships from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and ANA-Airports of Portugal. She has an M.A. in International Security and Terrorism from the University of Nottingham (2009) and a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from NOVA University of Lisbon (2005), the last year of which was completed in the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Sciences Po Paris as Erasmus student. She has also a specialization course in Cooperation for Development from the Institute for National Administration (2008). She is an Auditor in National Defence (2013) and an Auditor for Civilian Crisis Management (2011), degrees taught by the Institute of National Defence. From February 2019 to August 2023 she was an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. She has published several articles in academic journals, book chapters, and has also co-edited several books of which "Portugal nas Nações Unidas. 65 Anos de História", 2021 (with Ambassador José de Freitas Ferraz/ EN: Portugal in the United Nations. 65 Years of History)) "Segurança Contemporânea", 2016 (with Diogo Noivo and Teresa Almeida e Silva/ EN: Contemporary Security) are good examples . She has participated in numerous conferences in Portugal and abroad. Her main areas of interest are security studies, terrorism, defence studies, regional and international organizations, public policy, among others. Her professional background includes experiences in the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, the Foreign Policy Directorate-General of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Centre of European Information Jacques Delors in Lisbon.