Ms. Paulo is a lecturer and research associate in the Department of ‘International Political Economy of East Asia’ at the Faculty of East Asian Studies. In 2021, Ms Paulo became Head of Management of the Centre for EU-Asia Connectivity (CEAC), a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, at Ruhr-Universität of Bochum (RUB), Germany.

In addition to academia, she is a listed foreign Arbitrator/Mediator at the Shanghai International Arbitration Center and a Senior Consultant at A&Z Law Firm. She also is a member of the OECD’s “Expert Community on Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT)” supporting the OECD’s Digital Policy Committee (DPC).

Her expertise is proven by more than fifteen years of research work, government relations, legal industry, business internationalisation, and communication between Asia, Europe, and LATAM. Ms. Paulo possesses broad international experience, having worked in several countries (China, Indonesia, India, Belgium, Germany, Panama, and Venezuela) across a variety of industries, namely universities, the private sector, NGOs, as well as EU institutions (European Commission) and international organisations (UNHCR).

Ms. Paulo is a member of several research organisations and business associations. She is regularly invited to deliver lectures at different universities, to speak at international events, and to consult and provide bespoke training for companies and government agencies on EU-Asia cross-border investments, regulation, negotiations, and intercultural issues.

Ms. Paulo holds a Master’s degree in Political and Administration of the European Union from the College of Europe, three Bachelor’s degrees, and postgraduate studies from the School of Economics, Fudan University (China), and Chinese Mandarin language at Peking University.

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Major research interests primarily focus on:

• Asia-Europe relations
• EU-China affairs, particularly digital affairs, cybersecurity, data, new technologies, innovation
• China’s foreign policy, laws and governance, contemporary political and economic issues
• European Studies, foreign policy and regulatory matters

• Jean Monnet Chair, Connecting Europe and Asia: People, Power and Policies (CEAPPP) (2020 – 2023), Lecturer and Researcher Read more here.
• A European-Asian Research Network on Strategies for Promoting Europea-Asia Connectivity (SPEAC) (2019 – 2022), Researcher (Associate) Read more here.

• Fellowship of the Ministry of Education of the PRC. "EU Windows' Programme" at Fudan University, Shanghai (China) (2013 – 2014)
• Awarded for the best master thesis on EU-China Relations by InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations, College of Europe (2009 – 2010)
• Fellowship of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and the Spanish Development Cooperation Agency. College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) (2009 – 2010)
• Fellowship of the Institute of Official Credit from Spain. Peking University, Chinese Language Department, Beijing (China) (2007 – 2009)
• Fellowship of the First ASEFUAN Dialogue on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. ASEFUAN y Casa Asia, Barcelona y Madrid (Spain) (2009)
• Fellowship of the Marie Curie Programme. China in the World. Bristol University (2007) and Leeds University (UK) (2006)
• Selected candidate to represent China at the United Nations Model (C'MUN), Spanish United Nations Association Barcelona (Spain) (2005)

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Seminars at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) & UNIC Alliance

• M.A. ‘Cybersecurity and New Security Theories in East Asia and the EU’
• M.A. ‘Internet Governance and Security: The Role of the EU and East Asia’
• M.A. ‘Reading and Analysing Contemporary Chinese Texts: Political, Economic, and Social Issues I & II’
• M.A. ‘Current issues of China’s Politics and Economy from Chinese media perspective I & II’
• B.A. ‘New Security Theories and Cybersecurity: The Role of the EU and East Asia’
• B.A. ‘Internet Governance and Security: The Role of the EU and East Asia’
• B.A. ‘Internet Governance in East Asia and the EU´s role’
• B.A. ‘The EU´s Role in Digital Connectivity in East Asia
• B.A. ‘China’s Legal System: Implications to the European Union and East Asia’

Teaching and lectures outside RUB

• M.A. ‘Internet Governance and Security: The Role of the EU and China’, (WiSe 2023/24), Göttingen, Germany
• M.A. ‘China’s legal system’, ISDE Law Business School (Spain) (SoSe 2019)
• 2-days Workshop. Title: 《未来是你的。现代和文化城市》 (original. Translation: “The Future is Yours: Modern and Cultural City). Language: Chinese. Cervantes Institute Beijing, China.
• B.A. ‘EU-China Relations’, Tongji University, Shanghai (China) (2013–2015)
• Post-graduate. ‘Urbanism: Is green urbanism the alternative to the Chinese urban model?’, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain) (2013)
• Post-graduate. ‘Environment: What is the environment strategy of the Chinese Communist Party?’, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain) (2013)
• ‘Ways to Enter the Chinese Market: A Legal Perspective’, (China, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain) (2016-2021)
• ‘Cross-borders e-commerce: the ABC from a Chinese legal perspective’, (China) (2016-2020)
• ‘Cultural Dimension Interests and the Dance of Meetings: A Perspective on Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Communication’, (China) (2016-2020)
• ‘Chinese Cybersecurity: data compliance and personal information protection’, (China) (2018-2019)
• ‘Work and Working in China’, Bergischen Universität Wuppertal (Germany) (2019)
• ‘Intellectual Protection in E-Commerce’, (China) (2017-2019)
• ‘Arbitration in Chinese context’, Universidad de Derecho de Valencia (China) (2017)
• ‘China’s economic developments’, Tongji University, Shanghai (China) (2016)
• ‘E-Governance in China’, ESADE Institute of Governance and Public Direction, Barcelona (Spain) (2014)
• ‘Developments of the ICTs and their role in Chinese society: e-commerce and digital governance’, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) (2014)