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.