Suhayla Khalil Viana de Castro (561A-1E5B-2D44)

Curriculum Vitae

Suhayla Khalil Viana de Castro

Suhayla Viana de Castro holds a PhD from the Institute of International Relations at the University of São Paulo (USP), a Master's degree in Strategic Studies from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and a Bachelor's degree in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). In 2012 and 2013, she was visiting doctoral student at Sciences Po-Paris and at the University Institute for Development and Cooperation (IUDC) at the University Complutense of Madrid. She was also a professor at the graduate school of the São Paulo School of Sociology and Politics Foundation - FESPSP (2015-2023) and a research associate at the Centre for International Studies of ISCTE-IUL (2021-2023), a collaborator researcher at the Center for Global Law and Development at the São Paulo Law School at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (2017-2021) and a member of the Advisory Evaluation Committee of the International Relations Area designated by INEP / MEC (2018-2019). She was coordinator of the undergraduate course in International Relations at Paulista University (2016-2018), editor of the magazine African Dialogues and taught classes in the graduate course in International Relations at Cândido Mendes Univerity, as well as at the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique - Law Department and a researcher at Portucalense Legal Institute.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Suhayla Khalil Viana de Castro

Citation names

KHALIL, Suhayla
CASTRO, Suhayla Khalil Viana de.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 561A-1E5B-2D44
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7241-3064

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09 - 2025 Ongoing	Master's degree in International Law and European Law (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Concluded	Análise de dados qualitativos utilizando Atlas.ti (Outros) Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento, Brazil
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Extensão universitária em Métodos Quantitativos (Outros) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil	Excelente
2011/03/15 - 2015/03/01 Concluded	PhD in International Relations (Doutoramento) Major in International Relations Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Brazil "International Cooperation for Development and Organized Interests" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013 - 2013 Concluded	Techniques for Analyzing Public Opinion for Political and Economic Decision Makers (Outros) International Political Science Association, Canada
2012 - 2012 Concluded	Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. (Outros) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain	Matrícula de Honor
2012 - 2012 Concluded	AIde Publique au Développement (Outros) Institut d'études politiques de Paris, France
2009/03/08 - 2011/03/01 Concluded	Master's degree in Strategic Studies (Mestrado) Major in Ciência Política Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil "From institutionalization to practice: Brazilian foreign policy for the third world in the 1950s and 1960s." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Pol. Science (Outros) International Political Science Association, Canada
2007/02/15 - 2008/05/30 Concluded	International Relations specialist (Especialização pós-bacharelato) Universidade Cândido Mendes, Brazil
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Teoria de las Relaciones Internacionales (Outros) Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Argentina, Argentina
2001/03/15 - 2005/12/10 Concluded	Bachelor's degree in Law (Bacharelato) Major in International Law Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/01 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Instituto Jurídico Portucalense, Portugal

2021/02/01 - 2023/01/31	Researcher (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

2017/08/01 - 2021/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundacao Getulio Vargas Escola de Direito, Brazil

2013/01/01 - 2013/01/30	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
	Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Spain
2009/03/01 - 2010/12/20	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Observatório Político Sul-Americano, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/01 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Departamento de Direito, Portugal

2022/11/01 - 2024/01/31	Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Faculdade Escola Paulista de Direito, Brazil

2015/03/01 - 2023/06/30	Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil

2015/02/01 - 2019/06/24	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Paulista, Brazil

2013/03/05 - 2013/07/01	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

2010/03/01 - 2010/12/15	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

2009/03/01 - 2010/12/10	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Cândido Mendes, Brazil

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/15 - 2019/06/30	Advisory committee member	Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira, Brazil

2016/02/01 - 2018/06/30	Undergraduate course coordinator	Universidade Paulista, Brazil

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - Current	Coordenadora da Licenciatura em Relações Internacionais	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal

