Tatiana Morais

MAIN RESEARCHER

Tatiana Morais earned her PhD in Law (summa cum laude) from NOVA School of Law. She also holds a LLM in Human Rights (magna cum laude) from Minho University and a LLB from University of Lisboa.  

Tatiana has a strong background on migration and gender issues and qualitative methods. From 2017 until 2019, she has done fieldwork in Greece, Israel, and Uganda on SGBV targeting refugee and asylum-seeking women, from an intersectional standpoint.

To conduct her PhD research, Tatiana was the recipient of FCT scholarship; FCT studentship; and Fulbright Grant. 

She was a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara. 

A Visiting Researcher at University of Bristol and a Visiting Researcher at College of Law and Business, in Ramat-Gan. 

Her research impact includes recommendations for legal reforms regarding sexual harassment, made in collaboration with and based on the expertise of members of UMAR [“Assédio sexual no trabalho: uma reflexão a partir de ordenamentos jurídicos”]. And recommendations for legal reforms regarding sexual violence, in collaboration with and based on the expertise of members of APMJ [“Os primeiros impactos da Convenção de Istambul: da relutância do legislador nacional em adoptar a falta de consentimento como elemento do tipo legal do crime de violação”]. Both sets of recommendations were taken into account in subsequent legal reforms introduced at national level. 

Previously, Tatiana worked as a lawyer; as a project manager, as a legal advisor and as a legal trainer on the following subjects: “Gender and Migration: SGBV from an intersectional standpoint”; “Sexual Violence – legal framework”; “Domestic Violence – legal framework”; among others.  

Tatiana is admitted to practice as an attorney in Portugal and is a certified legal trainer (CCP).