Dr Noemia Bessa Vilela graduated in law from the University of Portucalense in Porto. She defended her doctoral thesis written in English at the faculty of law of Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest. She is the founder and director of the research centre ‘OPHIZ Research’ (Institute for Research and Development of Legal Sciences) based in Maribor, Slovenia. She is active in Portuguese and international scientific associations such as the American Bar Association, the European Law Institute, the Academy of European Law, the Observatory of Human Rights and Amnesty International, among others.

She has lectured as a visiting professor or conducted research at the following universities, among others: University of Maribor; University of Portucalense Infante D. Henrique in Porto (Portugal); University of Tehran; Gujarat University of Technology and Business (India); Autonoma University Madrid (Spain); Global University Oporto (Portugal); Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic); Ovidius University of Constanta (Romania); IESEF - Instituto de Estudos Superiores de Fafe, LDA (Portugal); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) and Institute for Strategic Studies and Forecasting (Montenegro). 

Dr Noemia Rute Bessa Vilela is the author of dozens of scientific publications, including articles, chapters in monographs and conference proceedings. She has been involved in 11 EU-funded projects with a total value of more than €5 million. She is currently the Action Chair of COST Action CA20123 IGCOORD  ‘Intergovernmental Coordination from Local to European Governance’

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Conference Proceedings:

LEAGUE - SUPPORTING PREVENTION AND REPORTING OF ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE OF Underaged Boys Focussing On Awareness-Raising And Education 

Bessa Vilela, Noemia; Kozhuharova, Denitsa ; Oplotnik, Žan

Year: 2024: Inted 2024: Conference Proceedings; 18th Annual International Technology, Education And Development Conference; 4-6 March 2024, Valencia (SPAIN). - PAG. 6084

COBISS.SI-ID 189231363

CLIMATE CHANGED LAWS, BUT HOW CAN LAWS CHANGE THE CLIMATE?

Bessa Vilela, Noemia; Plotnic, Olesea ; Ghencea, Flavia ; Murphy, Anthony ; Oplotnik, Žan 

Year: 2023 Book Of Abstracts. - PAG. 32-35

COBISS.SI-ID 169253891

JOINT PROGRAMMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION 

Bessa Vilela, Noemia; Caramelo Gomes, José ; Oplotnik, Žan 

Tip Dela: 1.12 Objavljeni Povzetek Znanstvenega Prispevka Na Konferenci

YEAR: 2018: EDULEARN18: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. - PAG. 2398

COBISS.SI-ID 13294364

THE IMPACT OF GDPR IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION - THE CASE OF THE 1ST CYCLE OF STUDIES IN LAW

Sousa, Mariana; Bessa Vilela, Noemia.  Paper Presented at EDULEARN19 PALMA DE MALLORCA, 2019.

10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1959

CHALLENGES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GDPR IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN PORTUGAL

Sousa, Mariana; Bessa Vilela, Noemia.  Paper Presented at EDULEARN19 PALMA DE MALLORCA, 2019.

10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0379

HEALTH DETERMINANTS - THE IMPORTANCE FOR EDUCATION

Vilela, Idalina; Brito, Dalila; Bessa Vilela, Noemia. Paper Presented at IATED19 VALENCIA, 2018.

 10.21125/INTED.2018.0643

PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Silva, Maria Manuela Magalhães; Caramelo-Gomes, José.

Year; 2017

10.4335/978-961-6842-82-2.3

REFUGEES: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH. 

Vilela, Idalina; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia. 

Year: 2017.

10.4335/978-961-6842-82-2.3

Journal Publications:

Noémia Bessa Vilela, Denitsa Kozhuharova, Mohamed Taly, Žan Jan Oplotnik, Jarosław Kostrubiec, How Minors Perceive Online Violence: A Socio-legal Comparative Analysis of Slovenian and Bulgarian Reality, “Studia Iuridica Lublinensia” 2025, vol. 34 (1) (accepted for publication) 

Báliková, K., Jesus-Silva, N., Vilela, N. B., Hillayová, M. K., & Šálka, J. (2023). The Forest Land Tax Systems in Slovakia and Portugal. Journal of Forest Science, (Published online: October 2023), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.17221/51/2023-JFS.

