Susana Coroado is a PhD Candidate in Comparative Politics at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon with a research project on Capture of Regulatory Agencies. She holds a MA in International Law by the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and a Licenciatura in Political Science and International Relations by the Nova University of Lisbon, during which she spend a year at Sciences-Po Paris. Currently a senior researcher at Transparency International Portugal, Susana has previously worked at the Embassies of Portugal in Tel Aviv and Berlin, as well as in the public and private sectors in Portugal.