Nuno Pereira de Magalhães

Nuno Pereira de Magalhães is the Vice-Dean for Internationalization, Director of the Observatory of Asia, and Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Law, Business, and Government of Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is an expert in International Relations theory and is currently developing a new theoretical approach called tridimensional realism, as well as a novel quantitative framework of polarity.

Additionally, Professor Magalhães is also a visiting professor at IE University in Madrid, an associated researcher for the Portuguese Institute of International Relations, and an associate of the Institute of National Defence of Portugal's Ministry of Defence.

Previously, he was a professor of International Relations at the Autonoma University of Lisbon, Portugal; a professor of International Relations at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea; a Japan Foundation Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan; an ARI Fellow at Korea University, South Korea; a Taiwan Fellow at National Taiwan University, Taiwan; a consultant for the Portuguese Mission to the United Nations during the presidency of the UNSC Committee 1718 on North Korean nuclear sanctions, USA; a research associate at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, USA; a teaching instructor for the MSt in International Relations at the University of Cambridge; a visiting researcher at the Department of Political Science of Seoul National University, South Korea; a visiting scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Department of Political Science, USA; a visiting fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Kennedy School of Government; an FCT scholar at the University of Cambridge; a KGSP scholar at Sogang University, South Korea; and an affiliate at the General Direction of EU Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal.

 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Director, Observatory of Asia, Faculty of Law, Business and Government, Francisco de Vitoria University, Spain, since 2024      
• Vice-Dean for Internationalization, Faculty of Law, Business and Government, Francisco de Vitoria University, Spain, since 2024      
• Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Law, Business and Government, Francisco de Vitoria University, Spain, since 2023      
• Visiting Professor, SPEGA, IE University, Spain, since 2019      
• Associate, Institute of National Defence, Ministry of National Defence, Portugal, since 2019      
• Non-Resident Researcher, Portuguese Institute of International Relations, UNL, Portugal, since 2019 
• Professor, Department of International Relations, Autónoma University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2022-2023      
• Visiting Professor, Professor of International Relations, School of Law, Business and Government, Francisco de Vitoria University, Spain, 2022-2023      
• Assistant Professor of International Relations, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea, 2015-2019      
• Japan Foundation Fellow, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2016    
• Non-resident researcher, Portuguese Institute of International Relations, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2006-2015      
• ARI Fellow, Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University, South Korea, 2014    
• Taiwan Fellow, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2014    
• Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA, 2013-2014      
• Teaching instructor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, 2013-2014      
• FCT scholar, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009-2013      
• Visiting researcher, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2012    
• Consultant in Korean politics, Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, Presidency of the UNSC Committee 1718, USA, 2011-2012      
• Pre-doctoral visiting researcher, Department of Political Science and School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA, 2011    
• Pre-doctoral visiting fellow, Department of Government and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, 2010   
• KGSP scholar, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University, South Korea, 2004-2008   
• Affiliate, General Direction of European Affairs – Department of European Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal, 2000-2003  

 ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

•  Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, 2021
• M.Phil. in International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009