Biography

Filipa Saraiva has a degree in Sociology (2019) with a minor in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and a Master's degree (2023) in Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defence from the Institute of Political Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University, with the dissertation entitled "The Defining Crisis of our Time: Climate Change and Migration - A Comprehensive Approach on what to do about Climate Migrants". Currently, she is a PhD student in Sociology of the State, Law, and Justice at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, having been awarded a PhD scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology for the development of her research. She is currently a visiting academic at the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. Her research involves exploring the migratory aspirations of young people amid environmental and ocean governance, using coastal communities in Cape Verde as a case study. In addition, in the professional field, she has acquired experience in diplomacy and external relations, as well as in executive education.