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Directors
Danielly Ramos
Director
Danielly Ramos is Associate Professor III at UnB's Institute of International Relations, with degrees from UnB (BA, PhD) and Université Paris 1 Sorbonne (MA). A Fulbright-Capes visiting researcher at George Washington University (2015–16), she has held visiting/consulting posts in Denmark, Japan, France, Belgium, and the US. She directs UnB's Center for Global Studies and ASIALAC research group, researching Chinese FDI in Latin America, China-Brazil cooperation, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Antônio Carlos Lessa
Deputy Director
Antonio Carlos Lessa is Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Brasília (UnB), Deputy Coordinator and Senior Research Fellow at its Center for Global Studies, and CNPq senior researcher. His work focuses on Brazilian foreign policy, international history, Latin American IR, global governance, and the Global South/BRICS. A Lemann Visiting Professor at UIUC with postdocs there and at Strasbourg, he was Editor-in-Chief of RBPI and Meridiano 47 (2000–2021) and remains active in editorial boards, applied research, and strategic advisory work.
Executive Secretariat
Bruno Lass
Co-Head of Intelligence and Operations
PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Brasília, vinculated to the Government and Foreign Policy research line. He holds a Master's degree for the same institution. He currently serves as Associate Editor at Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies. His research focuses on Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), Role Theory, and the implementation of foreign policy through complexity-informed frameworks, with a particular emphasis on Chinese Foreign Policy and contemporary China-Brazil relations.
Jales Caur
Co-Head of Intelligence and Operations
PhD Candidate in International Relations at the University of Brasília (UnB), where his doctoral research advances contemporary ontological debates in IR, with a primary focus on post-Newtonian approaches to climate extremes. His broader research interests include IR theories, research methodology, Philosophy of Science and correlated areas. He also holds a graduate certificate in Statistics, which he applies as a political and data consultant. He serves as Associate Editor of Meridiano 47.
Senior Research Fellows
Ana Flávia Granja e Barros
Associate Professor at UnB since 2002, with a PhD from Panthéon-Sorbonne and a postdoc from Aix-Marseille University. She served as UnB’s Head of International Affairs (2008–2014) and is a CNPq and Earth System Governance Network research fellow. Her research centers on global ocean governance, Antarctica, BRICS, the 2030 Agenda, and Brazilian foreign policy.
Carlos Pio
Carlos Pio is a political scientist and Professor of International Political Economy at UnB. He served as Executive Director of Camex, Brazil's Board of Foreign Trade (2019–2021), and as Secretary for Strategic Planning in the Office of the President (2017–2018). At UnB since 1995, he has held adjunct positions at IE University and the Australian National University, plus research appointments at Oxford and UC Berkeley. He holds a PhD in Political Science.
Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue
Associate Professor at UnB since 1997 with a PhD in Sustainable Development. A CNPq Fellow, she was a visiting scholar at Colorado State University and IHDP-UNU in Bonn. Her research investigates global environmental politics—specifically climate and biodiversity governance—as well as international development cooperation, the Amazon, civil society, and transnational networks.
Eduardo Viola
Retired Full Professor at UnB with a PhD from USP and postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado. A Level 1B CNPq Fellow, he was a visiting professor at Stanford, Notre Dame, UT Austin, among others. His extensive research covers globalization, international security, the Anthropocene, climate change, energy geopolitics, the low-carbon transition, and Brazilian foreign policy.
Haroldo Ramanzini Jr.
Professor at UnB’s Graduate Program in IR with a PhD from USP and postdoctoral experience at Harvard. A CNPq Fellow and former professor at UFU, he currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI). His research focuses on Brazilian foreign policy, foreign policy analysis, international institutions, regionalism, and South-South cooperation.
Niels Søndergaard
Assistant Professor at UnB's Institute of International Relations, holding a PhD and postdoctoral experience from UnB. He is a Full Researcher at Insper’s Center for Global Agribusiness and an Associate Editor for the RBPI. His research primarily explores international political economy, emphasizing the production, trade, and governance of agriculture and natural resources.
Norma Breda dos Santos
Full Professor at UnB’s Institute of International Relations with a PhD from IHEID, Geneva, and postdoctoral fellowships at USP and Brown University. She previously served as UnB’s Graduate Coordinator and as a board member of the Brazilian International Relations Association. Her research centers on the history of international relations, international law, international organizations, and Brazilian foreign policy.
Rodrigo Pires de Campos
Associate Professor at UnB with a PhD from Nagoya University (Japan) and postdoctoral research at Kobe University (Japan). He co-founded UnB's Asia and Latin America Research Group. His research investigates international development cooperation, global health diplomacy, new epistemologies in social sciences, and knowledge management in the internationalization of micro and small enterprises.
Rogério de Souza Farias
Professor at UnB’s Graduate Program in IR, holding a PhD from UnB and postdoctoral experience at the University of Chicago. Currently based at IPRI/FUNAG and serving as Associate Editor of the RBPI, he brings extensive public policy experience from various government ministries. His research covers Brazilian foreign policy decision-making, multilateral trade negotiations, and international history.
Vânia Carvalho Pinto
Associate Professor at Institute of International Relations, UnB, coordinating LEGRI (Gender and IR Studies Lab), affiliated with the Center for Global Studies and INCT Caleidoscópio. Educated at Coimbra, Leiden, Exeter, and Hildesheim (PhD), with postdocs at Brasília and Coimbra and visiting positions in Portugal and the UAE. A Gulf studies specialist focused on the UAE, her research addresses women's agency, gender and foreign policy, and feminist methodology.
Veronica Korber Gonçalves
Professor of International Relations at UFRGS and UnB, holding a PhD from UnB. She leads the Research Group on International Relations and the Environment (GERIMA) and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Global South. Her research specializes in global climate governance and international environmental policy, prominently featuring the Amazon's role in COP30 negotiations.
Research Fellows
Thaís Lemos Ribeiro
Holding a PhD in IR from UnB, she has been a civil servant since 2008, working on sustainable development and human rights. A former volunteer lecturer at UnB, she contributed to the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change. She is a member of UnB's Anthropocene research group and the Earth System Governance Project, researching global climate governance.
Former Research Fellows
Henrique Altemani de Oliveira
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
