Archives: Projetos de Pesquisa

The BRICS was constituted throughout the 2000s as a political and economic group from the Global South. Building on previous research and partnerships, this new project aims to enhance collaboration between the BRICS Policy Center (BPC) and the African Center for Citizenship and Democracy and deepen a comparative analysis of Chinese investments in Brazil and South Africa. The project will produce two complete reports that will map: the flows of foreign direct investment, observing the main sectors and projects that operate in Brazil and South Africa; the main public and private institutions (local governments, banks, associations) between entrepreneurs that facilitate the interfaces and the beneficiary States; it will be public policies that facilitate, promote and protect investments, such as national programs, legislation, investment agreements, as well as credit policies; Finally, identify relevant projects in Brazil and South Africa to analyze them and affect the local environment in Chinese investment communities, their environmental impacts, workers and means.

With the Chinese materials by teams, the project of strategic promotion, training and training between two civil society and network movements, organizations of investment movements in the two popular countries. In addition, focusing on the comparison and evaluation of public policies, the project will create spaces for dialogue with democratic agents and decision-makers at local, national and international levels. It will be discussed to what extent the investments of the South-South can occur in a more cooperative socioeconomic way, under more balanced bases, or these investments reproduce in hierarchies between countries of the Global South with negative impacts on communities, workers and the environment. Thus, we intend to contribute to a broad understanding of the new configurations of global capitalism and the role of China for the development of public policies, and for economic, sustainable and sustainable development.

The project is supported by Karibu Foundation, FAPERJ, among other national research institutions, and will be coordinated by professors Ana Saggioro Garcia and Maria Elena Rodriguez (BPC-IRI/PUC-Rio) and Lisa Thompson (ACCEDE and University of Western Cape).

The present project proposes to, on the one hand, continue the analysis of the crisis management mechanisms and alternatives which can render EU responses more effective and legitimate conducted by Jean Monnet Network Crisis-Equity-Democracy for Europe and Latin America, and on the other hand, deepen the analysis of the political effects on democracy at the regional and domestic levels, and broaden the research to the question of sustainability of growth and transition to low carbon economies. Finally, the new phase of the project will explore further the possibilities of international cooperation with other regions and in particular Latin America, to strengthen global level financial and social regulation, as well as to promote the protection and promotion of democracy, human rights and the environment, key EU values and to the success of its role in the world. Strengthening international cooperation is crucial not only due to ‘global commons’ nature of many of the aforementioned challenges, but also to the crisis of multilateralism and the weakening of international institutions witnessed in recent years. The impact of the 2008 crisis was felt later and was less dramatic in Latin America compared to the EU, but the region had another ‘lost decade’ in terms of growth, and the achievements in reducing economic and social inequalities were reverted, while political developments in various countries have led to an erosion of democracy. Inter-regional cooperation among governments, scholars and civil societies in Europe and Latin America are key in order to promote common values and interests, and multilateralism.

The Brazilian Research Network on Peace Operations (REBRAPAZ) is an unprecedented initiative in Brazil, by integrating public and private, civilian and military institutions that work with research and teaching on peace operations. After five years, it is clear that the success of this great collective effort is significant. Between March 2016 and October 2020, the number of institutions formally involved grew from 6 to 15. In the same period, REBRAPAZ partners co-organized about 20 seminars, co-authored more than 50 publications and gave lectures in several workshops. These are products that would not exist without REBRAPAZ. Besides the institutions, in April 2021, we had the support of eight associated experts, professionals of the highest standing who add value and reputational weight to our Network. This significant result, achieved in such a short time, reinforces REBRAPAZ’s capacity to contribute effectively to the generation of quality knowledge about peace operations in Brazil and, thus, to fulfill its mission.

In May 2021, REBRAPAZ has 24 partners, including 16 institutions and 8 associated experts:

ABOUT

REBRAPAZ was launched in November 2016, after being conceived in March of the same year. Since then, we have advanced research fronts and organized around 20 events with our partners and their guests. In 2018-2019, we drafted a new Strategic Plan to align expectations and strengthen the Network, and expanded our reach by making room for new partners. In 2020, due to the pandemic, we suspended/postponed events and courses and reinforced the already used virtual environment to continue achieving our goals.

OBJECTIVES

The GlobalGRACE (Global Gender and Cultures of Equality) project is a research programme funded by the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF). The project mobilizes artistic interventions, curatorships and public exhibitions to research and enable approaches to gender that contribute to well-being internationally.

The project includes academics and NGOs from Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa and the UK. In Brazil, the project is being developed through a partnership between the International Relations Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio) and the NGOs Instituto Maria e João Aleixo, Instituto Promundo, and Observatório de Favelas. The activities  in Brazil are guided by the outline ” Decolonizing Knowledge and Doing Masculinity ‘Otherwise’: Street art, dance and the production of cultures of equality in a Brazilian favela”.

The Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM) is a research, teaching and learning platform devoted to the production, debate and diffusion of knowledge and expertise on the broad spectrum of peace-related activities and conflict transformation mechanisms, including international peace negotiations, mediation and peace operations. Our research, international seminars, workshops, publications and training materials share a focus on the Global South.

Launched in 2013, GSUM is an initiative of the Institute of International Relations of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) through the BRICS Policy Center. Underpinned by the last five years of innovative experiences and positive results, the Unit is now recognized as a relevant institutional space for fostering the interaction among scholars, diplomats, governmental officials and non-governmental actors interested in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding processes.

The Laboratory of Financing and International Cooperation for Development (LACID), an initiative of the BRICS Policy Center, aims to analyze practices of global financing and cooperation for development.

Significant changes in the architecture of the international system were brought by the turn of the 21st century. Emerging economies, such as Brazil, India, and China, have been contesting in the most diverse fields the influence that developed countries have in the definition of norms and practices in international relations. The program seeks to understand the impact that such changes in the global order entail in practices of financing and international cooperation for development.

The program aims to develop a critical reflection about the intensification of relations between the countries of the global South, reflecting how they impact on the development and growth of these countries and looking for to contribute to the great international debate on development policies.

The IPS Winter School is an annual event held over two weeks. Its objective is to debate critical themes and approaches proposed by international political sociology. Activities include courses, tutorials, workshops, round tables and informal debates in an environment conducive to the exchange of ideas, academic and professional experiences, as well as socialization between participants and faculty.

The 7th Edition of the IPS Winter School introduced some new features. In 2022, in addition to research courses and workshops, we offered writing and writing workshops for academic texts; elaboration of research projects; publication in international journals; how to work collectively on research and participate in international networks; and a course on reflective methods. The aim is to combine substantive debates and courses with exposure to essential tools for the academic profession today.

The 8th Edition of the IPS Winter School will take place between the 3rd and 14th of July 2023 at PUC-Rio’s campus in Rio de Janeiro.

More information soon!

If you have any questions, please contact us. ipswinterschool@puc-rio.br

Last year’s Guest professors:

• Michael J. Shapiro (University of Hawaii)
• R.B.J. Walker (University of Victoria).
• Jeff Huysmans (Queen Mary University of London)
• Vicki Squire (University of Warwick) (to be confirmed)
• Kyle Grayson (Newcastle University)
• Ritu Vij (University of Aberdeen)
• Sam Opondo (Vassar College)
• Audrey Alejandro (London School of Economics)
• Engin Isin (Queen Mary University of London)

The IPS Winter School

The IPS Winter School offers graduate students and early career academics an opportunity to immerse themselves in an intensive academic experience in current theory, methods and research in international political sociology. Activities include courses, tutorials, workshops, roundtables and informal discussions in an environment that will facilitate academic exchange and socialization among participants.

Through its general and thematic courses, the IPS Winter School will familiarize participants with IPS’ most innovative research, pressing issues, relevant questions and debates. Transferable skills training will offer graduate students and early career academics advice on issues such as writing, publishing, securing a permanent position and successful academic career advancement. Courses and workshops will also enable participants to establish a good working relationship with renowned academics both in Brazil and abroad. Finally, through its public events, the IPS Winter School hopes to strengthen the dialogue between IR specialists and other social scientists at local, national and international levels.

The IPS Winter School is open to all postgraduate students and early career academics who wish to engage with IPS’ innovative agenda, approach and methods in order to broaden their research skills and benefit from the experience and teaching of renowned international academics.

IPS Winter School Organizing Committee

Prof.  João Pontes Nogueira , PUC-Rio
Ms.  Claudia Darze , PUC-Rio
Ms.  Clara Costa , PUC-Rio
Mr.  Vinicius Kede , PUC-Rio

This proposed research project is part of a growing movement to establish the practical and conceptual field of Conflict Resolution and Transformation. In light of internationally consolidated debates, this research project proposes, based on a specific sample, to understand the spatial, temporal and political specificities that define patterns of inequality and (in)security that compromise the consolidation of democratic rule of law and its mechanisms of civic participation in peripheral urban territories with high levels of organized, state and parastatal violence. Aligned with the research, teaching and public advocacy activities developed, since 2013, by the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM), affiliated with the Institute of International Relations of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio), the project aims to map and discuss new means of analysis and action focused on the development of territorial, cultural and artistic methodologies that allow to access and resize the problems of violence and structural inequality present in Latin American cities like Rio de Janeiro. The proposed approach will allow, in the context of higher education in the State of Rio de Janeiro and through interaction with civil society organisations, to contribute to the so-called “urban turn” in the field in question, bringing the experience of Rio de Janeiro into dialogue with other experiences in the region, in urban contexts of Colombia, Mexico and neighbouring countries. In synthesis, the project will contribute to (i) the training of human resources specialised in theories and processes of conflict transformation, particularly through the analysis of artistic-cultural methodologies; and (ii) the comparison of artistic-cultural experiences in Latin American urban contexts, focusing not only on existing concepts and practical models but also on the circulation of these practices in the region.