Cidades e Mudanças Globais

• Grant number: 25/06626-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration - Public Administration
• Principal Investigator: José Antonio Puppim de Oliveira
• Grantee: Ibrahim Abu Abdulai
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/14558-2 - Governance of Global Environmental Changes, AP.CEPID

Abstract

The postdoctoral fellow will work with the Principal Investigator of the CEPID Governance of Global Environmental Changes at FGV EAESP. The postdoctoral research will be in the team of nucleus 6, Cities and Global Changes, of the CEPID. The fellow will develop research on how cities mainstream global environmental concerns in their policies and management practices. In doing so, the project will improve the governance of global environmental changes, with a focus on developing countries. This is because knowledge about how institutions are built is fundamental to creating effective governance systems for tackling global environmental problems, such as climate change and biodiversity. This research will advance knowledge about governance and management related to global environmental changes at different levels to develop new concepts and approaches for understanding how to build national and local solutions that align with international frameworks to solve global environmental challenges.The fellowship will aim to understand how cities and local governments are mainstreaming global change concerns in city decision-making and governance, looking at how cities gain capabilities to innovate and incorporate concerns on global environmental issues in their sectoral policies. The researcher will work with the idea of policy and administrative capacity in local governments, and how those governments build those capacities to accelerate change. The fellow will work with the Special Report of the IPCC on Climate Change and Cities.