Nascida em São Paulo, em 15 de outubro de 1966;
Bacharel em Direito e História, ambas pela Universidade de São Paulo;
Mestre em Direito Internacional pela American University em Washington, DC;
Diplomata de carreira desde 1992;
Sub Sherpa do Brasil no BRICS (2022-2024);
Embaixadora do Brasil em Chipre (2025).
Graduating in International Relations from PUC-Rio with an emphasis on International Trade and Politics. She was a member of the International Relations Academic Center, in which she worked mainly in the Communications Working Group, and was part of the IRI/PUC-Rio Communications Team as an intern.
Dr. Conor Foley has worked on legal reform, human rights and protection issues in over thirty conflict zones for a variety of human rights and humanitarian agencies, including: UN DPKO, UN OHCHR, UNHCR, UN-Habitat and Amnesty International. He is the author of “The Protection of Civilians by UN Peacekeeping missions”, Cambridge University Press, September 2017, and “The Thin Blue Line: how humanitarianism went to war” (Verso: 2010). Other books include: “In Spite of You: Bolsonaro and the New Brazilian Resistance” (2019); “Protecting Brazilians against torture” (2013); “Another system is possible: reforming Brazilian justice” (2012); “Human Rights, Human Wrongs: The Alternative Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee” (1995); and “Legion of the Rearguard: The IRA and the Modern Irish State” (1992). He obtained his PhD in International Law from the University of Essex and is a Visiting Fellow at its Human Rights Center.
Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of International Relations, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She has been a Visiting Professor at the Free University of Berlin (2012-2015), the University of Erfurt (2010-2012) and the London School of Economics (2008-2010). She researches and publishes on legitimacy and democracy in international politics, international organizations, and regional integration in Latin America and Europe, among others.
Communications intern
International Relations undergraduate student at PUC-Rio. She was a tutor in the Basics of Western Political Thought, with interests in the areas of communication and IR and International Trade.
Communications Analyst
Isabellebernardesc@puc-rio.br
Journalist with a degree from PUC-Rio and a postgraduate degree in Marketing and Design from ESPM. She has experience in social media management and marketing.
Vitor Costa is a PhD candidate in International Relations (IR) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio), with a scholarship from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He holds a Master’s degree in IR from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), funded by the Bahia State Research Support Foundation (FAPESB), and a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, also from UFBA. He was an associate researcher at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar – Ecuador (2019). He is a researcher with the Globalization of Politics Group and the Interpretations of Brazil Group, both linked to the IR Graduate Program at UFBA. Additionally, he serves as a Research Assistant at the IRI/PUC-Rio Methodology Laboratory. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has an intermediate level of French. His research interests include extractivist development, primitive accumulation of capital, and the links between class formation and racialization in capitalism.
Isa Mendes is a researcher at the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM). She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in International Politics from the Institute of International Relations (IRI) at PUC-Rio, with an emphasis on Conflict, Violence and Pacification. Graduated in Political Science at the University of Houston (2007). Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Ibero-American Studies (Ei). Research interests: Mediation and Conflict Resolution; Latin American Politics; Political Theory; Democratic Theory.
Cécile Mouly is a research professor and coordinator of the research group in peace and conflict at FLACSO Ecuador. She holds a PhD in International Studies (University of Cambridge) and has published on peacebuilding, peace processes, and civil resistance, including a 2022 handbook of peace and conflict studies in Spanish. She possesses practical experience in conflict transformation and peacebuilding in different countries with various organizations (UN, The Carter Center, OAS), and has facilitated trainings on conflict analysis, peacebuilding, nonviolent action, and peace journalism. She is a resource person in “Conflict Prevention: Analysis for Action” of the UN System Staff College, an executive committee member of the Peace Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA), one of the coordinators of the summer program “Conflict Transformation Across Borders,” and an executive committee member of the regional institute on strategic nonviolent action in the Americas. She was part of the Ecuador team of the Colombian truth commission from 2019 to 2022.
She holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2025) and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Federal University of Uberlândia (2022). She is currently a PhD student in International Relations at PUC-Rio. She is a research assistant at the Methodology Laboratory (LabMet) at IRI/PUC-Rio and at the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM) – an initiative of the BRICS Policy Center at IRI/PUC-Rio. He is interested in international relations theory; political philosophy; subjectivation; and peace and security.