Plenary Sessions
Each month LABMUNDO-Rio organizes a plenary session to discuss its research agenda. Below, you can find the recent history of these plenaries as well as the those of the current year. All plenary sessions are held on Mondays, always at IESP-UERJ (Rua da Matriz, 82 – Botafogo), from 10.30 to 12.30 am.
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2025
1st Semester
07 April (exceptionally, the March plenary will take place in April):
Lecture by Prof Detlef Nolte (GIGA)
28 April:
Year Opening: coordinators
Research presentation: Hugo Bras da Costa
Presentation of texts: RUGGIE JG. Multilateralism: the anatomy of an institution. International Organization. 1992; 46(3): pp. 561-598 & WOODS, Ngaire; Multilateralism in the Twenty-First Century. Global Perspectives 6 January 2023; 4 (1): 68310
26 May:
Research presentation: Rubens de S. Duarte
Text presentation: THAROOR, Shashi; SARAN, Shamir. The new world disorder: and the indian imperative. Ney Delhi: Aleph Book Company. 2020 (Introduction + Chapters 1 and 5), by Arthur Vargas Facini.
30 June:
Presentation of chapters from part 4 of the New BFP Atlas
Presentation of texts: ISHMAEL, Len. “The New South in a Multipolar World Multi-Alignment or Fence Sitting? Lessons from South Africa, India, and others“ Policy Center for the new South. Policy Paper 2023. & LIMA, Maria Regina Soares; MILANI, Carlos R. S. “Transição de poder e disputas hegemônicas entre EUA e China: implicações para o desenho de organizações multilaterais” CEBRI – Realinhamentos Políticos e Econômicos Globais Implicações para o Brasil 2022, by Beatriz Triani.
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2024
1st Semester
March 25th:
Opening presentation of the semester: Carlos Milani and Rubens de S. Duarte
Presentation of the new Scientific Initiation researchers
Discussion on the work proposal (Multilateralism)
Research presentation: Sergio da Silva Neto (undergraduate thesis)
April 29th:
Research presentation: Ticiana Nunes
Presentation of research: Júlia Nascimento (undergraduate thesis)
May 27th:
Research presentation: Janaína Pinto
Presentation of chapters from part 1 of the New Atlas of Brazilian Foreign Policy
June 24th:
Research presentation: Henrique Rabello ( PhD Thesis)
Presentation of chapters from part 2 of the New Atlas of BFP
2nd Semester
August 26th:
Research presentation: Caio Samuel Milagres
Paper presentation by Magno Klein: IKENBERRY, G. Jonh. Liberal Internationalism 3.0: America and the Dilemmas of Liberal World Order. Articles America and the Dilemmas of Liberal World Order, 2009.
September 30th:
Research presentation: Arthur Facini (undergraduate thesis)
Paper presentation by Débora Oliveira: DAI, Xinyuan. Challenges to the International Institutional Order. The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2020.
October 28th:
Debate with Prof. Janis Van Der Westhuizen (Stellenbosch University).
November 25th:
Presentation of chapters from part 3 of the New BFP Atlas
Research presentation: Maria Isabel S. Lima
Closing presentation of the year
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2023
1st Semester
March 27th
Semester opening presentation: Carlos Milani and Rubens de S. Duarte
Atlas of the Brazilian Foreign Policy research presentation: Carlos Milani, Rubens de S. Duarte and Magno Klein
Research presentation: Ticiana Nunes
April 24th
Introduction of the new Scientific Initiation researchers
Atlas of the Brazilian Foreign Policy research beginning
Research presentation: Kethlyn Winter
May 29th:
Research presentation: Mariana Castro
Chapter presentation (book): Carlos Milani, Arthur Facini and Janaína Pinto
Debaters: Janaína Pinto and Beatriz Triani
June 26th:
Research presentation: Emanuel Semedo
Chapter presentation (book): Tiago Nery, Pablo Saturnino Braga and Kethlyn Winter
Debaters: Danielle Costa and Maria Isabel
2nd Semester
August 28th:
Chapter presentation (book): Bruna Soares and Juliana Pinto
Debaters: Emanuel Semedo and Ticiana Nunes
Chapter presentation (book): Leandro, Júlia Nascimento and Caio
Debaters: Murilo da Costa and Hugo Brás
September 25th:
Chapter presentation (book): Danielle, Maria Isabel and Beatriz
Debaters: Tiago Nery and Kethlyn Winter
Chapter presentation (book): Magno Klein and Henrique Carvalho
Debaters: Renata Albuquerque and Mariana Castro
October 30th:
New research project presentation: Juliana Pinto and Bruna Soares
Chapter presentation (book): Juliana Luiz, Rubens Duarte and Carlos Milani
Debaters: Magno Klein and Henrique Carvalho
November 27th:
Chapter presentation (book): Murilo da Costa and Hugo Brás
Debaters: Leandro, Júlia Nascimento and Caio
Closing presentation: Rubens de S. Duarte
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2022
1st Semester
March 28th:
Semester opening presentation:
Janis van der Westhuizen
Chapter presentation:
Danielle and Beatriz
April 25th:
Research presentation:
Hugo Brás
Chapter presentation:
Renata Albuquerque
May 30th:
Research presentation:
Gustavo Barbosa
Chapter presentation:
Leandro, Julia and Caio.
