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Director

Prof. Dr. Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida

Professor of International Law and EU Law, Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Rio de Janeiro (since 2008). Director of the Centre for Global Law at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School. Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-South America Global Governance, sponsored by the European Commission (2019-2023) and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-Latin America Global Challenges, sponsored by the European Commission (2023-2026). Associate Researcher at the Institute of International and European Law at the Sorbonne (IREDIES). Permanent Professor of the stricto sensu Graduate Programme of the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Rio de Janeiro. Qualified as ‘maître des conferences’ in Public Law (France, CNU). Nominated Brazilian Member of the International Law Association Committee on the Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals. Chair of the Interest Group on ‘International Courts and Tribunals’ of the Latin American Society of International Law (LASIL). Doctorate with honours summa cum laude in International and European Law at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (mention très honorable avec les félicitations du jury à l’unanimité, recommandé à des prix de thèse et à des subventions à la publication). Masters of Law (Master II Recherche – former DEA) in Public International and European Law – Université Paris XI, Faculté Jean Monnet. Researcher at the Centre d’études et de recherche en droit international et relations internationales de l’Académie de droit international de La Haye (2010). Postdoctoral visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (2014) and at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law (2014). Visiting professor at the École de droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2019). Visiting professor at the Summer School European Private Law at the Faculty of Law of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (since 2017). Visiting professor at the International Studies Programme of the Master’s Degree in International and European Law at the Porto School of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (since 2023).

Researchers

Gabriel Ralile de Figueiredo Magalhães

MSc Candidate in Maritime Studies, Naval War College (2023-), Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Vitor Furtado de Melo

Lawyer, Master in Political Science and Msc candidate in Social Anthropology, Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Natália da Silva Barcelos

PhD Student in Sociology (2023-) Institute of Social and Political Studies, State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ), Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Ana Carolina Vasconcelos

MSc in Constitutional Law (2022- 2024)
Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Lívia Rosas Lamour

MSc Candidate in International Relations (2023-), Institute of International Relations , Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio (PUC- Rio), Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Valentine Tissot Pinheiro

LL.M. in Public International Law (International and European Law) from University of Amsterdam. Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Magali Favaretto Prieto Fernandes

PhD in Law & Development from Fundação Getúlio Vargas São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP); LL.M. in International Legal Studies from Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC; and LL.B. in Law from University of São Paulo Law School (USP). Researcher at the FGV Centre for Global Law, FGV Direito Rio. International Trade Lawyer.

Matheus Rodrigues Silva De Castro

MSc in Constitutional Law (2022- 2024) Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

Pedro Henrique Lavinas Ortman

MSc Candidate in International and European Law - International Studies Programme, Católica Porto School of Law (2023-), LL.B in Law from University of Coimbra (2018-2023), Researcher at FGV Rio Law’s Centre for Global Law.

Lucas da Cunha Vollers

MSc Candidate in International Law (2023 - ), Rio de Janeiro State University. Researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law.

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