Biography

Flávia Barbosa is currently one of the Communications Consultants of UNU-EGOV. She joined the institution in August 2023.

She is part of the ICEGOV team (International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance), performing the roles of Organisation and Communications Chair. She is responsible for the conference's communication and organisation, programmatic support between the different committees, authors, and other conference participants, and editing the conference proceedings. Flávia is also in charge of updating ICEGOV’s website.

Before joining UNU-EGOV, Flávia worked for the Communication Office of Braga’s Archdiocese. For two years, she was also the Director of a lifestyle magazine.

Flávia is currently a PhD Student of Communication and Activisms at Lusófona University (Porto) and holds a Master’s degree in Digital Communication from the Catholic University (Portugal, 2023). She has two bachelor's degrees: one in Portuguese Studies – Arts and Humanities from the University of Minho (Portugal, 2008) and another in Communication Sciences from the Catholic University (Portugal, 2014).

She is also a published author of fictional books.