9 de April de 2024 In Experts, Experts and Staff, G20

Dani Dias

Researcher

Lattes
Dani Dias is a political scientist and PhD candidate at the Institute of International Relations of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is a researcher at the Center for Research on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System – GIS/UFRJ, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He worked as a visiting researcher for the Global Partnership Network (GPN) at the University of Kassel, Germany (2023/2024). He holds a master’s degree from the Graduate Program in Political Science at the University of Brasília (2019), in the area of Democracy and Inequality. He also has a degree in Political Science from the University of Brasilia (2015).



5 de April de 2024 In Ensured, Experts, Experts and Staff

Kai Michael Kenkel

Researcher

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He is Associate Professor 2 and Vice-Coordinator of the Academic Postgraduate Program at the Institute of International Relations of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio). Since 2014 he has been an Associated Researcher at the German Institute of Global and Areas Studies in Hamburg, where he completed a post-doctoral period in 2016-2017. She has a CNPq Level 2 productivity grant and a FAPERJ Scientist Grant. She holds a doctorate and a master’s degree from the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales (IUHEI, now IHEID/Graduate Institute) in Geneva, and an undergraduate degree (with Departmental Honors) from Johns Hopkins University. He has taught at renowned universities in Brazil, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. He is the General Coordinator of the Democracy and Armed Forces Center at PUC-Rio. From 2013 to 2016 he was Coordinator of the Graduate Program at IRI/PUC-Rio and from 2010 to 2013, editor of the magazine Contexto Internacional. He was Director of Institutional Relations for the Brazilian Association of Defense Studies from 2014 to 2016. He is currently Coordinator of the Thematic Area of International Security, Strategic Studies and Defense Policy of the Brazilian Association of International Relations (ABRI). He publishes, teaches and advises in the area of international security, with an emphasis on peace operations, humanitarian intervention, civil-military relations and small arms.



3 de April de 2024 In Experts, Experts and Staff, G20 EN, Plataforma Socioambiental

Paula Sandrin

Researcher

Lattes

Adjunct Professor of International Relations at IRI/PUC-Rio, with a doctorate (2013) and a master’s degree (2007 – with merit) in International Relations from the University of Westminster and a degree in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio De Janeiro (2004). She is co-editor of Contexto Internacional: journal of global connections. Her teaching and research interests include the role of affects and emotions in global politics and economics; psychoanalytic approaches in IR; racial issues in IR; relations between the European Union and Turkey.



1 de April de 2024 In Experts and Staff, Staff

Bernardo Beiriz Marques Barbosa

Research Intern (Undergraduate IRI/PUC-Rio)

Undergraduate student in International Relations at PUC-Rio; he was a researcher in the Tutorial Education Program (PET) organized by IRI at PUC-Rio and coordinated by Isabel R. de Siqueira. His research interests include topics such as Cybersecurity, Internet Governance and Science and Technology Studies.



2 de February de 2024 In Experts and Staff, Fellow

Paula Simas Magalhães

Research Fellow

Paula Simas Magalhães leads the Emergency Response Team (ERT) of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for South America. In this role, she oversees analysis and prevention work, as well as crisis response, including humanitarian emergencies. Previously, she served in various capacities with the United Nations in Mozambique, South Africa, Palestine, Uganda, Haiti and at headquarters in Geneva and New York. Prior to her service at the UN, she worked with the Associação Cidade Escola Aprendiz in São Paulo. She holds a postgraduate degree in international human rights law from Oxford University, a master’s degree in political science from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor’s degree in economics and international relations from McGill University.



1 de February de 2024 In Experts and Staff, Staff

Nina Paciornik

Research Intern (Undergraduate student at IRI/PUC-Rio)





27 de November de 2023 In Experts, Experts and Staff

Jimmy Casas Klausen

Researcher

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Adjunct Professor II at the Institute of International Relations of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago (1998), an MA in Political Science from the University of California System (Berkeley, 1999) and a PhD in Political Science from the University of California System (Berkeley, 2005). Recipient of two recent research grants, an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow (2011-2012) and a Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity Fellow at the Humanities Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin, Madison (2011). He has experience in Political Science, with an emphasis on Political Theory, International Relations Theory and Contemporary Philosophy. He is adjunct coordinator of postgraduate programs and editor-in-chief of the journal Contexto Internacional: Journal of Global Connections.



24 de November de 2023 In Experts, Experts and Staff

Júlia Abi Mery Abbud Ribeiro

Researcher

Master’s degree in International Policy Analysis and Management from the Institute of International Relations (IRI) at PUC-Rio. She graduated in law from UFRJ, has a specialization in international law and works professionally as a lawyer. She is currently focusing her research in international law on accountability in international production chains for the use of labor analogous to slavery.



10 de November de 2023 In Experts and Staff, Fellow

Renato Bignami

Nationality: Brazilian
Contact: renatobignami@gmail.com
Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
BPC Research period: November 2023 to March 2024

Renato Bignami holds a doctorate in Labor Law and Social Security from the Complutense University of Madrid, a master’s degree in Labor Law from the University of São Paulo and a law degree from the same institution. He was deputy secretary of labor inspection, head of the Labor Inspection Unit of the State of São Paulo, of the Regional Superintendence of Labor and Employment in São Paulo and technical advisor to the Secretariat of Labor Inspection, of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, in Brasília. He was a Technical Specialist in Occupational Health and Safety at the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Labor Organization (ILO), covering 33 countries in the region. He was coordinator of the State Program for the Eradication of Slave Labor, coordinator of the State Program for the Eradication of Child Labor and coordinator of education and training for labor inspectors, all within the scope of the Regional Superintendence of Labor and Employment in São Paulo. He has extensive international experience, representing Brazil and the labor inspectorate in various forums and areas of activity, notably in matters related to labor inspection and public labor administration. He also has academic experience in the field of law, with an emphasis on labor law, public labor administration and labor inspection. Throughout his career, he has participated in various debates, forums, Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry and seminars.