Doctoral Theses

Doctoral Theses on African Topics Defended within the Scope of CEBRAFRICA (Content in Portuguese).

Doctoral Theses

BARRIVIERA, Giovanna de Neiva.

France’s African Policy in the Face of 21st Century Challenges – (2019)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

CARDOSO, Nilton Cesar Fernandes.

Regional Security in the Horn of Africa (1974-2017): Conflicts, Actors, Agendas, and Threats – (2019)

PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

CARVALHO, Ricardo Ossagô de.

Foreign Policy and Fragile State in Guinea-Bissau: Multidimensional Crises and the Role of International Organizations “CPLP & ECOWAS” (1973-2014)  – (2016)
PhD in Political Science – UFRGS
Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

CAU, Hilário Simões.

State Building in Mozambique and Relations with Brazil  – (2011)
PhD in Political Science – UFRGS
Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

CUCO, Arcénio Francisco.

Paths and Missteps in the Democratization Process in Mozambique: Peaceful Democratization or a Tense Truce? – (2016)
PhD in Political Science – UFRGS
Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

DIALLO, Mamadou Alpha.

West Africa: Opportunities and Challenges of Regional Integration in the Face of Intra-African Relations – (2015)
PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS
Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

DIAS, Guilherme Moreira.

The United Nations as an Actor in International Security: From Traditional Peacekeeping to Stabilization Initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic – (2018)
PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS
Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

KOWALSKI, Camila Castro.

Brazilian Multinationals in Africa: An Analysis of the Internationalization Process (1974-2010) – (2022)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

MALMANN, Luciane Cristine.

Cooperation in the Social Policy Sector: From Brazil-South Africa Bilateralism to IBAS Multilateralism –  (2009)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

MASSANGAIE, Arnaldo Timóteo.

The Foreign Policy of Mozambique and Its Integration into the Regional Integration Process in Southern Africa –  (2017)

PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS

Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

OTÁVIO, Anselmo.

The South Atlantic Dimension for Brazil and South Africa (1415-2015): A Contribution to the Study of a Strategic Space – (2017)

PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

PEREIRA, Analúcia Danilevicz.

South Africa and Brazil: Two Paths to Post-Cold War Transition – 1984-1994 – (2007)

PhD in History – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

PEREIRA, Cecília Maieron.

The Projection of Middle Eastern Powers in the Horn of Africa: The Cases of Iran, Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia (2001-2021). – (2024)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

RIZZI, Kamilla Raquel.

The Great Brazil and the Small PALOPs: Brazilian Foreign Policy towards Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe (1974-2010) – (2012)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

RODRIGUES, Julio.

Guinea-Bissau’s Integration into the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA): Limits and Opportunities for Socioeconomic Development of the Country (1997-2013) –  (2016)

PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS

Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

SILVA, Igor Castellano da.

Foreign Policy in Southern Africa: Causes of Changes in Cooperation-Conflict Patterns (1975-2010)
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(2015)

PhD in International Strategic Studies – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

SERPA, Rafaela Pinto.

Burburka Soomaaliya : war and the collapse of the Somali State (1988 2000) – (2025)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Analúcia Danilevicz Pereira

VIEIRA, Maíra Baé Baladão.

Indian Foreign Policy towards Africa in the 21st Century: Domestic and Systemic Determinants – (2012)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini

XAVIER, Nathaly Silva.

Integration in Southern Africa: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Historical and Political Determinants of Integration – (2014)

PhD in Political Science – UFRGS

Advisor: Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini