João Nunes

Research Associate
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João Nunes joined the Department of International Relations at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in January of 2024. Previously (2014-2023), he was a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at the University of York, United Kingdom. In York, he also co-directed the Centre for Global Health Histories, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. In 2010 he obtained a doctorate in International Politics from Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom, where he also completed a Master's degree in Security Studies. His first degree, in Political Science and International Relations, was completed at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. From 2011 to 2014 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. In 2010 he was a visiting fellow at the Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development, Sweden. He is a collaborating professor at the University of São Paulo and the Federal University of Bahia, in Brazil.

Research Interests:

Safety studies,

Global Health and health security;

Brasil.

Recent Publications:

1. Nunes, J. (2024). ‘Health Security’ in N. Rossi and M. Niemann (eds) International Security: An Applied Introduction. London: SAGE Publishing. Nunes, J.

2. (2023). Rewriting global health. Saúde & Sociedade, 32(3)

3. di Giulio, G., Nunes, J., Mendes, I. & Campos, F. (2023). Risk governance in the response to global health emergencies: Understanding the governance of chaos in Brazil’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, Health Policy & Planning, 38(5)