Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Francesca Mercurio
Citation names
- Mercurio, Francesca
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2814-DBB2-9191
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6735-2869
Email addresses
- francesca_mercurio@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Italian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2023/10/24 - 2024/01/23
Concluded
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Mobilidade (Outros)
Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
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2019/10 - 2023
Ongoing
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Estudos Africanos (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
"Africa’s agency in the security field: the West Africa’s Maritime Security Architecture and its response to the growing insecurities
in the Gulf of Guinea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2016 - 2020/11/16
Concluded
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Relações Internacionais (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in War Studies
Universidade de Sâo Paulo- Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Brazil
King's College London, United Kingdom "The hybrid operationalization of Brazilian maritime security cooperation in the South Atlantic: an analysis of the
West African case between solidarity rhetoric and pragmatic interests" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/09 - 2016/01
Concluded
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Relações Internacionais (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"As aplicações globais do Brasil e as suas implicações na relação com Argentina no âmbito do Mercosul" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 valores |
2009 - 2012
Concluded
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Studi Internazionali (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Italy
"“L’influenza delle economie emergenti nel commercio globale e i paradossi del WTO” (The influence of emerging economies in
the global trade and the paradox of the WTO)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016 - Current | Researcher (Research) | universidade de São Paulo- Nucleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais, Brazil |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/02/01 - 2022/07/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/07 - Current | Internship - "maritime drug trafficking" researcher and crime profiler | Nautical Crime Investigation Services (NCIS) , Canada |
2023/01 - Current | Coordenador do Projeto "Pensar África" | ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Portugal |
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/10 - 2024/09 | Mapping Africa’s agency in the security field: the West Africa’s Maritime Security Architecture amidst growing insecurities
in the Gulf of Guinea
78731DFA
2020.09551.BD
PhD Student Fellow
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Journal article |
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Newsletter article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/05/31 | The African agency in Gulf of Guinea’s maritime security: assessing the multiple levels and channels of the regional security architecture.¿ | ECAS (European Conference of African Studies)
(Cologne, Germany)
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2022/07/05 | Apresentação do artigo científico "The role of international actors in the building of a regional security architecture over the Gulf of Guinea (GoG): an analysis of the North-South divide and its consequences for regional stability and development" na CIEA 11 Conference realizada em Lisboa (Portugal) | CIEA 11- Trânsitos Africanos no Mundo Global: História e Memórias, Heranças e Inovações.
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2022/03/28 | Apresentação de artigo científico "Towards a West Africa’s Maritime Security Architecture: Africa’s agency in facing growing insecurities in the Gulf of Guinea", na Conferência Anual da ISA (International Studies Association) realizada em Nashville (Tennessee, EUA) | ISA Conference - A Wider Discipline For A Smaller World
ISA (Nashville, United States)
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2019/08/03 | Brazil-Africa Energy and Security Cooperation in the South Atlantic: Between the Solidarity of South-South Cooperation and the Searching for Power? | ISA Conference- Exploring the Agency of the Global South in International Studies (Practices)
International Studies Association- University of Ghana (Accra, Ghana)
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2018/07/26 | Brazil- Africa Defence and Security Cooperation in South-Atlantic: ZOPACAS as a Regional Security Complex?. | FLACSO-ISA Conference,
FLACSO (Quito, Ecuador)
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2018/05/17 | Toward a Regional Security Complex in the South Atlantic? Brazilian Defence and Security Cooperation with West African Countries. | West Africa Peace and Security Network
University of Portsmouth (Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
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2018/04/11 | From Solidarity Cooperation to Power Competition? The South-South Cooperation Model of Emerging Powers for Africa. | 1° Encontro Brasileiro de Estudos Africanos, ABE- Africa,
ABE-Africa e IH/IFSC, Universidade Federal Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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2017/11/19 | From Solidarity Cooperation to Power Competition. The South- South Cooperation Model of Emerging Powers for Africa. | ASA 60th Annual Meeting. Institutions: Creativity and Resilience in Africa,
African Studies Association- ASA (Chicago, United States)
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2017/07/26 | 'Less Politics, More Economics': a new (dis)orientation of the Brazil's African Policy. | 9^ Congresso Latino-americano de Ciência Política “¿Democracias em Recessão?”-
ALACIP- Associação Latino-americana de Ciência Política- Universidad Católica del Uruguay (Montevideo, Uruguay)
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2017/07/26 | How thin is the line between Solidarity Cooperation and Power Competition? Brazil, India and China in the South-South Cooperation toward Africa. | ISA GSCIS (International Studies Association- Global South Caucus)
Internationa Studies Association- Universidad de la Habana (La Habana, Cuba)
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2016/09/02 | Brazil's global aspirations and their implications for the relationship with Argentina. | 10° Encontro Associação Brasileira de Ciência Política,
ABCP- Associação Brasileira de Ciência Política, (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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2016/06/23 | Brazil's global aspirations and their implications for the relationship with Argentina in the framework of MERCOSUR. | CEEISA-ISA 2016 Joint International Conference,
CEEISA- ISA CIR and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
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2014 | Brazil: a (in)coherent promoter of Human Security. | VI CONFERÊNCIA SEGURANÇA GLOBAL,
Universidade do Minho- EEG. (Braga, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/03 - 2024 | The shifts in the Brazilian diplomatic paradigm during the governments of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro and
their impact on Brazil's position as an actor in the international system.
