Maria Kaizeler is a Law student at NOVA School of Law and a Research Assistant at the NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment.

Her research focuses on the intersection of corporate accountability, sustainability, and human rights, with broader academic interests in Public International Law and European Law.

In 2026, she was unanimously awarded the Professor Paula Escarameia Award for a legal research paper in Public International Law.

Alongside her academic work, Maria actively engages in international advocacy and youth representation, having interned with the United Nations Association Portugal and contributed to co-drafting the 2049 Manifesto at the Council of Europe’s Youth Innovating Democracy initiative.