International Relations Theory in Brazil: trends and challenges in teaching and research

Abstract

Abstract This article presents a preliminary analysis of the teaching of International Relations Theory (IRT) and the use of theory in Brazilian academic research. We evaluate the teaching of IRT by analyzing courses' curricula and syllabi. Our analysis of the use of IRT in Brazilian research is based on Doctoral dissertations, CNPq-funded technical reports and papers published in Brazilian journals.

Keywords

• International Relations Theory
• International Relations teaching
• Research
• knowledge production
• Brazil