Helder Ferreira do Vale
Helder Ferreira do Vale is a Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil. His research and teaching cover territorial politics, international relations, and comparative politics. He has published extensively in social and political science journals. Dr. do Vale was honored with the Stein Rokkan Award from the International Political Science Association. National authorities, including the Spanish Ministry of Education, the European Commission, and the German National Research Foundation, have funded his research. He has held academic positions at various institutions, including XianJiotong-Liverpool University in China, Hankuk University in South Korea, the University of Barcelona in Spain, the University of Lisbon in Portugal, the Center for Advanced Studies Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Germany, the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies in Spain, the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and Aalborg University in Denmark. Dr. do Vale holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Italy and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University (USA).