June 27th:
Research presentation:
Kethlyn Winter
Chapter presentation:
Kethlyn, Pablo and Tiago
2nd Semester
August 29th
Research presentation:
Ticiana Nunes, Emanuel Semedo and Mariana Castro
Presentation of the text LACLAU, Ernesto “On populist reason” (Verso, 2005):
Carlos R.S. Milani
September 26th
Chapter presentation:
Francisco and Pedro
Presentation of the text ADORNO, Theodor “Aspects of the new right-wing radicalism” (Unesp, 2020):
Tiago Neri
October 31st
Chapter presentation:
Hugo, Julia and Murilo
Presentation of the text RODRIGUES, T.; BELLATO, C. The Crisis of Liberal Democracy in the Early 21st Century: Two Approaches to Political Theory. Political Agenda, [S. l.], v. 9, no. 1, p. 253–279, 2022:
Julia Nascimento
November 28th
Chapter presentation:
Maria Isabel
Presentation of the text “BIROLI, Flavia; VAGGIONE, Juan Marco; MACHADO, Maria das Dores Campos Machado. Gender, Neoconservatism and Democracy: Disputes and Setbacks in Latin America. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2020” (chapter to be chosen):
Pablo SB
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2021
2nd Semester
August 30th (10:30 am):
– Text for debate (presented by Leandro Conde): LACTUS, Corina (2020) “Populism and President Trump’s approach to foreign policy: An analysis of tweets and rally speeches” in Politics 41(1)
– Presentation of research by Diego Crescentino.
September 27 (10:30 am):
– Debate text (presented by Henrique Rabello de Carvalho): SETZLER, Mark (2021) “Did Brazilians Vote for Jair Bolsonaro Because they Share his Most Controversial Views?” in Bras. Political Sci. Rev. 15(1):e0002.
– Presentation of research by Renata Albuquerque.
October 25th (10:30 am):
– Texts for debate (presented by Julia Nascimento): MARIGONI, G.; SCHUTTE, G,; BETTINGER, T. (eds.) (2021) The bases of the Pocket Foreign Policy. UFABC Publisher. (chapters 5, 6 and 8).
– Presentation of research by Murilo da Costa.
November 29 (10:30 am):
– Texts for debate (presented by Kethlyn Winter): THOMAZ, Lais; VIGEVANI, Tullo; FERREIRA, Elisa (2021) “Bolsonaro’s subordinate policy to Trump (2019-2020): Case studies – Embraer, Alcântara, RDT&E and Visas” in Global South. 2(3): 1999-231
– Anna Carolina’s research presentation.
1st Semester
February 25th (10:30 am):
– Debate on the situation for the months of January and February
March 29 (10:30 am):
– Debate of the conjuncture.
– Text for debate (presented by Pablo Saturino Braga):
BROWN, Wendy (2019). In the ruins of neoliberalism: the rise of anti-democratic politics in the West. Politeia Publishing House, 2019.
– Presentation of research by Gabriel Fragoso.
April 26 (10:30 am):
– Debate of the conjuncture.
– Debate text (presented by Tiago Neri):
DIAMOND, Larry (2015). “Facing Up to the Democratic Recession” in Journal of Democracy, 26(1), pp. 141-55.
– Presentation of research by Henrique Carvalho.
May 31 (10:30 am):
– Debate of the conjuncture.
