Maria Cândida Arrais de Miranda Mousinho currently teaches at the Federal Institute of Bahia, at the Multi-Institutional and Multidisciplinary Doctorate Programme and at the Post-graduation Programme on Energy and Environment at the Federal University of Bahia, in Brazil. She has completed her Ph.D. in Energy and Environment, M.A. in Regional Analysis, and she is former fellow at the Managing Global Governance School and at the Training for International Diplomats in Germany. She has experience in the public and private sectors as well as in the third sector as a volunteer.