Ellen Monielle Do Vale Silva and Guilherme De Lima Souza – E-International Relations

Author profile: Ellen Monielle Do Vale Silva and Guilherme De Lima Souza

Ellen Monielle do Vale Silva is a Brazilian researcher with an emphasis on Amazonian studies, sustainable development, and ecological and food issues. She was Vice Secretary-General of Potiguar Model United Nations (POTIMUN) and was a research assistant for the Research Group and Contemporary Studies in International Relations (GPECRI). She is a writer for the news site La Proleta, a Master’s student in the Public Management and International Cooperation Program at the Federal University of Paraíba, and holds a scholarship from the Research Support Foundation of the State of Paraíba (FAPESQ).

Guilherme de Lima Souza has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). He is a member of the Decentralized Cooperation Observatory (IDeF), researcher for the Institutional Programme of Scientific Initiation (PIVIC), and coordinator of the Environment and International Relations Group of Studies. Currently he’s in an international mobility programme at the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Portugal). His research studies focus on the areas of paradiplomacy, decentralized internationalization and political ecology.