Welcome!

My name is Patrícia Nogueira Rinaldi, and I am an Associate Professor of International Relations at the College of Campinas (FACAMP, Brazil) and Director of the Center of Studies and Research in International Relations (CERI-FACAMP).

I hold a Ph.D. (2018) and a Master’s Degree (2010) in Political Science with an emphasis on International Relations at the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the State University of Campinas (IFCH-UNICAMP, Brazil). I was also a visiting scholar at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, City University of New York (2015).

My research interests lie in exploring how the United Nations could better support countries from the Global South to scale up international cooperation for sustainable development. I particularly focus on South-South cooperation and an Earth-centered paradigm as a means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

On the advocacy front, I am an expert on the Knowledge Network of the UN Harmony with Nature Programme, which is dedicated to strengthening the rights of Nature and ecological economics in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. I am also part of the UN Charter Reform Coalition and the Global Governance Forum project “Second United Nations Charter - Modernizing the UN for a New Generation”, which aims to call a general conference to review the UN Charter.

I am also the Academic Coordinator of FACAMP Model United Nations, an educational project affiliated with the World Federation of the United Nations Associations (WFUNA) aimed at strengthening the values of multilateralism and international cooperation among youth. You can download my Extended Bio and Resumé below: