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Research paper thumbnail of Is there a way to desecuritise cyberspace? How Brazil’s Legal Framework for the Internet could have done that

Encuentro Latinoamericano, 2017

Cyberspace and information technologies (ITs) have become essential to many of the activities of ... more Cyberspace and information technologies (ITs) have become essential to many of the activities of contemporary society. Mainly in the developed world, the daily practices have been linked to and served much of the facilities offered by ITs, making cyberspace a kind of support for the productive and social activities. While they maximise the ability of agents, these information tools also pose challenges to modern democracies. By asking how the discourse on the internet and cyberspace helped Brazil formalise its interests and policies domestically and abroad, this work argues that while Brazil started to formulate a set of rules for the cyberspace that could be understood as the approbation of the 'Legal Framework for the Internet', such legal code may contribute, at the same time, to a 'securitisation' of cyberspace.

Research paper thumbnail of A comparative analysis on the European Union's policies towards refugees : policies, strategies and discrepancies the case of Bosnia, Syria and Afghanistan

Dissertacao de mestrado em Roads to Democracy(ies) - Democracia e Governacao, apresentada a Facul... more Dissertacao de mestrado em Roads to Democracy(ies) - Democracia e Governacao, apresentada a Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, sob a orientacao de Silvia Ferreira.

Research paper thumbnail of Is there a way to desecuritise cyberspace? How Brazil’s Legal Framework for the Internet could have done that

Encuentro Latinoamericano, 2017

Cyberspace and information technologies (ITs) have become essential to many of the activities of ... more Cyberspace and information technologies (ITs) have become essential to many of the activities of contemporary society. Mainly in the developed world, the daily practices have been linked to and served much of the facilities offered by ITs, making cyberspace a kind of support for the productive and social activities. While they maximise the ability of agents, these information tools also pose challenges to modern democracies. By asking how the discourse on the internet and cyberspace helped Brazil formalise its interests and policies domestically and abroad, this work argues that while Brazil started to formulate a set of rules for the cyberspace that could be understood as the approbation of the 'Legal Framework for the Internet', such legal code may contribute, at the same time, to a 'securitisation' of cyberspace.

Research paper thumbnail of A comparative analysis on the European Union's policies towards refugees : policies, strategies and discrepancies the case of Bosnia, Syria and Afghanistan

Dissertacao de mestrado em Roads to Democracy(ies) - Democracia e Governacao, apresentada a Facul... more Dissertacao de mestrado em Roads to Democracy(ies) - Democracia e Governacao, apresentada a Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, sob a orientacao de Silvia Ferreira.

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