2022/11/01 - 2023/01/31	University content writer	DTCOM, Brazil

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2017/08/01 - 2023	Law and Economic Relations between Brazil and China: Empirical evidence in contrast 2018004982 Principal investigator	Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	KHALIL, Suhayla. "Relações Bilaterais: Estado de São Paulo - China". In Direito das Relações Econômicas Brasil-China: evidências empíricas, edited by BADIN, Michele; MOROSINI, Fabio, 30-45. Brazil: Lumen Juris, 2022. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Políticas de educação em perspectiva comparada". In Ciência Política e Política de Educação: conceitos e referências, 318-330. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2021. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Brazil and the Group of 77: Conceptual Effervescence, Institutionalization and Practice of PEI". In San Tiago Dantas and the Independent Foreign Policy. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Luzes, 2017. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Haitian migration to Brazil: normative issues". In Cadernos ODIP, 1-145. São Paulo, Brazil: LTR, 2017. Published KHALIL, Suhayla; FERREIRA, Walace. "The first 100 days of the Obama administration: external relations with Brazil and implications for South America". In The United States in the World Today. Curitiba, Brazil: Juruá, 2010. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "International Security as a Cooperation Theme at IBSA". In Defense, International Security and Armed Forces. Campinas, Brazil: Mercado de Letras, 2010. Published
Edited book	KHALIL, Suhayla; LOPES, Carlos; AMORIM, Celso; RIBEIRO, Matilde; SANTORO, Maurício; LUZ, Natalia da. African Dialogues. São Paulo, Brazil: Lula Institute. 2015. Published • Editor
Journal article	ANDRADE, Paloma; KHALIL, Suhayla. "A Qualitative-Empirical Analysis of Health Cooperation in the sino-brazilian legal relationship the case of the importation of chinese pharmaceutical inputs.". Macau Journal of Brazilian Studies 2 (2021): 63-72. Published KHALIL, Suhayla; NOVAK, Vinicius. "A Legitimidade do Governo Chinês: uma análise exploratória". Revista Parlamento e Sociedade 7 (2021): https://www.saopaulo.sp.leg.br/escoladoparlamento/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/revista_parlamento_e_sociedade_v7_n13_20210419.pdf. Open access • Published KHALIL, Suhayla; ALVES, Vágner Camilo. "Ideas and Foreign Policy: Brazil's relations with the Third World during the Castelo Branco government". Contexto Internacional (2014): Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Brazil and developing countries between 1961 and 1969: institutionalization and practice". Relaciones Internacionales (La Plata) (2013): Published KHALIL, Suhayla; MELLO, Eduardo Achilles. "Credibility Issues in Beagle Channel Conflict Mediation". Observador on-line 5 (2010): 1-22. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Progressive governments and regional integration: assessment of the first year of the Mujica administration". Boletim OPSA 6 (2010): 17-22. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "The MINUSTAH and the Brazilian participation". Revista Senso Comum 1 (2009): 22-37. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Elections in Uruguay: blurring for the second round?". Boletim OPSA 5 (2009): 6-10. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Presidential race in Uruguay". Boletim OPSA 3 (2009): 20-25. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Migration agreements in Mercosul and brasiguaios: solution to the problem?". Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies 109 (2009): 33-36. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "Uruguayan participation in UN peacekeeping operations". Observador on-line 4 (2009): 26-42. Published KHALIL, Suhayla. "The Brazilian position in the face of Angolan independence: antecedents and developments". Revista África e Africanidades I (2008): 1-11. Published
Newspaper article	KHALIL, Suhayla. "Our North is the South", Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, 2015 KHALIL, Suhayla. "External aid to Haiti", Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, 2014