Oplotnik, Z. J., Ruel, T., Jesus-Silva, N., & Vilela, N. B. (2023). Intergovernmental Coordination in Portugal. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 32(5), 31-42. (140 pkt) http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/sil.2023.32.5.31-42.

Morais, P., Matos, J. M. A., Vilela, N. V. B., & Oplotnik, Z. J. (2022). Transparency and Risk Allocation in PPP: Addressing Complex Contracts' Mathematical Formulas in the Portuguese Case. Lex Localis: Journal of Local Self-Government, 20(2), 435-453. https://doi.org/10.4335/10.4335/20.2.435-453(2022)

Bessa-Vilela, Noemia. "Enforcement of Foreign Decisions in Civil and Commercial Matters in the UK: What Will Happen After Brexit?". International Journal of Legal Developments and Allied Issues 5 6 (2019): 1-14. http://thelawbrigade.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Noémia-José-IJLDAI.pdf.

Vilela, Noemia Rute Peres de Bessa; Caramelo Gomes, José. "Local Authorities and the Burden of Safeguarding Human Rights". Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 17 3 (2019): 837-852. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/17.3.837-852(2019).

Vilela, Idalina; Brito, Dalila; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Brito, Ana. "Support to Risk Groups in the Porto Metropolitan Area". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2515.

Bessa-Vilela, Noemia. "THE LAW OF COMPETITION - A CRIME OR A MERE MISDEMEANOR?". Perspectives of Business Law Journal 6 1 (2017): 117-127. 

Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Caramelo-Gomes, José; Morais, Paulo. "Government Transparency: Reality or Mirage?". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2508.

Tomažic, Tina; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia. "Ongoing Criminal Activities in Cyberspace: From the Protection of Minors to the Deep Web". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2506.

Brito, Dalila; Vilela, Idalina; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia. "Legal Aspects of the Safety of Healthcare Professionals Working with Migrants". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2507.

Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Caramelo-Gomes, José; Morais, Paulo; Oplotnik, Zan Jan. "Government Transparency: Reality or Mirage?". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2508. https://doi.org/10.4335/15.3.725-736(2017)

Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Caramelo-Gomes, José; Jesus-Silva, Natacha. "Flexicurity or Flexicarity? A Portuguese Overview". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/1944.

10.18690/18557147.8.2.125-137(2016)

Wall, Rachel; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia. "Deal or No Deal: English Devolution, a Top-Down Approach". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2509.

Book Chapters:

Cleynenbreugel, Pieter van; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Caramelo-Gomes, José. "Introduction to Competition Law". Europa Law Publishing, 2023.

Oplotnik, Zan Jan; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Jesus-Silva, Natacha. "EU Foreign Investment Policy: FDI Screening Mechanism to Avert Genuine Threats or Introduce Hidden Protectionism". Lex Localis: Institute for Local Self-Government Maribor, 2021.

Vilela, Noemia. "The Dichotomy Between the Right to Be Present and the Obligation to Be Present". In Enhancing the Right to Be Present. Maribor, Slovenia: Lex - Localis Press, 2020.

Bessa-Vilela, Noemia. "Human Rights and Women: Are They in, or Are They Out? (Ch.4)". In Peace and Conflict Resolution in Society, Education, Media & Arts; Abstract Book for the 1st First International Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution. University of Tehran (2019). Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 2019.

Tomažic, Tina; Druks, Luka; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia. "Public Relations and Advertising in the Context of e-Sports". IGI Global, 2019. 10.4018/978-1-5225-4047-2.ch005

Vilela, Noemia. "6D Prevention from Destruction of Relevant Evidence in Cross-Border Cases". In Dimensions of Evidence in European Civil Procedure, edited by Vesna Rijavec; Tjasa Ivanc; Tomaz Kerestes, 301-320. Kluwer, 2015. 10.5040/9781472561367.ch-003

Caramelo-Gomes, José; Mimoso, Maria João; Bessa-Vilela, Noémia; Almeida, Cláudia Cordeiro. "Portugal: Simplification of Debt Collection in Portugal: National and EU Perspective". Kluwer Law International, 2014.