Meritförteckning

ORCiD: 0000-0003-2878-5797

Date: February 18 2025

Degrees

• Master of Social Sciences | March 25 2022

Master’s Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research

Åbo Akademi University, Finland

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations | December 26 2018

Universidade Vila Velha, Brazil

Language skills

• Native Portuguese
• C2 English (TOEFL iBT score 115/120, February 6 2022); C1 Spanish (self-assessed, studied Spanish at the school level); B2 French (self-assessed, studied French at the school level); B1 Swedish (completed 15 ECTS in Swedish as a Foreign Language)

Current employment

• Doctoral researcher in Social Sciences (Latin American Studies) | September 2022 –

Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Changes

University of Helsinki, Finland

Previous work experience

• Project researcher | October 2024 – March 2025

Conflict Resolution in South American Pulp Production

University of Helsinki, Finland

Funding source: Business Finland | Principal investigator: Professor Jussi Pakkasvirta

Research funding and grants

• University of Helsinki Doctoral School, travel grant (€ 2 000) | March 2024
• Oskar Öflund Foundation, working grant (€ 6 000) | July 2023 – November 2023
• Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, travel grant (€ 2 000) | May 2023

Research output

• List of publications available at: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/emilio-del-pupo/publications/
  • Del Pupo, E. (2024). Unveiling South American collective identities in Brazil: insights into regional integration and identity formation. National Identities, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2024.2397033
  • Del Pupo, E. (2024). Consultation not Contestation: Brazilian civil society in EU-Mercosur Association Agreement negotiations. Journal of Civil Society, 20(1), 57–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2023.2264404
  • Del Pupo, E. (2025). Trade, Sustainability, and Agribusiness: Brazilian Interest Groups in EU-Mercosur Negotiations. Manuscript submitted for publication
  • Del Pupo, E. (2025). Contested Spaces: Civil Society Engagement in EU-Mercosur Trade Negotiations.Manuscript submitted for publication
  • Del Pupo, E. (2025). Politicization and Agricultural (Post-)Exceptionalism in EU Trade Policy: The Case of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement. Manuscript submitted for publication
  • Del Pupo, E. (2025). Green Extractivism and Degrowth: A Critical Analysis of the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act and Lithium Extraction in the Global South. Manuscript submitted for publication
  • Del Pupo, E. (2021). We as South Americans? : Measuring Entitativity of and Identification with a Transnational Imagined Community in a Brazilian Sample. Master’s Thesis. https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/182763

Teaching merits

• University Pedagogy (training) | March 17 – April 14 2025

Learning in Higher Education (5 ECTS)

Centre for University Teaching and Learning, University of Helsinki

• Course designer and instructor | January 14 – February 11 2025

Free Trade and Development in the Global South (YMV-K507) – contact teaching

Master’s Programme in Society and Change, University of Helsinki

• Guest lecturer | November 11 2024

Critical Thinking in Latin America (ALKU-L3150) – contact teaching

Master's Programme in Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki

Other key academic merits

• Peer reviewer – Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (ISSN: 0034-7329)
• Board member – Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR) | 2024 – 2025
• Pre-selection committee member – UniPID/FSDR Master’s Award in Development Studies | August – November 2024
• Conference secretary – Development Days 2024 Conference | February 15 – 16 2024, University of Helsinki

Other merits

• Conference presentations
  • International Studies Association 2025 Conference – paper presentation, panel discussant, panel chair | March 2 – 4 2025, Chicago, United States
  • International Studies Association 2024 Conference – paper presentation | April 3 2024, San Francisco, United States