News

12 June 2026

Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, S.O.11

09:30 – 10:00 - Registration and Welcome Coffee 

10:00 – 10:10 - Opening Session 

10:10 – 10h50 - Keynote Speaker: Octavio Amorim - Beyond the Civil-Military Divide: Patterns of National Defense Leadership Selection Around the World

10h50 – 11:30 - Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) for Global Challenges: Institutions, Governance and Futures

Ana Brasão, Filipe Nobre Faria, Sabrina Medeiros (PPE, Lusófona University)

11:30 – 13:15 - International Cooperation and PPE Agendas: Governance, Technology and Futures

Stephen Sawyer – American University of Paris

Roman Zinigrad – American University of Paris

Lynn Roth – Universität Luzern

Dujisin-Muharay Zoltán Nicolás – Corvinus University

Claudio Calosi - University of Venice

Moderation: Teresa Nogueira Pinto

13:15 – 14:30 - Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:45 - Pluralismo Religioso e Diálogo Inter-religioso: Cartografias, Dinâmicas Sociopolíticas e Desafios Contemporâneos

Paulo Mendes Pinto – Apresentação do Projeto Carta das Religiões 

Fabrizio Boscaglia – Diálogo inter-religioso e pontes entre Oriente e Ocidente

Jorge Botelho Moniz Dinâmicas culturais, religiosas e políticas em Portugal

Moderação: Hélia Bracons

15:45 – 16:00 - Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:15 - Entre o isolamento e a participação: experiências sociais em Portugal

Cristina Nunes – Ativismo e socialização política

Fátima Gameiro & Beatriz Rosa – RIVIS 65+ Project / Projeto RIVIS 65+

Paula Ferreira – RedeSénior+: Combate à Solidão e Proteção do Idoso

Moderação: Ana Paula Garcia

17:15 – 17:30 - Closing Remarks: Sabrina Medeiros

The GIRI-hub Simulations Showcase brought together a set of interactive educational simulations and serious games focused on international relations, crisis management, diplomacy, and security studies. The event exibited different simulation projects and featured two simualtions for external participation:
1) The simulation of the European Parliament, allowing participants to engage in negotiation dynamics, policymaking processes, coalition-building, and debates on European governance and international affairs.
2) The GeoCrisis Simulation, a geopolitical crisis simulation designed to develop strategic thinking, decision-making under pressure, and interagency coordination in complex international scenarios.

In addition, the Showcase presented educational games developed within the framework of the Portuguese National Defense Institute (IDN) Reference Framework for Education on Security, Peace, and Defense. These activities aim to promote critical thinking, civic awareness, cooperation, and conflict-resolution skills through active learning methodologies adapted for younger audiences and educational environments. The initiative highlights the role of simulations and educational gaming as innovative tools for teaching international relations, diplomacy, peacebuilding, and global security challenges.


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On May 28 (new date), LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges hosted an open lecture with Pedro H. V. B. Castelo Branco (IESP-UERJ), recorded for the LusoGlobe podcast as well.

The Erosion of the International Order: Reflections on the U.S. National Security Strategy and the Peace Council

The session will include comments by Sabrina Medeiros and Patricia Oliveira.

14:00 (Lisbon time)
Universidade Lusófona – Room K4

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LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges had the honor of welcoming Ambassador Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte, Secretary for Africa and the Middle East at Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for an institutional visit and academic exchange at Universidade Lusófona.

Ambassador Duarte is one of Brazil’s most distinguished career diplomats, with extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy, international organizations, and strategic affairs. Since April 2023, he has served as Secretary for Africa and the Middle East at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

During the visit, discussions focused on contemporary geopolitical transformations, South Atlantic cooperation, Global South perspectives, and the growing importance of academic and policy-oriented dialogue connecting Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. The exchange also explored opportunities for future cooperation involving maritime security, multilateral governance, and emerging global challenges.

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1959, Ambassador Duarte graduated in Economics from the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) and joined the Brazilian diplomatic service in 1983. Throughout his career, he has served as Ambassador of Brazil to India, Chile, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, in addition to holding senior positions at Brazil’s missions to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. 

He also directed Brazil’s Department of International Organizations and has published works on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. 

The visit reinforced LusoGlobe’s commitment to fostering dialogue between academia, diplomacy, and international governance communities, particularly through Global South and Atlantic perspectives on security, cooperation, and international affairs.

On April 23, LusoGlobe hosted an initiative the international research project “Social Work in History: Social Question and Social Movements – Latin America and Europe (1960–2020)”. The project brings together more than 49 academic institutions across eight countries — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom — fostering a critical and comparative analysis of social transformations and the role of Social Work across diverse historical and geographical contexts.