Biography
Cristiane Pereira is a researcher in International Relations with a focus on health foreign policy. Since her undergraduate studies, she has conducted research on inequalities in access to health services during public health emergencies, including the Zika epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. She is currently undertaking doctoral research examining the effects of public participation institutions on Brazilian foreign policy towards the pharmaceutical industry.
Her research interests include development dynamics in the Global South, organised interests, public participation, historical institutionalism, Latin American dependency theory (including core–periphery relations), and global health. Her professional experience also includes work as a research consultant on projects developed for NGOs and International Organisations, such as PAHO, Oxfam, and Conectas Human Rights.
Research
Thesis title: "Organised Interests in Global Health: Developmentalist Agendas and Social Participation in the Attempt to Overcome Brazil’s Pharmaceutical Dependency"
Cristiane's doctoral research examines the Executive Group of the Health Industrial Complex (GECEIS), created by the Lula government in 2023, and how neo-developmentalist policies shape the role of participatory institutions in foreign health policy. GECEIS brings together government agencies, civil society, and private organisations to reduce reliance on imported pharmaceuticals through international cooperation, investment, and sector incentives. The study uses historical institutionalism and Process Tracing to understand how developmentalist policy paths influence the institutions and associations overseen by the group.
PhD supervision
- Principal supervisor: Professor Wagner Pralon Mancuso
- Secondary supervisor: Dr Andreza De Souza Santos