Amanda Costa Novaes

Amanda Costa Novaes serves as a Guest Professor (mapped to Visiting Professor) and PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law, NOVA University Lisbon, with active research roles at NOVA Intellectual Property & Sustainable Innovation (NOVA IPSI), NOVA Consumer Lab, and the Center for Research on Law and Society (CEDIS).

Her academic background includes:

• PhD candidate in Law at NOVA School of Law
• Master's in Business Law and Technology (Best Student award recipient) from NOVA School of Law
• Specialization in New Information and Communication Technologies Law from Instituto Europeo Campus Stellae
• Law degrees from University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)

Her research centers on European Union copyright frameworks, consumer rights enforcement in digital markets, and legal mechanisms for sustainable business innovation. She examines intersections between intellectual property regimes, emerging technologies, and regulatory compliance in transnational contexts, with particular focus on balancing corporate accountability with consumer protection.

Her sole recognized honor is the Best Student award for her Master's program.

Costa Novaes co-teaches the InfoDoc course on legal research methodologies but has no documented graduate student supervision or research grant leadership. Her current academic activities remain centered on doctoral studies and research center contributions.

She actively contributes to interdisciplinary projects across three research entities: NOVA IPSI (focusing on IP-sustainability nexus), NOVA Consumer Lab (analyzing market regulations), and CEDIS (societal law impacts), driving collaborative work on technology-law interfaces.