Ester Pereira de Almeida Santos

Holds a Master's degree in Foreign Policy and Institutions from the Graduate Program in International Relations at the Institute of International Relations of the University of São Paulo (IRI/USP), where she researched Brazilian public opinion regarding China under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Feliciano de Sá Guimarães. Previously, she earned a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Anhembi Morumbi University, where she began her academic career after participating in the University's Scientific Initiation Program as a PIC/UAM fellow. During this period, she researched China's weight within the BRICS political-economic grouping under the guidance of Prof. Dr. William Daldegan de Freitas. She has been a researcher at the BRICS Study Group (GEBRICS/USP) since 2021, where she collaborates with fellow researchers in the preparation of opinion articles on the political-economic grouping, as well as general administrative activities; at GEBRICS, she also served as the group's secretary for the period of 2023. Between 2021 and 2022, she participated in the China Studies Group of the Institute of International Relations at the University of Brasília (GECHINA-ASIALAC) and the Observa China think tank as an associate researcher within the China and Anthropocene study group. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)