CAPES - Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

A cooperation agreement with the largest Brazilian funding agency CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) has been in place since 2010. This was negotiated by the Brazil Centre in order to link the University of Münster (UM) institutionally not only with universities but also with funding agencies in Brazil.

Within the framework of this cooperation, the so-called Brazil Chair ("Cátedra Brasil") was established at UM. This guest chair for Brazilian academics is financed by CAPES and covers a period of six to 24 months. There are more than ten such guest chairs worldwide, including at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, Sorbonne, Bologna, Coimbra as well as Bonn and Tübingen. This guest professorship is linked to the Brazil Centre and is open to all disciplines. Interested faculties can apply in an internal UM call for applications organized by the Brazil Centre.

The overall goal of the Brazil Chair is to intensify cooperation between researchers from the University of Münster and Brazilian universities, as well as to build and expand scientific Networks. In addition, the Brazil Chair is intended to create greater visibility for the achievements of outstanding Brazilian academics at the UM and in Germany as a whole.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Villela

Daniel Villela has been a researcher at the Scientific Computing Programme (PROCC/Fiocruz) since 2012, as well as a professor on the postgraduate programmes in Public Health Epidemiology, Computational and Systems Biology, and Parasitic Biology at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz).

Prof. Villela completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1996 and also obtained his Master’s degree in 1998. He completed his PhD at Columbia University between 1998 and 2005, followed by a postdoctoral research stay in the field of health sciences at Princeton University (2023/24).

He was the coordinator of PROCC from 2017 to 2023 and deputy coordinator of the Programme in Epidemiology in Public Health (ENSP/Fiocruz), as well as a visiting professor at Princeton University. He was also a visiting professor at Princeton University. He was also involved in the CAPES PrInt – Fiocruz internationalisation programme. He has consolidated experience in mathematical modelling, performance analysis, and quantitative methods, which he applies to the fields of epidemiology and vector ecology.

Prof. Dr. Ana Larissa Oliveira

Ana Larissa Oliveira is professor at the Faculty of Humanities at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).

Prof. Dr. Oliveira graduated in Portuguese-English Linguistics and Literature at the Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT (1993) and obtained a Master's Degree in Education from the same university (1997). She holds a PhD in Linguistics and Literature from the Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG (2006) and completed a post-doctorate at the University of Lancaster and another at the University of Southampton in England (2024).

She coordinates the project "Digitally mediated far-right discourse in Brazil and its effects on the rights of women and the LGBTQA+ community", which involves researchers from four Brazilian universities (UFMG, UFPR, UnB and UERJ) and Lancaster University and is a member of the Linguistic Politeness Research Group (LPRG).

Prof. Dr. José Carlos Vaz

Professor Dr Vaz is Professor of Public Policy Management at the University of São Paulo (Faculty of Arts, Sciences and Humanities) and Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Polis Institute. Moreover, he is Coordinator of GETIP - Group for Studies in Technology and Innovation in Public Administration.

Prof. Dr Vaz holds a degree in Administration from the University of São Paulo (1986), a Masters in Public Administration from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas SP (1995) and a Doctorate in Business Administration - Information Systems from the Getúlio Vargas SP Foundation (2003).

He also has experience in the field of public administration, working mainly in the following areas: social and political aspects of the use of information technology (digital participation, open government data, social control of governments, e-government, technological public policy), public management (capacity of state and government, innovations in public administration, logistics, strategic planning) and urban and municipal issues (urban processes and dynamics, urban mobility, municipal management, local development).

Prof. Dr. Elaine Maria de Souza Fagundes
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais

Research topic:
Studying host and immune responses to breast cancer or to highly virulent viral and bacterial pathogens

Hosting institute:
Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren

Duration:
12 months, 2023-2024

Press:

8. Mai 2024

Prof. Dr. Marcos Wachowicz
Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Faculty of Law, Curitiba/Paraná

Research topic:
Blockchain and intelectual property right: legitimacy of smart contracts for personalized management of copyright in the information Society

Hosting institute:
UM Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht (ITM), Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren

Duration:
12 months, 2018-2019

Homeapge M. Wachowicz

Guest Lectures at the University of Münster:
June 4, 2018
July 12, 2018

Dr. Gilberto Câmara
National Institute for Space Research. (bras. Akronym: INPE), São José dos Campos/São Paulo

Research topic:
Data‐intensive Geoinformatics: using big geospatial data to address global change questions

Hosting institute:
Institute for Geoinformatics,  Prof. Dr. Edzer Pebesma

Duration:
 2 years, 2013-2015

Homepage G. Câmara

Press:
July 2013
December 2013

Prof. Dr. Fernando Batista da Costa
University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto

Research Topic:
In silico‐tools to assess the bio‐and chemodiversity of Natural Products with respect to their potential as new lead compounds against Neglected Diseases

Hosting institute:
Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt

Duration:
 8 months, 2012-2013

Homepage F. da Costa

Press:
September 2012
March 2013