Ricardo Real Pedrosa de Sousa
From Monitorization of Conflicts in Africa
 Affiliation: International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam Position: PhD Candidate in Development Studies Residence: The Hague, Netherlands Email(s): [at - reverse ricardorps2000 yahoo.com [at - reverse] ricardorps2000] Homepage: Research Interests Country(ies): Angola, Sub-Sahara Africa Topic(s): Conflict, Peace, Natural Resource, International Relations Registration Info Alias: User:Ricardorps2000 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
November 2007 – November 2009 - Researcher on “Poverty and Peace in the Portuguese Speaking African Countries” - Focus on Angola - PTDC/AFR/64207/2006 Centre of African Studies–ISCTE,LUI, Lisbon - Portugal
January 2006 to October 2006 - United Nations Volunteer Programme Officer (UNV PO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) HIV/AIDS focal point, Georgetown - Guyana
August 2003 – May 2005 - Administrative and Finance (and planning) Advisor for the Ministry of Development and Environment (MDE) and Secretary of State of Commerce and Industry (SECI), Civilian Support Group, United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMISET), Dili – Timor - Leste
February – June 2003 - Short term capacity builder at Community Organisations Forum (COF) and Ethnic Minority Enterprise Project (EMEP), London – United Kingdom
April 1999 - September 2001 - Senior Consultant - Deloitte Consulting, Lisbon - Portugal
September 1998 – March 1999 - Consultant - PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Lisbon - Portugal
PUBLICATIONS
> Chapters in books:
Sousa, Ricardo, Ivan Salustino, Jaideep Mishra and Sher Shah Khan (2004) “Civilian Support Group Programme Evaluation and Impact Assessment”, in Civilian Support Group Advisors (eds) “Timor-Leste – A strategy for building the foundation of governance for peace and security”, pp.202-211, Dili: Public Information Office of UNMISET.
> Articles in books:
Sousa, Ricardo (2009) “The nature of the parties in the perspectives of power sharing in the Angola Peace process”, in Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues and Ana Bérnard da Costa (eds) “Poverty and Peace in the Portuguese Speaking African Countries”, pp. 41-61, Lisbon: Sextante editora (Portuguese)
> Papers in conference proceedings:
Ricardo Sousa, “Managing Conditional Trust – The Resource Curse and the Factors Affecting Conflict” (résumé), 12th European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) Global Conference (GC), 2008
Ricardo Sousa, “Managing Conditional Trust – The Resource Curse and the Factors Affecting Conflict” (in Portuguese), VI Iberian Congress of African Studies, 2008
Ricardo Sousa and Cristina Rodrigues, “A iniciação de conflito em Angola e o modelo de “Ganância e Reclamações”, Luso-Afro-Brazilian congress of Social Sciences, Braga, Minho University, 4 to 7 February 2009
> Papers - work in progress:
» The initiation of conflict in Angola and the “Greed and Grievance” model
» Resource Curse, Globalization and Conflicts
» Cold War's “linking strategy” to Southern Africa and implications of the lack of “ripeness” in Angola Gbadolite process
ONGOING PROJECTS
January 2010 – present - Researcher on “Monitoring Conflicts in the Horn of Africa” – Center of African Studies – ISCTE, Lisbon University Institute – PTDC/ AFR/100460/2008, Lisbon – Portugal
April 2009 – present - Researcher on “Portugal, Portuguese Speaking Countries and the Peacemaking in Africa” - National Defence Institute & Center of African Studies – ISCTE, LUI, Lisbon - Portugal
MAIN PRESENTATIONS
2010 – 10th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam - Holland
2010 – Annual meeting CERES - Summer School CERES 2010, The Hague - Holland
2010 – 8th Development Dialogue – Int. Inst. Social Studies, EUR, The Hague - Holland
2010 - Eighth European Social Science History conference – International Institute of Social History, Ghent - Belgium
2010 - Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association, Mainz - Germany
2010 – International Conference on Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science, New Delhi – India
2009 - 1st Public Scholars International Conference on Globalization - IUPUI, Indianapolis - USA
2009 – Nordic Africa Days 2009 – Africa in Search of Alternatives – ANN and NAI, Trondheim - Norway
2009 - 13th Annual Int.Conf. on Economics and Security – City College, Univ.of Sheffield, Thessaloniki-Greece
2009 – Southern Africa in the Cold War – Cold War Studies Centre / IDEAS, LSE & IPRI, Lisbon - Portugal
2009 - Redefining South-South Cooperation: Africa on the Centre stage – Centre for African Studies – University of Mumbai, Mumbai - India
2009 – 10th Luso-Afro-Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences, Braga - Portugal
