João Nuno Cruz Matos Calvão da Silva

Vice-Rector for External Relations and Alumni of the University of Coimbra (since March 1, 2019);

President of the Association of Portuguese Language Universities - AULP (from September 2021 to June 2024) and Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the Union of Portuguese-Speaking Capital Cities - UCCLA (from October 2022 to November 2024);

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (FDUC);

Doctor of European Union Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (unanimously approved with Distinction and Honours; 2015);

Master's degree in European Union Law from FDUC (Unanimously Approved - 18 in 20 GPA – in 2007);

Degree in Law from FDUC (17 in 20 GPA; winner of several student awards, including the Doctor Manuel de Andrade Prize, awarded to the best student of the 1995/2000 degree);

Several national and international Conferences and Publications;

Member of the jury panels for oral examinations at the Centre for Judicial Studies (CEJ); Co-coordinator of the Jurisprudence module of the Jurisprudence Course at FDUC;

Teaching staff member of several degrees and Postgraduate courses offered by Institutes of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (Centre for Public Law and Regulatory Studies, Legal Communication Institute, Institute of Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance Law, Contracts and Consumer Law Centre, Association of European Studies of Coimbra), among other Universities, e.g. Universidade Católica;

Vice-Diretor of the Sino-Lusophone Academy of the University of Coimbra (from October 2018 to March 2019);

Vice-President of the Association of European Studies of Coimbra (FDUC) from February 2017 to March 2019;

Executive Director of the Legal Institute of Communication of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (from November 2015 to March 2019);

Legal Advisor of the Portuguese Notaries Association (2015/2017 and 2007/2009);

Deputy to the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs (2014/2015);

Deputy to the Deputy Minister and of Regional Development (2013/2014);

Visiting researcher at the European University Institute (2011);

Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Macao (from 2002 to 2004);

Lawyer (Bar Association membership suspended upon his request since 2002).