Jorge Tavares da Silva holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), in the specific field of International Politics and Conflict Resolution: " Channels of Non-Governmental Intermediation in the Transformation of Sino-Formosan Conflict: The Case of the Taiwanese Business Community (Dissertation, 2012). Degree in International Trade at the Institute of Information and Management Sciences (ISCIA): The Impacts of China''s Integration on the Global Economy (monograph, 2004). He is a Researcher at GOVCOPP - Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy. Researcher at the Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP). He is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Aveiro, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences (DCSPT), particularly in the master of Chinese Studies. Also teaches at the Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra. From 2012 until 2017, he taught at the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). He is a founding member of the Observatory of China (Portugal) and the Center for Studies and Research on Security and Defence of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (CEIDSTAD). Between 2012 and 2016, he was President of the Observatory for Trade and International Relations (OCRI); member of the Scientific Council, coordinator of the Department of Management and International Relations and coordinator of the Master in Security, Defense and Conflict Resolution of ISCIA. Auditor, National Defence Course of 2013-2014, National Defence Institute (IDN). Member of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) and the Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) and the Portuguese Institute of Sinology (IPS); member of the Editorial Board of the Zhongguo Yanjiu - Journal of Chinese Studies (n.º 8) and Tempo Exterior (Spain). Member of the Scientific Committee of the 20th Congress of the European Association of Chinese Studies, held in Portugal (2014). He is author of multiple articles and chapters of books in international journals, particularly on political, economic and social issues facing contemporary China. He is author of the book BRICS and the New International Order [Portuguese] (Caleidoscópio, 2015) and co-author of the book Em Bicos de Pés e de Olhos em Bico - Experiences and Living Together between Chinese and Portuguese [Portuguese] (Mare Liberum, 2012).