The Center for Brazil-China Studies of the School of Law of the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) was created in October 2017 to develop research and studies on Sino-Brazilian relations, as well as about Chinese legal culture and its developments in the legal-diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
The Center for Brazil-China Studies is linked to the Center for Research in Law and Economics (CPDE) of FGV Direito Rio and emerged in a context of China's rise as the second largest economy in the world and as the largest trading partner of Brazil and South America. This landscape resulted in developments in the legal-diplomatic relationship between the countries involved and posed the challenge of producing sophisticated knowledge about Chinese legal culture, and such knowledge emerges as fundamental, given the new economic status of the Asian giant and its governance model, within the scope of both the governmental and business structures.
Currently, the Center has a permanent team, composed of its Coordinator and two researchers, who lead the organization of the event. If you have any queries, we kindly ask you to get in touch with them, using the e-mails available below.
Evandro M. de Carvalho holds a PhD in International Law from the University of São Paulo (USP), a Master's Degree in Latin American Integration from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and a Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). In addition to being the coordinator of the Center for Brazil-China Studies and professor at the Law School of the FGV Direito Rio, he works as editor-in-chief of the magazine China Today (Brazil); consultant at the China Desk at Veirano Law Office; arbitrator of the FGV Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration; adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF); and coordinator of the Center for the Study of BRICS Countries at the same institution. He was also a senior researcher at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE), with support from the China Scholarship Council along with the Organization of American States (OAS-CSC Program, 2012-2014); visiting professor at the Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University (2014-2015) in Shanghai; and visiting professor at Shanghai University, under the Foreign Specialist Recruitment Program (2015-2017). In February 2015, he was one of 60 foreign experts invited to participate in the “Foreign Expert Consultation Meeting” with Premier Li Keqiang. In 2016, he participated in the Latin America Young Leaders Program, a project launched by President Xi Jinping in 2015 during the China-CELAC Forum. In 2018, he was selected for the Visiting Program for Young Sinologists, promoted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and organized by the International Center for Cultural Communication of China and the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU). E-mail: evandro.carvalho@fgv.br.
Daniel Veras holds a Doctorate degree in Social Sciences, a Master's in Communication and Semiotics and a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). In addition to being a Researcher at the Center for Brazil-China Studies of FGV Direito Rio, he has taken part in the Intercultural Dialogues Research Group at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of São Paulo (IEA/USP) and at the Center for Urban Studies and Research (NEPUR) at PUC-SP, besides being part of the faculty of the Summer Course in Sociology and Philosophy promoted by the China University Summer Schools Association/Shanghai Normal University (CUSSA/SNU). He was also a researcher at the Santo André City Hall and professor of Brazilian Studies at Hubei University, where he established cultural and educational exchanges between Brazil and China in a partnership between the Confucius Institute and the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). E-mail: daniel.veras@fgv.br.
Pedro Steenhagen is a PhD Candidate in International Politics at 复旦大学 (Fudan University), with a full scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and holds a Master's in Analysis and Management of International Politics from the International Relations Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio), a Specialisation degree in International Relations from Clio Internacional/Faculdade Damásio, and a Bachelor's in Laws and Social Sciences from the National Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FND/UFRJ). In addition to being a Researcher at the Center for Brazil-China Studies of FGV Direito Rio, he works as a joint research fellow at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies of 西南科技大学 (Southwest University of Science and Technology) and as an editor-in-chief at Observa China. He was also a visiting researcher at the Center for Asian Studies of the University of Aveiro (DCSPT/UA), a researcher at the Laboratory for Financing and International Cooperation for Development (LACID) of the BRICS Policy Center, and an advanced student, with a full scholarship from the Government of Shanghai, at the 2018 Shanghai Summer School (BRICS Program) of 复旦大学 (Fudan University). E-mail: pedro.steenhagen@fgv.br.
Furthermore, assisting with the the organization of the seminar, the Center also has two collaborators.
Mariana Rodrigues has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas). In addition to collaborating with the Center for Brazil-China Studies at FGV Direito Rio, she is the Diplomatic Assistant at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Brazil and host of the China Flexpat podcast.
Luan Camargo holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Renmin University of China and a Bachelors Degree of Laws from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). In addition to collaborating with the Center for Brazil-China Studies at FGV Direito Rio, he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Foro Brasil China, a member of the Asia GT (Working Group) of the Brazilian Institute for the Development of International Business Relations (IBREI), consultant to Assistencial Consulting and co-founder and partner of Elevential IT Consulting.
