- Director: Soraya Nour Sckell
- Deputy Director: Ana Cristina Nogueira da Silva
- Deputy Director: Felipe Pathé-Duarte
Former Directors
- António Manuel Hespanha
- Jorge Bacelar Gouveia
- Armando Marques Guedes
- Luis Duarte D’Almeida
- Composed of all integrated researchers with a doctorate from CEDIS
General Assembly
- Composed of all integrated researchers, doctoral students and collaborators at CEDIS
External Advisory Board
- Jan Wouters – Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies – Institute of International Law, KU Leuven (Belgium)
- Franco Ferrari – Centre for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law, New York University (United States)
- Nuno Garoupa – Antonin Scalia Law School, George Manson University (United States)
- Rita de la Feria – Centre for Business Law and Practice, University of Leeds (United Kingdom)
- Sacha Garben – European Legal Studies Department, College of Europe (Belgium)
- Sofia Aboim – Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
- Tamar Herzog – Department of History and Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Law School (United States)
Junior Researchers Governance Committee
Coordination of Knowledge Centres
A) Empowering PEOPLE
- A1) Antigone – Equality and Antidiscrimination Law: Teresa Pizarro Beleza and Helena Pereira de Melo
- A2) NOVA Centre for the Study of Gender, Family and Law (NOVA GF Law): Nausica Pallazo
- A3) NOVA Refugee and Migration Clinic: Verónica Corcodel
- A4) Observatory for the Protection of Personal Data: Francisco Pereira Coutinho and Graça Canto Moniz
- A5) NOVA Business, Human Rights and the Environment (NOVA BHRE): Claire Bright
- A6) Criminalia: Teresa Pizarro Beleza and Frederico de Lacerda da Costa Pinto
- A7) War and Law Lab: Felipe Pathé-Duarte and Laura Álvarez
B) Protecting the PLANET
- B1) NOVA Green Lab: Lucila de Almeida
- B2) NOVA Ocean: Assunção Cristas
- B3) Space Law Research Centre (SPARC): Francisco Pereira Coutinho
- B4) NOVA Intellectual Property and Sustainable Innovation (NOVA IPSI): Giulia Priori
C) Promoting STRONG INSTITUTIONS
- C1) NOVA Compliance Lab: Francisco Pereira Coutinho and Julia Gracia
- C2) NOVA Consumer Lab: Jorge Carvalho
- C3) NOVA Financial Markets: Joana Ferrajota
- C4) Observatory of Portuguese Legislation: Francisco Pereira Coutinho and Sónia Rodrigues
- C5) NOVA Argumentation: Luís Duarte D’Almeida
- C6) NOVA Dispute Resolution Forum: Rita de Carvalho, Mariana França Gouveia, Luís Heleno Terrinha, João Pedro Pinto-Ferreira, and Joana Campos Carvalho
- C7) WhatNext.Law: João Vieira de Almeida, Magda Cocco, and Margarida Lima Rego
- C8) NOVA Tax Research Lab: Rita Calçada Pires
- C9) NOVA Data-Driven Law: Margarida Lima Rego and Fabrizio Esposito
- Head of Office: Sofia Assis
- Research Support: Cristiana Vicente
- Communication Support: Diogo Ferreira
- Dissemination Support: Cristina Coelho
Governance Committee
- Cristina Queiróz
- Giulia Priori
- Helena Pereira de Melo
- João Zenha Martins
- Luís Terrinha
- Miguel Moura
- Vera Lúcia Raposo
Technical Assistance and IT