Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue

Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Brasília (UnB) Brazil. Before becoming a professor, she worked in the area of international cooperation at the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).As a professor, Cristina teaches undergraduate and graduate students. She coordinated the Undergraduate Program in International Relations at UnB. She was a Visiting Scholar to the International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change, United Nations University (UNU), Bonn (2009), and a Visiting Fellow at the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University (2016-2017). Currently, she is an Earth System Governance (ESG) senior research fellow and the International Studies Associations (ISA), Active Learning in International Affairs Section (ALIAS) chair. Cristina has a BA degree in International Relations (1991), a MA in Development Studies, Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands (1994) and also a Master degree in International Relations, University of Brasília (1995). Cristina holds a PhD in Sustainable Development (Environmental Policy and Management), from the University of Brasília (2003).Her research areas include global environmental politics, focusing on the governance of biodiversity and climate change, the Amazon region, transnational networks, and international cooperation for development.

Possui graduação em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade de Brasília (1991), mestrado em Development Studies, Politics of Alternative Development Strategies (PADS) - Institute of Social Studies (1994), Países Baixos, mestrado em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade de Brasília (1995) e doutorado em Desenvolvimento Sustentável pela Universidade de Brasília (2003). É Professora Associada do Environmental Governance and Politics Chair Group, Dept of Geography, Planning and Environment, Radboud University (Outubro de 2021) e do Instituto de Relações Internacionais da Universidade de Brasília desde 1997. Foi Visiting Fellow da School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University (20176-2017) e Visiting Scholar no International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change, United Nations University (IHDP-UNU), Bonn (2009). Na Universidade de Brasília, foi Coordenadora do Programa de Graduação em Relações Internacionais (2005-2008 e 2010-2016). Tem experiência na área de ensino em Relações Internacionais, com foco em aprendizado ativo. Antes de tornar-se professora, atuou em gestão da Cooperação Internacional (Agência Brasileira de Cooperação e CNPq). Desenvolve pesquisas relacionadas, principalmente, aos seguintes temas: política ambiental global, com foco em governança do clima e da biodiversidade, cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento, Amazônia, governança global, sociedade civil e redes transnacionais.