2008 – CEA Project Working Session, Arrábida - Portugal
2008 – 8th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam - Holland
2008 – 12th EADI GC - Global Governance for Sustainable Development, Geneva - Switzerland
2008 – VI Iberian Congress of African Studies, Las Palmas - Spain
2005 – ISCTE seminar - “Individuals as agents of change in the state of law”, Lisbon - Portugal
2004 – Inter-Ministerial and Stakeholders workshop -“Cattle Fattening Programme”, Dili - Timor-Leste
2002 – Portugal Telecom sales force workshop – “Sales Force Automation Project”, Troia - Portugal
2000 – International Faculty for Executives – Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Lisbon- Portugal
2000 – Institute for International Research – eCRM demo presentation, Lisbon - Portugal
EDUCATION
2010– present - Doctorate student on Development Studies, The Hague – Netherlands
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam (www.iss.nl)
Title: External interventions and the promotion of peace in Sub-Sahara Africa
2008–2010 Advanced Studies on African Studies (pending), Lisbon - Portugal
Political economy of sustainable development in Angola,
Lisbon University Institute – IUL - ISCTE & Center of African Studies
2009– Graduate course on Peace Research, July (15 ECTS), Oslo, Norway
PRIO - International Peace Research Institute
2005– Doctoral course on the “Resource Curse”, June 20-24 (10 ECTS), Trondheim – Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NUST) PRIO and PEGC
2001-2002 - Master of Science in Development Studies, London – United Kingdom
School of Oriental and African Studies – SOAS – University of London
1998 - Post graduation in Management Consulting in Corporate Transformation, Lisbon - Portugal
Financial Markets and Assets Research Centre
1993-1998 – Business Administration Degree, Lisbon - Portugal
Higher Institute of Labour and Company Studies – University Institute of Lisbon
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
» Working Group member of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institute (EADI) - Transformations in the World System – Comparative Studies of Development (since 2008)
» Network of European Peace Scientists (since 2007)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL COURSES
2009 - PhD Course on Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War – PRIO-CSCW Oslo - Norway
2007 – 20th-century history of international relations – From Yalta to the Gulf War – Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Lisbon New University, Lisbon - Portugal
2007 – Yoga Foundation Course (YFC) – SVYASA (12 credits), Bangalore - India
2006 – Peace Building and Development: From Lessons Learned to Programme Design and Field Implementation, TRANSCEND and Romanian Peace Institute – PATRIR, Cluj-Napoca - Romania
2006 – Gender Mainstreaming Workshop – United Nations Country Team, Georgetown -Guyana
2004 – Basic security in the field – staff safety, health and welfare, UN self-study certificate, Dili - East Timor
2003 – Training the trainers’ course – United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor, Dili – East Timor
2003 – Preparing for Change, Volunteers and Development, Organisational Capacity Building and Training Skills – Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO), Birmingham – United Kingdom
2001 – Communication and Presentation Skills – Deloitte Consulting, Madrid - Spain
2000 – Information Technology (IT) Business Information Warehouse-Deloitte Consulting, Lisbon - Portugal
1999 – Fundamental Consulting Skills – Deloitte Consulting,cLarnaka - Cyprus
1999 – IT SAP Controlling Certified Consultant – SAP, Lisbon - Portugal
1998 – Business Management – Procter & Gamble, Lisbon – Portugal
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE
2003/2004 Steering Committee of the book “Peace building – A strategy for building the foundation of governance for peace and stability” Civilian Support Group – UNMISET, Dili – Timor-Leste
2003 Community Fundraiser Group – Action Aid, London – United Kingdom
1996 Researcher on the ISCTE Social Services project, Lisbon - Portugal
1995/1996 Board Member - ISCTE Student Union, Lisbon - Portugal
1994/1995 Co-author and Co-ordinator – Inter-university Recycling Project, Lisbon - Portugal
1991/1994 Board Member for Youth and Fundraising – Amnesty International Portuguese Section (AI-PS), Lisbon – Portugal
LANGUAGUES
Portuguese – mother tongue, proficient English, good Spanish and basic Fench
COMPUTER SKILLS
Advanced user in: Word, Excel, Power Point and Access.
Good knowledge of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Project and Outlook and management systems: Siebel, SAP and Oracle. Basic understanding of web maintenance tools, in particular Dreamweaver.