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/03/08	O direito à privacidade como direito humano e o sistema de proteção das Nações Unidas: uma análise do papel do Comitê de Direitos Humanos da ONU	XII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/07/11	O uso da inteligência artificial na arbitragem internacional: oportunidades e desafios	IV Congreso de Derecho Transnacional Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/03/01 - 2019/11/30	The new Migration Law of 2017 - An improvement perspective for immigrants in the Brazilian labor market? Supervisor of Gabriela dos Santos Oliveira	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2019/03/01 - 2019/11/30	Black Feminism in International Relations: gender and race as inseparable variables of analysis Supervisor of Guilherme Fernandes Gobato	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2019/03/01 - 2019/11/30	José Honório Rodrigues' thinking on Brazilian African politics Supervisor of David da Costa Vieira	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2018/03/01 - 2018/11/30	The Paradiplomacy of the City of São Paulo: a comparative study of the managements of Doria and Haddad Supervisor of Caio Prestes Leme de Siqueira	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	The relevance of the construction of the Brazilian identity in foreign policy decisions: the position adopted by the Brazilian state in relation to Portuguese-speaking African countries in the 20th century Supervisor	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Immigrants and Refugees in Brazil Supervisor	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Migration and refugee in Brazil: a comparative study of the international history with the political-legal transformations of reception between 1951-2017 Supervisor of Bárbara Pereira Villaça Avoglio	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Far beyond the eye: Nolywood and the rise of Nigerian cinema Supervisor of Rogério Santos de Souza	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Strengthening African governments to design and implement essential health packages Supervisor	Politics and International Relations Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Public opinion and epistemic communities in building Brazilian leadership in Latin America Supervisor	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	The European Union and the Refugee Crisis Supervisor of Thiago Crocco de Camargo	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	The migration process and the migration of prejudice: the segregationist face of the post-apartheid South African reality Supervisor	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Lobby and foreign policy: the role of interest groups in the debate on Venezuela's accession to Mercosur Supervisor of Marcos Mortari Correa	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Refugee women in Brazil and Colombia: a comparative study Supervisor of Kamilla Marcelle Isabel Jungo	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	The State of the Union: an analysis of the Obama administration's foreign policy (2009-2016) Supervisor of Giuliano Guidi Braga	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	South American challenges in the face of mining's environmental impacts: cooperation, conflict and neglect Supervisor	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	From the stands to Tahrir Square: how the Egyptian ultras brought Mubarak down Supervisor of Mayra Roberti de Siqueira	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2017/11/30	Government and violence against women in Latin America Supervisor of Julia Gimenes de Menezes	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30	Brazilian foreign policy towards Africa during Lula's government Supervisor	Politics and International Relations (Specialization course) Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30	Human rights and multiculturalism Supervisor of Rebeca Júlia Rodrigues	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30	Journalism as a weapon of war Supervisor of Isadora Teixeira Martins da Mota	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30	CONARE normative resolution number 17 and the change in the refugee profile in Brazil Supervisor	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30	Westernization, search for development and international insertion in Qatar Supervisor of Daniel Betega Dias	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30	The participation of career diplomats in the formulation of Brazilian foreign policy (1964-1985) Supervisor of Mateus Santos Souza	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Regional Integration and Tourism: a study of the flow of tourists from Mercosur to Brazil Supervisor of Welton Silva da Cunha	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Haiti from 2004 to 2014: between bankruptcy and reconstruction Supervisor of Thiago Rosa Faria Noronha	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Foreign aid: a good deal? Supervisor of Renato Vieira de Carvalho	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Understanding digital privacy from a human rights perspective: a look at United Nations resolution 25 Supervisor	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Evo Morales: an analysis of Bolivian nationalist economic policy Supervisor of Luiza Carolina Souza Lima	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Brazil's compliance with the judgment of the Inter-American Court on human rights in the Araguaia case Supervisor of Lucas Monteiro de Souza	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Decentralization of international cooperation: the paradiplomacy between Brazil and Argentine cities Supervisor of Laura Gonçalves Bilbao	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Civil framework of the internet: object of Cultural Diplomacy? Supervisor of Henri Georges Chevalier	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Oliveira Lima and a foreign cultural policy in Brazil Belle Époque Supervisor	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Missing in Colombia and Mexico: an analysis of the invisibility of these cases in the media Supervisor	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Hamas and the friendly terrorism Supervisor of Diego Balassiano Dominguez	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Angola during the independence process of the former Portuguese colony Supervisor of Andréa Aparecida Migliori	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/30	Comparative public policy evaluation: the Minha Casa, Minha Vida no Brasil program and the Vivienda Family Allowance in Colombia Supervisor of Iara Franco Schiavi	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2016/05/25 - Current	II Cycle of Lectures in Commemoration of Africa Day (2016/05/25 - 2016/05/25) Round table (President of the Organising Committee)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2017/10/16 - 2017/10/18	International Relations Week (2017/10/16 - 2017/10/18) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Paulista, Brazil
2016/08/17 - 2016/08/19	International Relations Week (2016/08/17 - 2016/08/19) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Paulista, Brazil
2015/05/25 - 2015/05/25	1st Cycle of Lectures in Commemoration of Africa Day (2015/05/25) Round table (President of the Organising Committee)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17	A Tropical China? Brief history of Brazil-China relations Conference	International Relations Week Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Brazil

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/02/01 - Current	Revista Jurídica Portucalense

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2025 - Current	International Studies Association

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2018/01/15 - 2019/06/30	Member of the International Relations Advisory Committee of the National Student Performance Assessment Exam. Member	National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira - Ministry of Education, Brazil

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/03/01 - Current	Globalização e Governança Política	Relações Internacionais e Diplomacia (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2025/02/17 - Current	Estudos Americanos	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2025/02/01 - Current	Desenvolvimento, Poder e Desigualdade	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2024/09/09 - Current	História do Direito	Direito (Licenciatura)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2024/09/09 - Current	Política Internacional Contemporânea	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2024/03/01 - Current	Problemáticas Avançadas em Política Internacional	Relações Internacionais e Diplomacia (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2024/02/19 - Current	Democracia e Governança Internacional	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/08/31	Problemáticas em Relações Internacionais	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2022/12/20	Política Externa Brasileira	(Postgraduate Certificate)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/03/01 - 2022/12/20	Política Internacional Contemporânea: Temas e Problemas Relevantes	(Postgraduate Certificate)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2020/01/27 - 2020/01/31	Crisis and Political Change in South America	(Outros)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2020/01/07 - 2020/01/30	China in the 21st Century		Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2018/10/01 - 2018/11/30	Politics in Latin America	(Outros)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2018/08/05 - 2018/09/30	Cities and International Relations	(Outros)	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, Brazil
2015/02/01 - 2017/12/20	Política Externa Brasileira	Relações Internacionais (Bachelor (1st cycle))	Universidade Paulista, Brazil
2015/02/01 - 2017/12/20	Direito Internacional Público	Relações Internacionais (Bachelor (1st cycle))	Universidade Paulista, Brazil
2015/02/01 - 2017/12/20	Introdução ao Direito	Relações Internacionais (Bachelor (1st cycle))	Universidade Paulista, Brazil
2015/02/01 - 2016/12/20	Direito Internacional Privado	Relações Internacionais (Bachelor (1st cycle))	Universidade Paulista, Brazil

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2019/03/01 - Current	O Cosmopolitico (2318-9711)	Universidade Federal Fluminense