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Fernando Pessoa's book, O Sábio Árabe: escritos sobre a civilização arábico-islâmica (Shantarin, 2025), edited by Fabrizio Boscaglia - a member of LusoGlobe and deputy director of the Master's in Religious Studies at ULusófona - is quoted in the text of the Constitutional Court of the Portuguese Republic, which pronounced on the unconstitutionality of aspects of the new Nationality Law. 

In the Official Gazette: https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/acordao-tribunal-constitucional/1133-2025-993782284

The book had recently been presented at ULusófona.

The aforementioned legal document also quotes the poet and essayist Adalberto Alves, who wrote the book's prologue and to whom Edições Universitárias Lusófonas has already dedicated a tribute book in 2023.

Sabrina Evangelista Medeiros, researcher at the LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges, has recently published the chapter “Protecting South America’s Atlantic Waters: A Closer Look at Maritime Security and CAMAS” in The Palgrave Handbook on Geopolitics of Brazil and the South Atlantic, an international reference volume published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Co-authored with William de Sousa Moreira, the chapter examines the evolution of CAMAS (Coordination of the South Atlantic Maritime Area) as a framework for maritime security cooperation in the South Atlantic. Moving beyond a purely formal or institutional reading, the analysis highlights CAMAS as a practical mechanism for regional coordination, integrating defence, diplomacy, and technical cooperation.

The chapter offers key insights into how CAMAS contributes to maritime domain awareness, information sharing, inter-agency cooperation, and confidence-building among South Atlantic states. It also discusses coordinated responses to non-traditional maritime security challenges, including illegal fishing, illicit trafficking, and environmental risks, as well as the broader implications for regional autonomy in maritime governance.

Participation in this handbook is particularly significant as it brings together scholars from different countries and academic traditions whose work has shaped contemporary debates on geopolitics, maritime

LusoGlobe will host an international workshop titled “Brazil and Portugal: Special Topics on Security and Defense in Times of Geopolitical Tension”.

Nélson Ramalho, lecturer at the Social Work Institute of Universidade Lusófona, has recently published a research study in collaboration with Sónia Ribeiro (Instituto Superior Miguel Torga) and Helena Teles (Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies) in the European Public & Social Innovation Review (Q3).

Sabrina Medeiros, researcher at the Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges and Professor of International Relations at Universidade Lusófona, participated as a member of the panel“From Source to Shore: How Cocaine Travels from Latin American Ports to Europe’s Gateways” at the 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime (OC24), one of the world’s leading events dedicated to the study of transnational illicit economies.