Diplomacy, Organisations and Citizens

Sónia Pedro Sebastião is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal). She has a habilitation in strategic communication and is a researcher at the Center for Public Administration and Public Policies (FCT-ISCSP) at the University of Lisbon. Her research focuses on public relations, strategic communication, citizenship, and culture. She is the Portuguese national researcher of the European Communication Monitor and the Pedagogical and Scientific Coordinator of the Communication Sciences Department of ISCSP, University of Lisbon. Further, she is a member of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) and of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences (SOPCOM).
Susana de Carvalho Spínola is an Assistant Invited Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), University of Lisbon (Portugal), and a researcher at the Center of Public Administration and Public Policies (FCT-ISCSP) at the University of Lisbon. She received the Doctoral Excellence Award on Social and Legal Sciences from the University of CEU Cardenal Herrera, Spain. From 1991-2015 she was lecturer and vice-dean of the Communication Sciences Department at INP, Lisbon. She has been part of the MARPE network since the 1990s. At the ISCSP she is the contact person for the ERASMUS+ - MARPE Diplo project; the pedagogical and scientific executive coordinator of the Communication Sciences Department. She is a member of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA), of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences (SOPCOM), and of the Portuguese Business Communication Association (APCE).