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 role of Communications Chair. She is responsible for the communication of the conference, programmatic support between the different committees, authors, and other conference participants, as well as editing of 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 holds two Bachelors degrees: one in Portuguese Studies – Arts and Humanities by the University of Minho (Portugal, 2008) and another in Communication Sciences by Catholic University (Portugal, 2014). She has also earned a Master’s degree in Digital Communication by the same University (2023) and is currently a PhD Student of Communication and Activisms at Lusófona University (Porto).

She is also a published author of a children’s book.