Isabel Estrada Carvalhais (born 1973) is a Portuguese politician of the

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who has been serving as a

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since the

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Academic career

From 2000 to 2003, Carvalhais obtained her doctorate in

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at the

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, before returning to Portugal. In 2010 she became director of the Research Centre for Political Science and International Relations at the

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. From 2012 she was head of the BA course in political science, and from 2018 she had a professorship in political science and international relations at the same university.

Political career

In parliament, Carvalhais has been serving on the

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(since 2019) and the Committee on Fisheries (since 2020). In 2020, she also joined the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport. In addition to her committee assignments, Carvalhais is part of the parliament's delegations for relations with the

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. She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, the

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and the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.Members of the Disability Intergroup - S&D
European Disability Forum.

References

1973 births Living people MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Portugal Socialist Party (Portugal) MEPs {{Portugal-MEP-stub