With a PhD in Political Science and International Relations, a MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of York, United Kingdom, and a BA in International Relations from the Institute for Political Studies of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (IEP-UCP), Inês is a lecturer at the BA, MA and PhD programmes at IEP-UCP and the Executive Coordinator of the Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (CIEP-UCP), where she is responsible for managing ongoing research projects. Her main research interests include education policies and alternative educative models. At ProChild CoLAB, Inês started working in 2022 in projects of the Education and Development area, especially in the project ProFormação 0-3.