Assunção Cristas
Associate Professor Nova University,Portugal
Assunção Cristas, PhD, is associate professor at Nova School of Law where, namely, coordinates the Master’s Degree in Law and Economics of the Sea – Ocean Governance (ranked 1st place in the world by Eduniversal), lecturing Ocean Policies. Assunção Cristas is partner at VdA, a leading Portuguese based law firm, responsible for the Environment and Climate Change Practice Area and the ESG Integrated Services Platform. For ten years, Assunção was fully dedicated to politics: served as Minister of the Portuguese Government (2011-2015), with Agriculture, Ocean, Environment and Spatial Planning, Member of Parliament, Council Women in Lisbon, President of her party.