Dr Adérito Vicente is a political scientist whose research and teaching interests are focused on International Relations, European foreign and security policy, nuclear politics, and transatlantic relations.

He received a Ph.D. and MRes in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. His doctoral thesis, titled “The EU’s foreign policy in the field of nuclear disarmament: How does it work and why does it often not work?”, was funded by a doctoral scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT), which the EUI further complemented. He also has an MA and BA in Political Science and International Relations from NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.

Currently, Dr Vicente holds positions as an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Integrated Researcher at the Center for Legal, Economic, International and Environmental Studies (CEJEIA) at Lusíada University of Porto, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Odesa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP), Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University, a Research Associate at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations, NOVA University Lisbon (IPRI-NOVA), an External Researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (WMCES), and a PhD Researcher at the Political Observatory (Observatório Político).

He has also previously held prestigious academic positions, including Adjunct Professor at James Madison University’s M.A. program in European Union Policy Studies in Florence, Italy, Visiting Scholar at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey (California), and Research Associate with the ‘Europe in the World’ Programme, at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (Florence, Italy).

Before his academic pursuits, Dr. Vicente also held professional and diplomatic positions at esteemed institutions, including the European Parliament, NATO, the European External Action Service, and the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vicente is a native Portuguese speaker and fluent in English and Spanish, with working and conversational knowledge of French and Italian.

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5258-8868

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Researcher Id: IZD-7472-2023