Raquel Duque is an assistant professor at the Institute for Political Studies and the coordinator of the MA in Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies.

She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defence from the Institute for Political Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal during which she was a visiting graduate student at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. Raquel Duque has an M.A. in International Security and Terrorism from the University of Nottingham and a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from NOVA University of Lisbon, the last year of which was completed in the Institut d’Etudes Politiques – Sciences Po Paris as Erasmus student.

She has also a specialization course in Cooperation for Development from the Institute for National Administration. She is an Auditor in National Defence and an Auditor for Civilian Crisis Management by the Institute of National Defence. From 2019 to 2023 she was an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

She is the author of several articles in academic journals, book chapters, and has also co-edited some books. She has participated in numerous conferences in Portugal and abroad. Her main areas of interest are security studies, terrorism, regional and international organizations, public policy, environment, migration, among others. 

Her professional background includes experiences in the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, the Foreign Policy Directorate-General of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Centre of European Information Jacques Delors.