Henrique Varajidás holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Institute for Political Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal (grade 18/20, merit scholarship, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019); a Master’s degree in Law, specializing in International Business Law and Compliance, from the Institute of International Business Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Fribourg (grade 5.35/6, excellence scholarship, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2023); and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University Lisbon (grade 17/20, best final grade, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008). He is currently an Assistant Professor in the scientific areas of Political Science and International Relations at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Lusófona University (Porto University Center).
His main research interests include modern political ideas and ideologies, contemporary non-democratic regimes, and the theory and history of totalitarianism.