Cyber, Digital, and Tech Diplomacy

Rafael Mesquita is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil). He has provided consultancy to the UN through the UN Institute for Training and Research and coordinated international research projects on multilateralism and Latin American foreign policy funded by CNPq and CAPES. He obtained his PhD in Political Science at UFPE and has been a visitor at the GIGA Institute, the University of Oxford, Columbia University, and the University of Tours. His research focuses on quantitative IR, United Nations, regionalism, and the foreign policies of BRICS countries.

Renato Lira Brito is Research Fellow at The Dom Helder Câmara Human Rights Commission (CDHDHC/UFPE), and Former Visiting Researcher at the University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte). He is also Ph.D. Candidate, M.Sc., and B.A. in Political Science from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He is the Deputy Leader of the Cybersecurity and Human Rights Research Group (UFPE). He is a Member of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons Community of Practice (METIP), the Interinstitutional Committee for Combating Human Trafficking (CIETP/PE), and the Dom Helder Câmara Human Rights Commission. He serves as a Researcher for the Pro-Defense Program (Ministry of Defence/CAPES). His research focuses on Comparative Cybersecurity, Evidence-based Policy, Political Methodology, and Human Rights.