Hélder Ferreira

European University Institute (Florencia)

Hélder Ferreira do Vale is a political scientist (BA Richmond University) and has a master in European Studies (Johns Hopkins, Bolonia) and in International Relations (Johns Hopkins, Washington).He has been Visiting Fellow at the Complutense University (Madrid), European University Institute (Florence), Federal University of Pernambuco (Brasil), Universuity of Cape Town (South Africa), Aalborg University (Denmark), University of Lisbon (Portugal) and University of Barcelona. He has worked for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (both in Washington) His academic works have received several international awards, among them, the Stein Rokkan Award (2006) granted by the International Political Science Association. At the moment he is finishing his doctoral dissertation about the evolution of intergovernmental relations in periods of democratization and decentralization in Brazil, Spain and Southern Africa. He can be contacted at Helder.Ferreira@eui.eu

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Hélder Ferreira

European University Institute (Florencia)