About
Oliver Stuenkel is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo, where he coordinates the São Paulo branch of the School of History and Social Science (CPDOC), the International Relations minor at undergraduate level and the executive program in International Relations. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His research focuses on rising powers; specifically on Brazil’s, India’s and China's foreign policy and on their impact on global governance.
His commentaries have been published by the Global Times, Sanlian Lifeweek Magazine (China), Today’s Zaman (Turkey), Deutsche Welle, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the German Development Institute (Germany), Mail and Guardian (South Africa), Times of India, The Statesman, Deccan Chronicle, The Asian Age, Pragati, The Hindu, The Indian Foreign Affairs Journal (India), the EU Observer (Belgium), World Politics Review (United States), Valor Econômico, Correio Braziliense, Folha de São Paulo, O Globo, Estado de São Paulo, Política Externa, The Brazilian Journal of International Politics, Contexto Internacional, Interesse Nacional, Carta Internacional, Boletim Meridiano 47 (Brazil), Buenos Aires Herald, Asuntos del Sur (Argentina), Al-Jazeera (Qatar), the Portuguese Journal of International Affairs (Portugal), Inosmi (Russia) and Alternatives Internationales (France).
His work experience includes teaching assistantships at Harvard University, projects with the United Nations in Brazil, the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Fiji, and the Mercosur Secretariat in Uruguay. He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of São Paulo and at the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, and a school teacher in rural Rajasthan in India.
Oliver speaks German, Dutch, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English and basic Urdu. He holds a B.A. from the Universidad de Valencia in Spain, a Master in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a McCloy Scholar, and a PhD in political science from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany.
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Contact: oliver.stuenkel@fgv.br











