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Department of Political Science, University of MinhoSANDRA FERNANDES

Ph.D in Political Science - specialization in International Relations (Sciences Po - Institut d’Etudes Politiques)

Sandra Fernandes holds a PhD in Political Science, specialization in International Relations, by Sciences Po (Paris), with Habilitation. Jaques Delors prize in 2005 for her research about the European Union and Russia. Head of the MA in International Relations.
Collaborated with the Embassy of Portugal, Moscow, during the Portuguese Presidencies of the EU in 2007 and 2021; trained diplomats from the Persian Gulf countries in Riyadh, 2009, and Portuguese diplomats, since 2016; integrated a diplomatic roundtable in Geneva, 2010; appointed by the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs to join the jury for diplomatic career access, 2015; responsible for the creation and coordination of the executive course for access to the Diplomatic Career, UminhoExec, since 2016; member of the Executive Board of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP).
Auditor of the National Defense Course of IDN (2003-2004). Guest lecturer in postgraduate studies: Free University of Brussels (ULB), the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), the University of Economics of Izmir (Turkey), the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Jagiellonian University (Poland), the University of Lapland (Finland) and the University of Tartu. Visiting research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels (2007-2009).

Research Areas

European Studies

Post-soviet Space

EU-Russia Relations

Foreign Policy Analysis

International Security

Multilateralism
Publications

Institutional Inertia and Change: Explaining the Czech and Portuguese Engagement in European Defence Market Integration

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

Publication date: 2023

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13533

Portugal in the nuclear realm: a case of broad multilateralization

International Politics

Publication date: 2023

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41311-023-00535-8

Portugal in the nuclear realm: a case of broad ‘multilateralization’

International Politics

Publication date: 2023

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41311-023-00535-8

“Estonisation” and its limits: Threat perceptions and integration in the EU and NATO

Small States and Security in Europe

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Book Chapter

The security dilemma in Russia’s new national security strategy: between militarism and being a geographical pivot

JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.13.1.1

Kaliningrad and the Lithuanian geopolitical code

Sovremennaja Evropa

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.sov-europe.ru/2022-1/kaliningrad-and-the-lithuanian-geopolitical-code.html

“Estonisation” and its limits Threat perceptions and integration in the EU and NATO

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Book Chapter

KALININGRAD AND THE LITHUANIAN “GEOPOLITICAL CODE”

Contemporary Europe – Sovremennaya Evropa

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55590916/

Intra-European Union dynamics The interplay of divergences and convergences

Routledge Handbook of Eu-russia Relations

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55590518/

The security dilemma in Russia’s new national security strategy: between militarism and being a geographical pivot

JANUS NET e-Journal of International Relation

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55590556/

Kaliningrad and the Lithuanian “geopolitical code”

Sovremennaja Evropa

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.sov-europe.ru/2022-1/kaliningrad-and-the-lithuanian-geopolitical-code.html

Intra-European Union Dynamics: The Interplay of Divergences and Convergences Sandra Fernandes

The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations Structures, Actors, Issues

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-EU-Russia-Relations-Structures-Actors-Issues/Romanova-David/p/book/9781138543676

New Russian Geopolitics: Reviving Past Perceptions and Ambitions

Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century: Territories, Identities, and Foreign Policies

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: https://novapublishers.com/shop/geopolitics-in-the-twenty-first-century-territories-identities-and-foreign-policies/

Uma forte presença no mundo: a diplomacia portuguesa e a Rússia

Negócios Estrangeiros

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://idi.mne.gov.pt/images/Uma_forte_presen%C3%A7a_no_mundo_a_diplomacia_portuguesa_e_a_R%C3%BAssia.pdf

Rússia: Estratégia de Segurança Nacional

Documentos Estratégicos de Segurança e Defesa

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: https://www.idn.gov.pt/pt/publicacoes/idncadernos/Documents/2021/IDN_Cadernos_44.pdf

INTERPOL

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Dictionary Entry

Facing China in Eurasia: The Russian perspective

Publication date: 2020

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85088436808&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Facing China in Eurasia: The Russian Perspective

The Belt and Road Initiative

Publication date: 2020

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55590543/

Studying European margins in the illiberal turn: a spacio-normative approach

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Publication date: 2019

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2019.1643705

Estonia and Portugal in Europe: escaping peripherality, capitalizing on marginality

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Publication date: 2019

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2019.1635438

(Re)securitisation in Europe: the Baltic States and Russia

Debater a Europa

Publication date: 2018

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://doi.org/10.14195%2F1647-6336_18_7

The European Union and Russia during the two waves of enlargement: New political and implementation rationales on old issues

Law in Eastern Europe, 67, pp. 277–292

Publication date: 2018

Type of publication: Journal Article

The European Union and Russia during the Two Waves of Enlargement: New Political and Implementation Rationales on Old Issues

Reviewing European Union Accession

Publication date: 2017

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55590547/

EU-Russia relations and norms diffusion: the role of non-state actors

Palgrave Macmillan

Publication date: 2016

Type of publication: Book Chapter

The 2007 portuguese Presidency of the European Union and Russia

Debater a Europa

Publication date: 2016

Type of publication: Journal Article

European security architecture: Fading or adapting?

Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia

Publication date: 2016

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978354589&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Visa liberalization processes in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood: understanding policy outcomes

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Publication date: 2016

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84999779348&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Visa liberalization processes in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood: understanding policy outcomes

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Publication date: 2016

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84999779348&partnerID=MN8TOARS

EU-Russia Relations and Norm Diffusion: The Role of Non-state Actors

Security in Shared Neighbourhoods – Foreign Policy of Russia, Turkey, and the EU

Publication date: 2016

Type of publication: Book Chapter

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55590560/

European Security Architecture: Fading or Adapting?

Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia: Foreign Policy in a Contested Region

Publication date: 2015

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55204458/

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