Tiago Freitas

Brussels

Tiago Freitas lives in Brussels and is a policy officer at DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, focusing on biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions. In the past, he has worked at the European Parliament (2004-2010), first as policy advisor and then as research analyst in structural and cohesion policies. Tiago Freitas holds a PhD from the Department of Geography at King’s College London. His research focused on the connections between biofuel and deforestation control policies in Brazil, with two case studies in the state of Mato Grosso. Tiago holds a B.Sc. degree in Environmental Biology from the University of Lisbon, a postgraduate degree in Environmental Sciences and Technologies from the same University and a M.A. in International Politics from Université de Paris XI.