10th Anniversary of the Master’s in Law and Economics of the Sea
A Decade Building Ocean Governance
In 2025-2026, the Master’s in Law and Economics of the Sea – Ocean Governance at NOVA School of Law celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Since its creation, the program has become a leading platform for interdisciplinary education and research on maritime law, ocean governance, and the sustainable management of marine resources.
To mark this milestone, NOVA School of Law and the NOVA Ocean Knowledge Centre will organize a series of events aimed at bringing together students, alumni, faculty members, institutional partners, and practitioners who have contributed to the program’s development over the past decade.
Together, these initiatives aim both to celebrate the program’s history and to foster reflection on the future of ocean governance research, education, and policy.
Scientific coordination
Andrea Longo
Assunção Cristas
Manuela Bocayuva
Coordination Committee
Andrea Longo | Manuela Bocayuva | Lina Dahl | Fernanda Ferreira | Maria Nascimento | Romane Perrochaeau | Olga Jurczenko | Alexander Kebbon | Ladina Jeisy
Programme
The programme includes a series of scientific panels, held in English, focusing on current issues in the law of the sea and ocean governance, and a Celebration Event bringing together the academic community, alumni and partner organisations.
Seminars
April 9 2026 | 12:30–14:00
The EU Blue Economy Agenda: Integrating Environmental and Economic Considerations within the Future Ocean Act
Seminar on the governance of marine genetic resources and the role of European legislation in promoting a sustainable blue economy, presenting results from the Portuguese Blue Biobank project and discussing current legal and policy challenges
Programme
Venue: Room 123, NOVA School of Law
12h30 | Start of the event – Welcome words
- Andrea Longo, Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Law and Co-Director of the NOVA Ocean Knowledge Centre.
Dissemination of the Portuguese Blue Biobank project findings
- Manuela Bocayuva, PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law and Assistant Researcher and Project Manager at NOVA Ocean Knowledge Centre.
The Future of the EU Blue Economy agenda: towards an integrated approach?
- Bellinda Bartolucci, Senior Lawyer, ClientEarth.
April 20 | 17:00–18:30
New Technologies and the Law of the Sea
Seminar on the impact of emerging technologies on the use, monitoring, and governance of the oceans, addressing legal and regulatory challenges and reflecting on the adaptation of international law to maritime innovations
Programme
Venue: Amphitheatre A, NOVA School of Law
17h00 | Start of the event – Welcome words
- Andrea Longo, Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Law and Co-Director of the NOVA Ocean Knowledge Centre
Speakers:
- Daniele Mandrioli, Assistant Professor at the University of Milan
- Armando Rocha, Assistant Professor at Católica | Lisbon School of Law
Celebration Event | May 13 2026
Location: Lisbon, MAAT Central
Programme
10:00 am | Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:30 am | Institutional Greetings
- Margarida Lima Rego, Dean of NOVA School of Law
- Assunção Cristas, NOVA School of Law
- Antonieta Cunha e Sá, NOVA School of Business and Economics
- Andrea Longo, NOVA School of Law
11 am | Keynote Speeches – Inter-disciplinarity: A key conceptual and practical tool to understand the ocean
Keynote on interdisciplinarity: Science, Law, and Economics: A necessary dialogue
- Maria Damanaki, former EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans and Guest Professor at NOVA School of Law
- Luis Menezes Pinheiro, Head of the Portuguese Committee of United Nations Ocean Decades (UNESCO)
11:45 am | Stakeholder Roundtable – Institutional Partnerships
Moderators: Assunção Cristas, NOVA School of Law and Antonieta Cunha e Sá, NOVA School of Business and Economics
- Tiago Pitta e Cunha, CEO of Oceano Azul Foundation
- Rear Admiral Nuno Sardinha Monteiro, Head of the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Navy and of the National Maritime Authority
- Ruben Eiras, Secretary-General Fórum Oceano
- André Beirão, Head of Faculty, Escola de Guerra Naval, Rio de Janeiro
- Conceição Santos, Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere
- Marisa Lameiras da Silva, Director-General for Maritime Policy
- Vitor Caldeirinha, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lisbon Port Authority and of the Setúbal and Sesimbra Port Authority
1:00–2:30 pm | Lunch Break
2:30 pm | Panel 3 – Student and Alumni excellence
Moderators: Duarte Lynce de Faria, Guest Professor Nova School of Law
- Fernanda Ferreira, Master’s student at NOVA School of Law
- João Medeiros, Master’s student at NOVA School of Law
- Sara Apresentação, PhD student at University of Algarve, NOVA School of Law Master´s Alumna
- Julia Schutz Veiga, PhD student at NOVA School of Law, NOVA School of Law Master´s Alumna
- Manuela Bocayuva, PhD student at NOVA School of Law, NOVA School of Law Master´s Alumna
3:20 pm | Panel 4 – NOVA Ocean past, present and future
Moderator: Andrea Longo, NOVA School of Law
- Vittoria Moccia, NOVA School of Law Master’s Alumna: findings from the Blue BioBank Project
- Tatiana Morais, Guest Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Law and at the Portuguese Military Academy: findings from the Women in the Blue Economy Project
- Lina Dahl, Master’s student at NOVA School of Law: the “Blue Minds” Initiative
4:20 pm | Closing: ROAD TO 2035: what’s in the future for our Master’s?
- Assunção Cristas, NOVA School of Law
- Andrea Longo, NOVA School of Law
6:00 pm | Boat trip on the Tagus River (upon invitation)
Location: Doca de Alcântara