Co-supervisor
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Estudos Internacionais (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2022/09 - 2023/12/13 | The Evolving Role of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Solving Conflict in the
Sub-Saharan Region from 2011 to 2021: The cases of Mali, Burkina-Faso, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau
Co-supervisor
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Estudos Internacionais (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/12/07 - 2020/12/08 | Membro do Comité Organizador do evento " Perspectives on the South Atlantic" (2020/12/07 - 2020/12/08)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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King's College London, United Kingdom Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/06/21 - Current | Moderadora do painel "As perspetivas do Brasil sobre paz e cooperação, segurança marítima e economia azul no Atlântico Sul"
onde especialistas internacionais debateram sobre os desafios atuais e as oportunidades futuras na região.
Conference
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The South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean: Comparative Perspectives on Regional Security, Peace and Cooperation, and Blue Economies
King's College London Brazil Institute, United Kingdom
King's College London India Institute, United Kingdom King's College London Department of War Studies, United Kingdom |
2023/09/07 - 2023/10/12 | Participação no Training Course (online) "Maritime Security Strategy Development & Implementation: A Focus on Africa", organizado
pelo Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute (Gana)
Workshop
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Maritime Security Strategy Development & Implementation: A Focus on Africa
Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute, Ghana
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2023/09/11 - 2023/09/22 | Participação ao Curso de Estudos Africanos (CEA 23) organizado pelo IUM (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)
Other
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CEA
Instituto Universitário Militar Unidade Politécnica Militar, Portugal
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2020/12/07 - 2020/12/07 | Moderadora do painel "Maritime Security Challenges and Brazilian projection in the Gulf of Guinea" no seminário "Perspetives
on the South Atlantic"
Conference
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Perspectives on the South Atlantic
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
King's College London, United Kingdom |
2018/03 - 2018/06 | Extensão universitária em Inglês para apresentações orais.
Other
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Extensão universitária em Inglês para apresentações orais.
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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2018/02 - 2018/02 | FFLCH-USP Summer School.
A política externa do Governo Lula: soft power, hard power, smart power.
(Duration: 12h).
Other
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FFLCH-USP Summer School.
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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2017/07 - 2017/07 | Curso de Inverno “International Cooperation for Development”
Other
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Curso de Inverno “International Cooperation for Development”
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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2017/01 - 2017/01 | IPSA-USP Summer School: Basics of Set-Theoretic Methods and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). (Duração 35 horas)
Other
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IPSA-USP Summer School
International Political Science Association, Canada
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2022/12/02 | Struggles of women to get to the leadership positions in South Africa
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Anna-Maria Herbert (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/01/12 - 2024/01/12 | Convite para aula "Economia Azul e PEIDs: desafios e oportunidades para São Tomé e Príncipe", na Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe (USTP), Curso de licenciatura em Economia | Economia (Licenciatura) | Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe |
2023/05/18 - 2023/05/18 | "The West Africa Maritime Security Architecture: ¿assessing the African Agency in the Gulf of Guinea." Lecture presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Cooperation and Regional Integration of Cabo Verde, as part of the seminar course to the recently approved candidates to the diplomatic career. | ||
2023/05/15 - 2023/05/15 | "The African agency in Gulf of Guinea¿s maritime security: assessing the multiple levels and channels of the regional security architecture". Aula lecionada a convite na Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia | Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde | |
2022/12/06 - 2022/12/06 | Guest Lecture "Maritime Security in the South Atlantic" | (Licenciatura) | Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal |
2022/02 - 2022/08 | Introdução às Relações Internacionais (teorias e temas) | Línguas e Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
2022/02 - 2022/08 | Relaçôes Internacionais | Ciências da Comunicação (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2015 | Scholarship for Merit
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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