– Texts for debate (presented by Magno Klein):
KEOHANE, Robert O. & COLGAN, Jeff D. “The Liberal Order Is Rigged: Fix It Now or Watch It Wither”. Foreign Affairs. May/June 2017.
MEARSHEIMER, John J. (2020). “Liberalism and Nationalism in Contemporary America” in 2020 James Madison Award Lecture.
– Research presentation by Hugo Brás
June 28 (10:30 am):
– Debate of the conjuncture.
– Texts for debate (presented by Hugo Brás):
PLATTNER, Marc F. (2019). “Illiberal Democracy and the Struggle on the Right” in Journal of Democracy, Volume 30 (1), pp. 5-19.
STEWART, Blake (2020). “The Rise of Far-Right Civilizationism” in Critical Sociology, Vol.46 (7-8), pp. 1207–1220.
– Presentation of research by Tássia Carvalho.
The texts discussed in plenary can be found in this LINK.
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2020
Second Semester
August 31: ODS and United Nations
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Magno Klein):
BIERMANN, Frank et al. Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
NORSTROM, Albert et al. Three necessary conditions for establishing effective Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene.
ALA-UDDIN, Mohammad. ‘Sustainable’ Discourse: A Critical Analysis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
– Presentation of Laurie Servières’ project (Sciences Po Paris).
September 28th: BRAZIL and ODS
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Renata Albuquerque):
KABEER, Naila; SANTOS, Ricardo (2017). “Intersecting Inequalities and the Sustainable Development Goals: insights from Brazil” in LSE Working paper, nº 14.
GUERRA, João; SCHMIDT, Luísa; LOURENÇO, Luiz B. (2019). “From Local Agenda 21 to a localized Agenda 2030 – the Portuguese and Brazilian cases in perspective” in Community Development, 50:3, 352-367.
– Presentation by Rubens and Juliana on the text under construction (Messianism and razed earth: the undemocratic dimension of the Bolsonaro government’s foreign policy).
26th October: ODS 13: Taking urgent action to fight climate change and its impacts
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Leilane Santos PUC-GRISUL):
NERINI, Francesco et ali. (2019) “Connecting climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals” in Nature sustainability, n 2, 674-680
ALVES, Elia E. C.; FERNANDES, Ivan R. A. L. (2020) “Objectives of Sustainable Development: a transformation in the scientific development debate?” in Meridiano 47, 21: e21010, 2020.
– Presentation of the research of Nicolli Bernardes (UFF-GRISUL).
November 30th: ODS 17: Strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate:
HIRST, Monica (2012) : Conceptual and practical aspects of Brazil’s performance in South-South cooperation: The cases of Haiti, Bolivia and Guinea Bissau, Text for Discussion, No. 1687, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia.
BESHARATI Neissan, et ali. (2017). A Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for South-South Cooperation. South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Johannesburg.
BESHARATI Neissan, (2019). Measuring Effectiveness of South-South Cooperation. Occasional paper series No. 52. Southern Voice.
– Research presentation by Renata Albuquerque.
The texts discussed in our sessions can be found in this link.
First semester:
23/3:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Definition of who presents research project and who presents texts in the semester 2020/1. Please think about your projects and let us define the agenda.
Debate text: Dryzek, John; Norgaard, Richard & Schlosberg, David (2011) The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Read the introduction (“Climate change and society: approaches and responses”, pp. 1-11) and the chapter “The Nature of the Problem”, written by Dale Jamieson (13 p.).
Presented by: Carlos R. S. Milani.
13/4:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Presentation of the research project of Leilane Nascimento dos Reis Santos (Grisul)
Debate text: Giddens, Anthony (2011) The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge: Polity Press. Read introduction, chapters 1, 7, 8 and 9.
Presented by: Rubens Duarte.
18/5:
Balance of the situation for the bulletin.
Presentation of Magno Klein’s research project
Debate text: Alier, Juan Martínez (2002) O Ecologismo dos pobres. São Paulo: Editora Contexto (chapter “Ecological Currents”).
Presented by: Maria del Carmen Villarreal Villamar.
29/6:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Third presentation of a research project.
Presentation of Bruna Soares’ research project
Debate text: Of course, Carolina De Abreu. The Concept of “Environmental Refugee”. In Jubilut, Liliana Lyra. et al. (eds.). “Refugiados Ambientais” – Boa Vista: Editora da UFRR, 2018, pp. 69-100. Available at: http://ufrr.br/editora/index.php/editais?download=401:refugiados-ambientais
Presented by Bruna Soares.
The texts discussed in plenary can be found in this link.
Labmundo-Rio 2019 – Plenary sessions
2019 – 2nd semester:
08/26 – One Belt, One Road (pt.1)
– Discussion on Boletim Conjuntura.
– Debate over the following text:
James D. Sidaway & Chih Yuan Woon (2017) Chinese Narratives on “One Belt, One Road” (一带一路) in Geopolitical and Imperial Contexts, The Professional Geographer, 69:4, 591-603.
Complementary reading:
– Huiping Chen (2016). China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative and its implications for Sino-African investment relations.Review, 8:3, 178-182.
– Zhao Minghao (2016). The Belt and Road Initiative and its Implications for China-Europe Relations, The International Spectator, 51:4, 109-118.
– Lu Jianren (2016). The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and the China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation, The International Journal of China Studies, v. 7, n. 3, p. 375-389.
– Li Xue (2016). China’s Foreign Policy Decision-Making Mechanism and “One Belt One Road” Strategy, Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, 5:2, 23-35,
09/30 – One Belt, One Road (pt.2).
– Discussion on Boletim Conjuntura
– Debate over the following text:
– Rumi Aoyama (2016). “One Belt, One Road”: China’s New Global Strategy, Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, 5:2, 3-22.
Complementary reading:
– Aaltola, Mika; Käpylä,Juha (2016).U.S. and Chinese Silk Road Initiatives: Towards a Geopolitics of Flows in Central Asia and Beyond.
– Ploberger, Christian (2017) One Belt, One Road – China’s new grand strategy, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 15:3, 289-305.
11/11 – Balance of Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Foreign Policy (the domestic dimension, Brazil in the region, Brazil-US relations).
– Discussion on Boletim Conjuntura.
– Balance of Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Foreign Policy: selection of texts from periodicals, magazines and newspapers introduced by Juliana Luiz.
– Patricia Barros’ Research Project presentation
-Mariana Riquito Pereira Research presentation
12/02 – Balance of Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Foreign Policy (BRICS, EU, cooperation agenda, African continent, multilateral policy: UN, G-20).
– Balance of Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Foreign Policy: selection of texts from periodicals, magazines and newspapers introduced by Rubens Duarte.
– Roger Martins’ Research Project presentation
– Diego Sebastián Crescentino’s Research Presentation
2019 – 1st Semester:
– 03/18 – 10h-13h.
Boletim Conjuntura
Debate over the following texts Pauselli ; Roberts
Laurie’s Research Project presentation
-04/29, 10h-13h.
Boletim Conjuntura
Hugo and Murilo book chapter’s presentation
Bruna and Juliana book chapter’s presentation
– 05/06, 10h-13h.
Renata book chapter’s presentation
Pablo and Rubens book chapter’s presentation
Patricia and Roger book chapter’s presentation
– 05/27, 10h-13h
Danielle book chapter’s presentation
Leonardo and Tiago book chapter’s presentation
Hugo Thesis’s Project presentation
– 06/24, 10h-13h.
Boletim Conjuntura
Debate over the following text: Christopher I. Clement (Organic Intellectuals and the Discourse on Democracy: Academia, Foreign Policy Makers, and Third World Intervention)
Salvador Seminar feedback and evaluation
Labmundo-Rio 2018 – Plenary sessions
03/19
-Debate over the following texts:
a) International Law and Its Discontents: Rethinking the Global South (Author(s): Balakrishnan Rajagopal, 7 pages).
b) Locating the Global South in the Theorisation of the Cold War: Capitalist Development, Social Revolution and Geopolitical Conflict (Author(s): Richard Saull, 27 p.).
-Renata Albuquerque presents the current state of it’s phD thesis results.
04/30
-Debate over the following texts:
After the Third World? History, Destiny and the Fate of Third Worldism – Mark T. Berger
Requiem or New Agenda for Third World Studies? – Tony Smith
– Juliana Luiz presents the current state of it’s phD thesis results. (after Research Field in Rome-Italy)
06/04
– Hugo Bras presents the results of it’s experince over the UN mission in NY.
-Debate over the following texts: (presented by Roger) :
Why the Third World Matters – Steven R. David
Where is the Third World Now? – Caroline Thomas
06/18
-Debate over the following texts: (presented by Juliana Lemos):
Equity in International Relations: A Third World Perspective – Cedric Grant
Emerging powers, North—South relations and global climate politics – HURRELL, A. ; SENGUPTA, S.
2nd Semester
08/27
-Debate over the following text: A. Quijano, Colonialidade do poder, Eurocentrismo e América Latina, (presented by Patrícia Barros):
-Rubens Duarte presents an article project with Carlos Milani about norms and emergent powers.
09/17
-Debate over the following text: Walter Mignolo (“Después de América Latina: la herida colonial y la transformación epistémica geopolítico-corporal”), presented by Bruna.
– Hugo presents it’s phD thesis project.
10/08
-Debate over the following text: “Una reflexión sobre práticas y discursos descolonizadores” Ch’ixinakax utxiwa (presented by Pablo).
– Article’s presentation (Labmundo’s book project) by Leonardo and Tiago.
11/19
-Debate over the following text: Los países del Sur en Naciones Unidas, Melanie Albaret and Guillaume Devin (presented by Hugo).
– Article’s presentation (Labmundo’s book project) by Renata Albuquerque.
There were no Labmundo-Rio’s plenary sessions in 2017, due to the coordinator research at UC-Berkeley (senior CAPES’ scholorship).
Labmundo-Rio 2016 – Plenary sessions
04/21
Debate over the following texts:
04/18
Refugees: The Syrian case
Debate over the following texts:
WB data over european refuge: http://blogs.worldbank.org/peoplemove/europes-disgrace
DE LUCAS, J (1996), Puertas que se cierran. Europa como fortaleza, Barcelona, Icaria
MsF report: http://www.msf.org.br/sites/default/files/relatorio_siria_2015_0.pdf
25/04
14h: Europe Facing with the Refugee Crisis
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (CERI Sciences-Po, Paris)
05/23
New refuges modalities: enviromental refugees
Debate over the following texts:
https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/projects/atlas-environmental-migration.
Véran, Noal e Fainstat: “Nem Refugiados, nem Migrantes: A Chegada dos Haitianos à Cidade de Tabatinga (Amazonas) “, Dados: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/dados/v57n4/0011-5258-dados-57-04-1007.pdf
BORRAS_Refugiados Ambientales_2006
Each-for-Project_Desplazados medioamb_2007
Ecologia Politica_Desplazados ambientales_2007
Myers_Refugiados medioamb_2005
06/13
Migrations in Latin America
PNUD, Movilidad y desarrollo humanos, 2009’s report: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2009_es_complete.pdf
IOM report over migrations (https://www.iom.int/es).
MERCOSUR_Politicas-migratorias
NICOLAO_Migraciones_intrarregionales_Sudamerica_ARI53-2011
World Bank report: (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT)
IOM report (http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/WMR2013_SP.pdf)
Labmundo-Rio 2015 – Plenary sessions
08/21
Presentation by Pablo Saturnino B. Rezende: Results of his experience during the field research in South Africa.
Robert Cox’s contribution to the advance in critical theories in IR, presented by Juliana Pinto e Bruna.
09/28
Rubens Duarte presents the current state of it’s phD thesis results.
Debates over the following texts (presented by Tássia):
– “Comprendre les données internationales avant tout traitement graphique”, de Benoit Martin.
– “The Future of Field Experiments in IR”, de Susan Hyde.
10/19
Debates over the following texts (presented by Juliana Luiz):
– “A Note on the Uses of Official Statistics”, de John I. Kitsuse e Aaron V. Cicourel.
– “Introduction. La statistique, outil de gouvernement et outil de preuve”, de Alain Desrosières.
Danielle Costa presents the current state of it’s phD thesis result
11/16
Leandro Conde presents the current state of it’s mater’s thesis and his phD thesis’ project.
Debates over the following texts (presented by Timoteo):
– “Civil Society in IDC: in search for data”, de R. Peels e P. Develtere.
– “Introducing Archigos”, de Henk Goemans et al.
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2021
Second semester
August 31: ODS and United Nations
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Magno Klein):
BIERMANN, Frank et al. Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
NORSTROM, Albert et al. Three necessary conditions for establishing an effective Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene.
ALA-UDDIN, Muhammad. ‘Sustainable’ Discourse: A Critical Analysis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
– Presentation of Laurie Servières’ project (Sciences Po Paris).
