Dr Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli
Department of Politics and International Relations
Lecturer in International Relations


Full contact details
Department of Politics and International Relations
Room 2.03
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
- Profile
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Patrícia has a PhD in Political Science from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Patrícia has a Bachelor’s degree (2014) and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil. Before joining the Department, Patrícia was a Social Science Research Fellow in Conflict and Migration at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at the University College London. In the last few years, Patrícia was a Visiting Scholar at the Zukunftskolleg (University of Konstanz, Germany), the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development (University of Zurich, Switzerland), and the Carolina Population Center (University of North Carolina, the USA).
- Research interests
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I have two main research agendas one on children in International Relations and another one on asylum and migration politics in Latin America. I develop studies on children (specially girls) involved in the Colombian armed conflict. I also reflect on the discourses surrounding migrant and refugee children in International Politics. My second research project considers the role of border agents (e.g. diplomats) in the control of family reunification of refugees in Brazil and Latin America. I am also interested in the role of border agents in the creation and implementation of humanitarian visas in Latin America.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Solidarity in the time of COVID-19: refugee experiences in Brazil. Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 38(1), 27-42.
- How are forcibly displaced people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak? Evidence from Brazil. American Behavioral Scientist, 65(10), 1342-1364.
- Do immigrants disrupt the international order?. REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 28(59), 235-240. View this article in WRRO
- Triply silenced agents: cognitive structures and girl soldiers in Colombia. Critical Studies on Security, 8(3), 223-239.
- Onde estão as meninas soldados? Gênero e conflito armado na Colômbia. Cadernos Pagu, 2019(55).
- Child soldiers as peace-builders in Colombian peace talks between the government and the FARC–EP. Conflict, Security & Development, 18(5), 387-408.
- Defying Genocide in Myanmar: Everyday Resistance Narratives of Rohingyas. Journal of Genocide Research, 1-23.
- How are refugees affected by Brazilian responses to COVID-19?. Revista de Administração Pública, 54(5), 1446-1457.
- Fighting for Family Reunification: the Congolese Experience in São Paulo, Brazil. Journal of Refugee Studies.
- How are refugees affected by Brazilian responses to COVID-19?. Revista de Administração Pública, 54(5), 1446-1457.
- Making Immigrant Rights Real: NonProfits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco. REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 27(55), 207-210.
- Solidarity in the time of COVID-19: refugee experiences in Brazil. Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 38(1), 27-42.
- Teaching activities
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I am currently teaching POL3153: Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security and POL6604: Global Health and Global Politics.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Associate researcher at the Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais (NUPRI/USP) and the Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sobre Deslocados Ambientais (NEPDA/UEPB). Member of the International Studies Association (ISA), the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), the Associação Brasileira de Relações Internacionais (ABRI) and the International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE). Research Affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI).