Rita Mota

Rita Mota is the Intesa Sanpaolo Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.

She is working with Professor Alan Morrison, Professor of Law and Finance at Saïd Business School, on business ethics, law and reputation. She is particularly interested in the human rights obligations of businesses, corporate moral agency, the ethics of corporate communications, and moral learning in organisations. She is also conducting research on the moral obligations of platform organisations, such as Facebook.

Rita completed her PhD in Law at King’s College London. Her thesis focused on the interaction between international investment and human rights, with a focus on corporate social responsibility and investor-state dispute settlement. In her free time, Rita works with the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), a non-profit organisation made up of lawyers and investigative journalists, which aims to use law innovatively to promote human rights. Her main current project in this area is a climate change legal action.

Companies

• Safeguarding Officer Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) (2020)
• Intesa Sanpaolo Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2017)
• Researcher Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) (2017 — 2020)
• Legal Translator (Freelance) Vieira de Almeida & Associados (2016 — 2017)
• Conference Director London Business Conferences Group (2014 — 2014)
• Visiting Lecturer King's College London (2012 — 2013)
• Research Assistant King's College London (2011 — 2012)
• Tutor The Brilliant Club (2012 — 2012)
• Trainee Lawyer Miranda, Correia, Amendoeira & Associados (2011 — 2011)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) King's College London, U. of London (2011 — 2018)
• Master's degree Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2009 — 2011)
• University of Houston (2010 — 2010)
• Law University of Houston (2010 - 2010)
• Licentiate degree Universidade de Lisboa (2003 — 2009)
• Law Université Paris Descartes (Paris V) (2007 - 2008)
• Université Paris Descartes (Paris V) (2007 — 2008)
• Secondary School Escola Secundária Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Leiria (2000 — 2003)