September 28th: BRAZIL and ODS
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Renata Albuquerque):
KABEER, Naila; SANTOS, Ricardo (2017). “Intersecting Inequalities and the Sustainable Development Goals: insights from Brazil” in LSE Working paper, nº 14.
WAR, John; SCHMIDT, Luísa; LOURENÇO, Luiz B. (2019). “From Local Agenda 21 to a localized Agenda 2030 – the Portuguese and Brazilian cases in perspective” in Community Development, 50:3, 352-367.
– Presentation by Rubens and Juliana on the text under construction (Messianism and razed earth: the undemocratic dimension of the Bolsonaro government’s foreign policy).
October 26th – ODS 13: Taking urgent action to fight climate change and its impacts
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Leilane Santos PUC-GRISUL):
NERINI, Francesco et al. (2019) “Connecting climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals” in Nature sustainability, no. 2, 674-680
ALVES, Elia E.C.; FERNANDES, Ivan R. A. L. (2020) “Objectives of Sustainable Development: a transformation in the scientific development debate?” in Meridian 47, 21: e21010, 2020.
– Presentation of the research by Nicolli Bernardes (UFF-GRISUL).
November 30th – SDG 17: Strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate:
HIRST, Monica (2012) : Conceptual and practical aspects of Brazil’s performance in South-South cooperation: The cases of Haiti, Bolivia and Guinea Bissau, Text for Discussion, No. 1687, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia.
BESHARATI Neissan, et al. (2017). The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the South-South Cooperation. South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Johannesburg.
BESHARATI Neissan, (2019). Measuring Effectiveness of South-South Cooperation. Occasional paper series No. 52. Southern Voice.
– Research presentation by Renata Albuquerque.
First semester:
3/23:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Definition of who presents research project and who presents texts in the semester 2020/1. Please think about your projects and let us set the agenda.
Debate text: Dryzek, John; Norgaard, Richard & Schlosberg, David (2011) The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Read the introduction (“Climate change and society: approaches and responses”, pp. 1-11) and the chapter “The Nature of the Problem”, written by Dale Jamieson (13 p.).
Presented by: Carlos R.S. Milani.
4/13:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Presentation of the research project by Leilane Nascimento dos Reis Santos (Grisul)
Debate text: Giddens, Anthony (2011) The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge: Polity Press. Read introduction, chapters 1, 7, 8 and 9.
Presented by: Rubens Duarte.
5/18:
Balance of the situation for the bulletin.
Presentation of Magno Klein’s research project
Debate text: Alier, Juan Martínez (2002) The Ecologism of the Poor. São Paulo: Editora Contexto (chapter “Ecological Currents”).
Presented by: Maria del Carmen Villarreal Villamar.
6/29:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Third presentation of a research project.
Presentation of Bruna Soares’ research project
Debate text: Of course, Carolina De Abreu. The Concept of “Environmental Refugee”. In Jubilut, Liliana Lyra. et al. (eds.). “Environmental Refugees” – Boa Vista: Editora da UFRR, 2018, pp. 69-100. Available at: http://ufrr.br/editora/index.php/editais?download=401:refugiados-ambientais
Gifted by Bruna Soares.
The texts discussed in plenary can be found in this LINK.
Plenary Sessions LABMUNDO-Rio 2020
Second Semester
August 31: ODS and United Nations
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Magno Klein):
BIERMANN, Frank et al. Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
NORSTROM, Albert et al. Three necessary conditions for establishing effective Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene.
ALA-UDDIN, Mohammad. ‘Sustainable’ Discourse: A Critical Analysis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
– Presentation of Laurie Servières’ project (Sciences Po Paris).
September 28th: BRAZIL and ODS
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Renata Albuquerque):
KABEER, Naila; SANTOS, Ricardo (2017). “Intersecting Inequalities and the Sustainable Development Goals: insights from Brazil” in LSE Working paper, nº 14.
GUERRA, João; SCHMIDT, Luísa; LOURENÇO, Luiz B. (2019). “From Local Agenda 21 to a localized Agenda 2030 – the Portuguese and Brazilian cases in perspective” in Community Development, 50:3, 352-367.
– Presentation by Rubens and Juliana on the text under construction (Messianism and razed earth: the undemocratic dimension of the Bolsonaro government’s foreign policy).
