Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira holds a BA in International Relations and a MA in European Studies, both from the University of Minho. In 2003 she received her PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK). She is Full Professor of Political Science and International Relations in School of Economics and Management at University of Minho where she teaches various courses, and conducts research in the domains of International Relations and European Union Studies. Since 2012 she has acted as invited professor at the University of São Paulo. She has also taught in Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Lublin, Cape Verde and Montevideo.
Her current research explores the EU’s strategic partnership diplomacy and relations with the Lusophone world; Europeanisation within and beyond Europe; comparative regional integration (with an emphasis on security and defence); Brexit and small states; China in global affairs and Luso-Chinese relations. Laura Ferreira-Pereira is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Contemporary Politics and Global Society. She is a founding member of the European International Studies Association (EISA).
Laura Ferreira-Pereira is the editor of Portugal in the European Union: Assessing Twenty-Five Years of Integration Experience (Routledge, 2014) and co-editor of The European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). She has acted as the leading guest editor of Special Issues published in European Security (2012) and Cambridge Review of International Affairs (2016). She is also contributor to other leading journals such as Journal of Common Market Studies, Cooperation and Conflict, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, International Politics and Journal of European Integration, among others; and has published in several edited volumes.
Introduction: small EU member states and Brexit
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Small States of the European Union and Brexit
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Book
EU policy opposition within the post-2008 European parliament: scrutinising Eurosceptic political groups in competition
Journal of European Integration
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Journal Article
Conceptions of a rogue state in a comparative perspective: the United States and European Union vis-à-vis North Korea
Contemporary Politics
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Journal Article
Portugal’s strategic response to Brexit: enduring Europeanisation?
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Small EU member states and Brexit: introduction
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Small EU Member States and Brexit
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Issue
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjea20/31/3?nav=tocList
The Portuguese Science Diplomacy and EU’s External Activities with Lusophone Africa: Looking at the Co-building Approach
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Portugal’s strategic response to Brexit: enduring Europeanisation?
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Correction to: The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization with Chinese Characteristics
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
The Portuguese Science Diplomacy and EU’s External Activities with Lusophone Africa: Looking at the Co-building Approach
Portugal and the Lusophone World: Law, Geopolitics and Institutional Cooperation
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Why Is China Going Polar? Understanding Engagement and Implications for the Arctic and Antarctica
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
The Soft Power of China and the European Union in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative and Global Strategy
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
Portugal in the European Union: Chronicling a Transformative Journey
The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Soft Power in the European Union’s Strategic Partnership Diplomacy: The Erasmus Plus Programme
The European Unions Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Introducing the European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
The European Unions Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
The European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book
URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-66061-1
Brazil’s quest for autonomy in Asia: the role of strategic partnerships with China and Japan
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
China and the Belt and Road Initiative in Europe: The Case of Portugal
The European Union and China’s Belt and Road: Impact, Engagement and Competition
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Introducing the European Union’s Strategic Partnerships
The European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Hedging its Bets? Portugal’s Diplomatic Strategies for a Post-Brexit Europe
European Politics and Society
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23745118.2021.1894403
European Union-Brazil Relations: A Strategic Partnership in Suspended Animation
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Soft Power in the European Union’s Strategic Partnership Diplomacy:The Erasmus Plus Programme
The European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Strategic Partnerships in European Union External Action: Evolution and Analysis of a Developing Policy Instrument
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Hedging its bets? Portugal’s diplomatic strategies for a post-Brexit Europe
European Politics and Society
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23745118.2021.1894403
Maritime Cooperation in the EU-China Relations and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
The Belt and Road Initiative: International Perspectives on an Old Architype of a New Development Model
Publication date: 2020
Type of publication: Book Chapter
As presidências portuguesas do Conselho da União Europeia: promovendo a “Europa global” em busca de relevância internacional
Publication date: 2020
Type of publication: Journal Article
The Mainstreaming of Security and Defense in the European Union Post-2016
Regionalism under Stress: Between Disintegration and Resilience
Publication date: 2020
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Competing Conditionalities? Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus between the European Union and Russia
European Politics and Society
Publication date: 2018
Type of publication: Journal Article
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23745118.2018.1456745?journalCode=rpep21
Normative Resistance to Responsibility to Protect in Times of Emerging Multipolarity
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Publication date: 2018
Type of publication: Journal Article
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292018000100202
A política migratória da União Europeia em relação a Cabo Verde: a parceria para a mobilidade em análise
Publication date: 2017
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Developments in European Union-Africa Relations and their Implications for Asia
Routledge Handbook of Africa-Asia Relations
Publication date: 2017
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Strategic Partnerships of the European Union: Conceptual Insights, Cases and Lessons
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Publication date: 2016
Type of publication: Journal Issue
The European Union’s Fight Against Terrorism
Publication date: 2016
Type of publication: Edited Book
The European Union’s partnership policy towards Brazil: more than meets the eye
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Publication date: 2016
Type of publication: Journal Article
Introduction: The Strategic Partnerships of the European Union
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Publication date: 2016
Type of publication: Journal Article
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09557571.2015.1130341
The European Union’s Fight Against Terrorism: The CFSP and Beyond
Routledge
Publication date: 2014
Type of publication: Edited Book