Fidelis Leite Magalhães

Fidelis is a DPhil (PhD) candidate researching under the supervision of Professor Nicole Stremlau. Fidelis' research concerns the relationships between social media, digital technology, memory, and transitional justice.

Fidelis holds a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, where he was a Harvard Kennedy School Dean's Fellow, a Master of Science in Political Economy of Late Development from LSE (joint Economic History and DESTIN) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (with distinction) from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Fidelis has also completed MPhil courses in International Relations (International Political Economy) at the University of Lisbon. He also holds a graduate certificate in Public Policy and Management from Harvard University and an undergraduate certificate in Latin American and Iberian Languages and Literature. 

He was a recipient of several awards, including the US State Department Scholarship, the Chevening Award, the Calouste Gulbenkian Fellowship, the European Union Visitors' Program for Young Leaders, and the Edmund J. Curly Scholarship Fund.

In addition to academia, Fidelis has over fifteen years of experience in policy and government. Fidelis has held several senior ministerial roles, including Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Timor-Leste and Minister for Legal Reforms and Parliamentary Affairs. Fidelis also served as the chairperson of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (2018-2020). Before assuming executive roles, Fidelis served as a parliamentarian, where he headed his party’s parliamentary group and chaired the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, defense, and security. He also held the position of chief of staff to the President of Timor-Leste and chaired the High-Level National Consensus Dialogue on Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation. He was the 2017 recipient of the Order of Timor-Leste for public service.