26th October: ODS 13: Taking urgent action to fight climate change and its impacts
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate (introduced by Leilane Santos PUC-GRISUL):
NERINI, Francesco et ali. (2019) “Connecting climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals” in Nature sustainability, n 2, 674-680
ALVES, Elia E. C.; FERNANDES, Ivan R. A. L. (2020) “Objectives of Sustainable Development: a transformation in the scientific development debate?” in Meridiano 47, 21: e21010, 2020.
– Presentation of the research of Nicolli Bernardes (UFF-GRISUL).
November 30th: ODS 17: Strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development
– Conjuncture Debate
– Texts for debate:
HIRST, Monica (2012) : Conceptual and practical aspects of Brazil’s performance in South-South cooperation: The cases of Haiti, Bolivia and Guinea Bissau, Text for Discussion, No. 1687, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia.
BESHARATI Neissan, et ali. (2017). A Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for South-South Cooperation. South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Johannesburg.
BESHARATI Neissan, (2019). Measuring Effectiveness of South-South Cooperation. Occasional paper series No. 52. Southern Voice.
– Research presentation by Renata Albuquerque.
The texts discussed in our sessions can be found in this link.
First semester:
23/3:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Definition of who presents research project and who presents texts in the semester 2020/1. Please think about your projects and let us define the agenda.
Debate text: Dryzek, John; Norgaard, Richard & Schlosberg, David (2011) The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Read the introduction (“Climate change and society: approaches and responses”, pp. 1-11) and the chapter “The Nature of the Problem”, written by Dale Jamieson (13 p.).
Presented by: Carlos R. S. Milani.
13/4:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Presentation of the research project of Leilane Nascimento dos Reis Santos (Grisul)
Debate text: Giddens, Anthony (2011) The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge: Polity Press. Read introduction, chapters 1, 7, 8 and 9.
Presented by: Rubens Duarte.
18/5:
Balance of the situation for the bulletin.
Presentation of Magno Klein’s research project
Debate text: Alier, Juan Martínez (2002) O Ecologismo dos pobres. São Paulo: Editora Contexto (chapter “Ecological Currents”).
Presented by: Maria del Carmen Villarreal Villamar.
29/6:
Balance of the conjuncture for the bulletin.
Third presentation of a research project.
Presentation of Bruna Soares’ research project
Debate text: Of course, Carolina De Abreu. The Concept of “Environmental Refugee”. In Jubilut, Liliana Lyra. et al. (eds.). “Refugiados Ambientais” – Boa Vista: Editora da UFRR, 2018, pp. 69-100. Available at: http://ufrr.br/editora/index.php/editais?download=401:refugiados-ambientais
Presented by Bruna Soares.
The texts discussed in plenary can be found in this link.
2019 – 2nd semester:
08/26 – One Belt, One Road (pt.1)
James D. Sidaway & Chih Yuan Woon (2017) Chinese Narratives on “One Belt, One Road” (一带一路) in Geopolitical and Imperial Contexts, The Professional Geographer, 69:4, 591-603.
Complementary reading:
– Zhao Minghao (2016). The Belt and Road Initiative and its Implications for China-Europe Relations, The International Spectator, 51:4, 109-118.
– Lu Jianren (2016). The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and the China-ASEAN Industry Cooperation, The International Journal of China Studies, v. 7, n. 3, p. 375-389.
– Li Xue (2016). China’s Foreign Policy Decision-Making Mechanism and “One Belt One Road” Strategy, Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, 5:2, 23-35,
09/30 – One Belt, One Road (pt.2).
– Discussion on Boletim Conjuntura
– Debate over the following text:
– Patricia Barros’ Research Project presentation
-Mariana Riquito Pereira Research presentation
12/02 – Balance of Bolsonaro’s Brazilian Foreign Policy (BRICS, EU, cooperation agenda, African continent, multilateral policy: UN, G-20).
– Diego Sebastián Crescentino’s Research Presentation
2019 – 1st Semester:
– 03/18 – 10h-13h.
Boletim Conjuntura
Debate over the following texts Pauselli ; Roberts
Laurie’s Research Project presentation
-04/29, 10h-13h.
Boletim Conjuntura
Hugo and Murilo book chapter’s presentation
Bruna and Juliana book chapter’s presentation
– 05/06, 10h-13h.
