Luísa Neto (Lisbon, 1971) holds a degree from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (specialisation in Legal and Political Sciences, 1994) and a PhD from the University of Porto (specialisation in Legal and Political Sciences, 2003). She applied for Associate Professor in 2009 and completed her habilitation in 2020.
In addition to being a lecturer at FDUP, she has served as President of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Administration (INA, I.P.) since 2021.
 
- Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Porto, tenured, with habilitation
- Lecturer at FDUP since 1995, where she has taught Public Law subjects (Political Science, Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights) across various study cycles
- Founding member of the ICON.S (International Society of Public Law) Portuguese Chapter
- Member of the Steering Committee of the EGPA (European Group of Public Administration) and the Council of Administration of the IIAS (International Institute of Administrative Sciences) for the 2022-2025 term
- Member of the Expert Group on Public Administration and Governance, Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support, European Union
- Member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice (CIJ) at the Faculty of Law, University of Porto since February 2016
- Member of the Biolaw Department of the International UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and a member of its Steering Committee
- Member of the Bioethics Centre of the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto;
 
- Collaborates with other scientific and academic institutions in teaching courses and postgraduate programmes, both degree-awarding and non-degree-awarding
- Speaker at various seminars, conferences, and colloquia
- Author of several publications in the areas of Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, and Bioethics
 
In her academic career, she has held the following positions, among others:
- Member of the Provisional Pedagogical Council of FDUP (1997-1999)
- FDUP representative on the Committee for the Development of the UP Strategic Development Guide (1999)
- FDUP representative on the Committee for Formulating a Teacher Policy for UP (1999-2000)
- Member of the Academic Council for Continuing Education at UP, created by Senate resolution (1999-2002)
- Member of the Assembly of Representatives of FDUP (2002-2008)
- Member of the Assembly of UP representing FDUP (since 2003 and elected member of its Academic Section since 2005)
- Member of the Self-Evaluation Committee responsible for preparing the report presented to CNAVES by FDUP (2003)
- Member of the Committee for Improving the Quality of Teaching at UP (2004)
- President of the Pedagogical Council of FDUP (2004-2010)
- Representative in the UP Observation Group for the implementation of SIGARRA and coordinator of the same programme at FDUP (2005)
- FDUP representative on the group for curricular reorganisation of the 1st cycle of training under the Bologna Process (2005)
- Vice-President of the Scientific Council of FDUP (2005-2007)
- President of the Committee that produced the FDUP Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (2007/2008)
- Director of the Master’s in Law at FDUP (2009-2012)
- Member of the UP Senate as one of the five faculty representatives in the Senate post-RJIES (2009-2013)
- Director of the 3rd Cycle of Legal Studies at FDUP (2012-2018)
- Member of the Scientific Committees of the Master’s and Interdisciplinary PhD in Forensic Sciences at UP (2009-2021)
- Member and Vice-President of the Scientific Council of FDUP
- Member of the Ethics Committee of FDUP
- Member of the Ethics Committee of the Department of Social and Health Sciences of FMUP
 
She has also held non-academic positions:
- Adviser to the Secretário de Estado da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros (XII Governo Constitucional)
- Legal Services Department of the Bank of Portugal (1995-1996)
- Representative of the Ministry of Justice on the  Conselho Superior de Medicina Legal and on Conselho Nacional de Medicina Legal, on behalf of the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of State for Justice of the XIV Governo Constitucional (1999 e 2001)
- Adviser to the Minister of Justice (XVIConstitutional Government)
- Lawyer registered (voluntarily suspended since November 2006) with the Portuguese Bar Association
- Member of the Direcção da Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima (2007-2013)
- Member of the Conselho Pedagógico do Centro de Estudos Judiciários, appointed by election of the Assembly of the Republic (2009-2016)
 
Main scientific areas of research/teaching/publication: Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Administrative Law.

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