Cátia Miriam Costa is a researcher and professor at the Centre for International Studies, University Institute of Lisbon. She directs the Chair on Interregionalism and Global Governance at the European Institute of International Studies (Salamanca /Stockholm) and is an invited professor at the University of Macao.

She has extensive experience coordinating international research projects and has published widely in scientific journals and books. From 2020 to 2022, she also served as an advisor to the Secretary of State of Internationalization at the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.