Renata book chapter’s presentation
Pablo and Rubens book chapter’s presentation
Patricia and Roger book chapter’s presentation
– 05/27, 10h-13h
Danielle book chapter’s presentation
Leonardo and Tiago book chapter’s presentation
Hugo Thesis’s Project presentation
– 06/24, 10h-13h.
Boletim Conjuntura
Debate over the following text: Christopher I. Clement (Organic Intellectuals and the Discourse on Democracy: Academia, Foreign Policy Makers, and Third World Intervention)
Salvador Seminar feedback and evaluation
Labmundo-Rio 2018 – Plenary sessions
03/19
-Debate over the following texts:
a) International Law and Its Discontents: Rethinking the Global South (Author(s): Balakrishnan Rajagopal, 7 pages).
b) Locating the Global South in the Theorisation of the Cold War: Capitalist Development, Social Revolution and Geopolitical Conflict (Author(s): Richard Saull, 27 p.).
-Renata Albuquerque presents the current state of it’s phD thesis results.
04/30
-Debate over the following texts:
After the Third World? History, Destiny and the Fate of Third Worldism – Mark T. Berger
Requiem or New Agenda for Third World Studies? – Tony Smith
– Juliana Luiz presents the current state of it’s phD thesis results. (after Research Field in Rome-Italy)
06/04
-Debate over the following texts: (presented by Roger) :
-Rubens Duarte presents an article project with Carlos Milani about norms and emergent powers.
-Debate over the following text: Los países del Sur en Naciones Unidas, Melanie Albaret and Guillaume Devin (presented by Hugo).
There were no Labmundo-Rio’s plenary sessions in 2017, due to the coordinator research at UC-Berkeley (senior CAPES’ scholorship).
Labmundo-Rio 2016 – Plenary sessions
04/21
Debate over the following texts:
04/18
Refugees: The Syrian case
Debate over the following texts:
WB data over european refuge: http://blogs.worldbank.org/peoplemove/europes-disgrace
DE LUCAS, J (1996), Puertas que se cierran. Europa como fortaleza, Barcelona, Icaria
MsF report: http://www.msf.org.br/sites/default/files/relatorio_siria_2015_0.pdf
25/04
14h: Europe Facing with the Refugee Crisis
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (CERI Sciences-Po, Paris)
05/23
New refuges modalities: enviromental refugees
Debate over the following texts:
https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/projects/atlas-environmental-migration.
Véran, Noal e Fainstat: “Nem Refugiados, nem Migrantes: A Chegada dos Haitianos à Cidade de Tabatinga (Amazonas) “, Dados: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/dados/v57n4/0011-5258-dados-57-04-1007.pdf
BORRAS_Refugiados Ambientales_2006
Each-for-Project_Desplazados medioamb_2007
Ecologia Politica_Desplazados ambientales_2007
Myers_Refugiados medioamb_2005
06/13
Migrations in Latin America
PNUD, Movilidad y desarrollo humanos, 2009’s report: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2009_es_complete.pdf
IOM report over migrations (https://www.iom.int/es).
MERCOSUR_Politicas-migratorias
NICOLAO_Migraciones_intrarregionales_Sudamerica_ARI53-2011
World Bank report: (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT)
IOM report (http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/WMR2013_SP.pdf)
Labmundo-Rio 2015 – Plenary sessions
08/21
Presentation by Pablo Saturnino B. Rezende: Results of his experience during the field research in South Africa.
Robert Cox’s contribution to the advance in critical theories in IR, presented by Juliana Pinto e Bruna.
09/28
Rubens Duarte presents the current state of it’s phD thesis results.
Debates over the following texts (presented by Tássia):
– “Comprendre les données internationales avant tout traitement graphique”, de Benoit Martin.
– “The Future of Field Experiments in IR”, de Susan Hyde.
10/19
Debates over the following texts (presented by Juliana Luiz):
– “A Note on the Uses of Official Statistics”, de John I. Kitsuse e Aaron V. Cicourel.
– “Introduction. La statistique, outil de gouvernement et outil de preuve”, de Alain Desrosières.
Danielle Costa presents the current state of it’s phD thesis result
11/16
Leandro Conde presents the current state of it’s mater’s thesis and his phD thesis’ project.
Debates over the following texts (presented by Timoteo):
– “Civil Society in IDC: in search for data”, de R. Peels e P. Develtere.
– “Introducing Archigos”, de Henk Goemans et al.