Gabriela Morena Chaves is a Public Policy professional with experience in local government and public management, as a public servant and consultant. She works as a consultant in diagnosis, planning and implementation of public policies for governments and international organizations. During the last decade, she has worked with policy makers on strategic planning and stakeholder alignment for the improvement of social policies. Gabriela holds a M.Sc. in International Relations and Regional Integration from University of São Paulo, and is currently a PhD candidate at Aveiro University where she works in the area of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Political Sciences, Economic and Social Geography and Public Administration. Currently, as a PhD student in Public Policy, Gabriela teaches the disciplines of Social Innovation & Development and Socio-economic and Territorial Dynamics, in the Master of Urban Planning; and Structures and Institutions of Local and Regional Governance, in the Master of Public Administration. Both under the guidance and in partnership with Professor Dr. Filipe Teles, at the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences of the University of Aveiro. Her PhD research focuses on the territorialized implementation of public policies in large cities (ODS 11) and has been developed under and with the support of the Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP), University of Aveiro. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific production are: design, implementation and analysis of urban public policies; government strategic management; regional integration; Latin American integration; Mercosur.