Dr Marta Santos Silva is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Centre for Justice and Governance at Minho University in Portugal.

Since 2005, Santos Silva has been actively engaged in academic and policy-oriented pan-European projects focused on the comparison and harmonisation of European private law. She has been awarded several research grants and distinctions, including fellowships from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation, Maastricht University and Strasbourg III, and grants from the University Fund Limburg and EEA grants.

The perspectives gained throughout her career shape her current research agenda, which bridges consumer law, digitalisation and sustainability. Her recent work has included analysing how nudges can promote environmental sustainability. She has also led editorial teams for publications including Coronavirus and the Law in Europe and the Routledge Handbook on Private Law and Sustainability — both large, edited volumes with broad geographical representation and contributions from diverse legal traditions.

As of September 2025, she is serving her second four-year term on the ELI Council, where she has played an active and engaged role, notably as an assessor of projects and as a member of both the Membership and Fundraising Committees.