Reconstruction and Transformation Challenges in Brazil’s Economy
2024
Brazilian Studies Programme Conference, University of Oxford, Oxford (8 March 2024)
The Politics of Climate Change in Brazil
2024
Brazilian Association of Political Science (ABCP) Congress, Salvador (8 August 2024). Co-organised the panel and also served as discussant of the panel papers.
Institutional challenges, the middle income trap, and the pursuit of global economic integration in Latin America
2024
Academic Year Inaugural Lecture, UNIFACS, Salvador (9 August 2024)
Institutional Challenges, Innovation and Competitiveness in Latin America
2024
Invited Academic Seminar/Book Launch, Latin American Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford (29 October 2024)
President Lula and the Macroeconomy: Reconciling Policy Preferences and Political Tensions
2023
Congress of the Association of Brazilianists in Europe (ABRE), Lisbon (5-8 September 2023)
Democratic Backsliding in Brazil: Populism in Comparative Perspective
2023
Panel on Challenges to Democracy, Johns Hopkins University SAIS-Europe, Bologna (27 April 2023)
The Prospects of the EU-MERCOSUR Trade Agreement, Between Interests and Values
2022
Between Interests and Values: The Future of EU Trade Policy Conference, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies, University of Amsterdam, (13 May 2022)
Brazilian Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change under President Bolsonaro
2021
Congress of the Association of Brazilianists in Europe (ABRE), Prague/Online (20-24 September 2021).
Bolsonaro and Business Lobbying: Structure and Agency debates in explaining the foreign policy dimensions of agricultural trade and environmental policies in Brazil
2021
Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress, Vancouver/online (27 May 2021)
Infrastructure and Regulatory Challenges for Investment in Brazil
2019
Latin America 2019 Conference: Transitions, Trade and Transparency, Chatham House/Royal Institute of International Affairs, London (21 November 2019)
New Developmentalism in Brazil
2019
Invited Academic Seminar, University of Bath (26 March 2019)
Challenges of business interest representation in the midst of crisis in Brazil
2018
Society of Latin American Studies Annual Conference, Winchester (23 March 2018)
Brazilian Ports: Challenges and Outlook for 2019
2018
International Expert Guest Speaker, Annual Conference of the Association of Private Port Terminals (ATP), Brasilia (8 November 2018)
Brazil and Bolsonaro: How did it happen? What can be learned?,
2018
Invited Academic Seminar, University of York (5 March 2019)
The Itamaraty’s Shifting Responses to Business´ Foreign Policy Interests in the Context of Brazil´s Rise
2018
Invited Academic Seminar, University of São Paulo (26 June 2018)
Business Interests and Brazilian Foreign Policy: Successes and Frustrations in the PT Years, Department of Politics
2018
Invited Academic Seminar, University of York (31 January 2018)
Business interests and impacts on Brazil’s foreign policy agenda
2017
First Congress of the Association of Brazilianists in Europe (ABRE), Leiden (30 May-1 June 2017)
Brazilian Business and the Itamaraty in the PT Era
2017
Brazil and the Multipolar Global Order Conference, Brazil Institute, King’s College London (10 October 2017)
Challenges of Institutional Modernisation in Brazil: Business Lobbying and Port Regulation
2017
Invited Academic Seminar/Book Launch, Latin American Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford (14 November 2017)
The Rise and Fall of Brazil in the International System: Some Reflections on the PT Years
2016
Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA), New York (27-30 May 2016)
The Automotive Industry in Brazil
2016
Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy Workshop, Faculty of Economics, University of São Paulo (1-2 August 2016)
The Economic Scenario in Brazil: Institutional Change and Policy Choices
2016
Corruption, Contraction and Crisis in Brazil, Brazilian Studies Programme workshop, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford (5 February 2016)
Challenges of Institutional Modernisation in Brazil
2016
Invited Academic Seminar, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos (23 August 2016)
From Rule-Taker to Rule-Maker and Agenda-Setter?: Brazil’s Role in Global Economic Governance
2015
Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA), San Juan (27-30 May 2015).
Understanding Brazil’s Role in Global Economic Governance
2015
Invited Academic Seminar, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna (13 March 2015)
The Brazilian Elections and Foreign Policy of the Next Government
2014
Congress of the Uruguayan Political Science Association (AUCiP), Montevideo (7-10 October 2014)
Evolution of Business-State Relations in Brazil: From Corporatist Associations to Pluralist Policy Networks
2014
Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association, London (20-23 August 2014)
Comparing Brazil’s Role in Institutions of Global Economic Governance: G20 and WTO
2014
Conference on Challenges to Emerging and Established Powers: Brazil and the United Kingdom in the Contemporary Global Order, University of Birmingham (30-31 May 2014)
Brazil’s Political and Economic Future
2014
Brazil’s Political and Economic Future, Conference at Chatham House, London (15 October 2014)
European Union-Mercosur Negotiations
2014
European Strategies for Latin America: Cooperation and Challenges, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (19 June 2014)