I am an International Relations DPhil candidate at Balliol College. My research examines how Lusophone African liberation movements engaged with the international system, particularly through the United Nations, to challenge Portuguese colonialism and the broader imperial order. Relying on archival research and interviews, my project highlights African political agency and the role of liberation diplomacy in the process of decolonisation. Fieldwork is being carried out in Maputo, Luanda, Praia, São Tomé and Lisbon. The focus is on how the Conference of Nationalist Organisations of the Portuguese Colonies (CONCP) movements' collective diplomatic strategies evolved over the liberation struggle period (1961-1974). This research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, as part of the Grand Union DTP, and I am supervised by Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira.
Previously, I obtained my undergraduate degree at St Anne’s College, Oxford, in History & Politics (First Class), and completed my MPhil in International Relations at Balliol College (Merit). Alongside my DPhil, I serve as Stipendiary Lecturer in Politics at Balliol College, Tutor for several undergraduate Politics papers, including Core IR and IR between the Two World Wars, and as a TA for Professor Soares de Oliveira's IR of Africa master's course at Sciences Po. I am also a Research Assistant on Professor Nicole Stremlau's project on Migration, Technology and Conflict Resolution in South Africa, and I am part of Professor Aurora Almada e Santos' book project on the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) and liberation. I have previously worked for the Embassy of Portugal in Windhoek, Namibia, and the International Crisis Group.
