Marcos Alan Ferreira
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Visiting Scholar
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School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Marcos Alan S. V. Ferreira is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sheffield, and Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil (in annual leave). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) and an MA in International Relations from the Programa Santiago Dantas (UNESP/Unicamp/PUC-SP). Over his academic career, he has been a Visiting Scholar and Researcher at the University of Manchester, Uppsala University, the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and the University for Peace (Costa Rica).
- Research interests
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My current research explores the social impacts of transnational organized crime, criminal governance, and state violence in the Amazon region. I focus particularly on how illicit networks affect vulnerable demographics, examining the distinct pressures, recruitment dynamics, and security challenges faced by local populations, youth, and women. My work also investigates broader patterns of organized crime expansion, hybrid governance regimes, and peacebuilding strategies across Latin America.
- Publications
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Books
- Criminal Non-State Actors. Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Peace and Violence in Brazil. Springer International Publishing.
Journal articles
- Women in organized crime: a comparison of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Crime, Law and Social Change, 84(1).
- Militarização e Violência Estatal na Fronteira México-Estados Unidos. Confins, 71.
- Militarization and State Violence on the Mexico-United States Border. CONFINS-REVUE FRANCO-BRESILIENNE DE GEOGRAPHIE-REVISTA FRANCO-BRASILEIRA DE GEOGRAFIA, 71.
- Complex Hybrid Governance in the South American Borderlands: The Agency of Grassroots Actors in Transforming Violent Conflicts. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 42(3), 325-336.
- Shaping violences: state formation, symbolic violence and the link between public and private interests in Brazil. Peacebuilding, 13(1), 1-19.
- Exploring subjectivities of peace, violence, and power among the youth in Brazil. Peace & Change, 47(3), 233-253.
- Criminal governance and systems of parallel justice: Practice and implications in Brazilian urban peripheries. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 68, 100519-100519.
- Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21. Journal of Politics in Latin America, 14(1), 120-140.
- Violent Nonstate Actors and the Emergence of Hybrid Governance in South America. Latin American Research Review, 56(1), 36-49.
- Blockages to Peace Formation in Latin America: The Role of Criminal Governance. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 15(2), 161-180.
- Feltran, G. (2020). The Entangled City: Crime as Urban Fabric in Sao Paulo. Crime, Law and Social Change, 75(5), 507-510.
- Humanitarian Aid in Armed Conflicts: the case of Aleppo siege. REVISTA DE PAZ Y CONFLICTOS, 14(1), 85-106.
- Bruno Manso and Camila Nunes Dias, A guerra: A ascensão do PCC e o mundo do crime no Brasil (São Paulo: Todavia, 2018), pp. 318, E-book. - Gabriel Feltran, Irmãos: Uma história do PCC (São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2018), pp. 284, E-book.. Journal of Latin American Studies, 52(1), 230-232.
- War: The rise of the PCC and the criminal world in Brazil. JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, 52(1), 230-232.
- Brothers: A history of the PCC. JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, 52(1), 230-232.
- Brazilian criminal organizations as transnational violent non-state actors: a case study of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). Trends in Organized Crime, 22(2), 148-165.
- Quality peace: peacebuilding, victory & world order. Peacebuilding, 7(1), 118-119.
- Estudos Críticos da Paz e Crime Organizado Transnacional. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 113, 29-50.
- Bahá’í Faith.
- Carlos Eduardo Poggio Teixeira, Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014. Abbreviations, bibliography, index, 169 pp.; hardcover $80, paperback $36.99, ebook $22.07.. Latin American Politics and Society, 58(3), 142-145.
- The new war on the poor: the production of insecurity in Latin America. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 29(3), 1190-1192.
- The Rise of International Relations Programs in the Brazilian Federal Universities: Curriculum Specificities and Current Challenges. Journal of Political Science Education, 12(3), 241-255.
- Screening soybean germplasm for resistance to Cylindrocladium clavatum. International Journal of Pest Management, 45(4), 249-253.
- Brazil.. Ctry Demogr Profiles, 1-43.
- Socio-ecological impacts of criminal organisations and territorial governance in Southern Amazonia. Territory, Politics, Governance, 1-20.
- Entre a Paz e a Violência. Carta Internacional, 20(3), e1582-e1582.
- CRIME ORGANIZADO E NARCOTRÁFICO EM TERRITÓRIOS INDÍGENAS AMAZÔNICOS: PRESENÇA E IMPACTOS NO VALE DO JAVARI. Revista GeoAmazônia, 13(27), 74-74.
- Organized Crime and Hybrid Governance of Violence in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 7(1).
- Colonialidade militarizada: a crise em terra indígena Yanomami como processo histórico de uma violenta construção de Estado. Revista Latinoamericana Estudios de la Paz y el Conflicto, 6(12), 42-57.
- DIREÇÃO E PLANEJAMENTO DE INTELIGÊNCIA POLICIAL NO ENFRENTAMENTO ÀS ORGANIZAÇÕES CRIMINOSAS. Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública, 19(1), 226-249.
- Mobilização de atores locais na promoção da paz: o caso do Instituto Favela da Paz em São Paulo. Revista Latinoamericana Estudios de la Paz y el Conflicto, 4(8), 33-53.
- Ruling Violently. Revista Científica General José María Córdova, 21(43), 647-665.
- Rússia e a Guerra Civil Síria. Conjuntura Austral, 14(65), 32-48.
- Terrorismo e Contraterrorismo sob a perspectiva das potências militares na Ásia Central. Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval, 29(2), 291-316.
- Organizações Criminosas e Governança Híbrida na América do Sul: O contexto da COVID-19. Relaciones Internacionales, 95(2), 117-138.
- Política Externa da China e a Cooperação Internacional:. Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD, 11(21), 299-328.
- Resenha do livro The Unintended Consequences of Peace: Peaceful Borders and Illicit Transnational Flows. Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa, 8(2).
- Peace in perspective: the historical development of Peace Studies and the Bahá'í concept. Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 13(1), 297-321.
- Atores não-estatais violentos transnacionais na América do Sul. Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública, 14(1), 72-87.
- Refugiados e a Guerra Civil Síria: análise e perspectivas sobre o acolhimento na Turquia. Revista Tempo e Argumento, 13(32), e0108-e0108.
- Hybrid governance as a dynamic hub for violent non-state actors: examining the case of Rio de Janeiro. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 64(2).
- De la fragmentación de las estructuras criminales a una proto-mafia: un análisis del Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) en Sudamérica. Revista de Estudios en Seguridad Internacional, 6(2), 101-115.
- PAZ E CRIME ORGANIZADO NA AGENDA 2030: O PAPEL DA ORGANIZAÇÃO DOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS. Revista Latinoamericana Estudios de la Paz y el Conflicto, 1(1), 74-96.
- Cooperação Militar contra o Crime Organizado: Brasil e Paraguai no combate ao narcotráfico (1988 – 2017). Sociedade e Cultura, 23.
- A Síria como ator na Guerra Civil Libanesa: motivações e efeitos da intervenção de uma terceira parte na resolução de conflitos. Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa, 6(1).
- Degradação da Paz no Norte do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas e Internacionais - RPPI, 4(2), 91-114.
- Política Externa, Mídia e o Mercosul: uma análise da cobertura da Folha de São Paulo e O Estado de São Paulo. Revista Política Hoje, 28(1), 341-366.
- Violence and Justice in UNASUR’s Institutional History. From the Early Optimism to the Fragile Cooperation Combating Criminality. Estudios Políticos (Medellín)(55), 87-110.
- Religião no ensino e na pesquisa em Relações Internacionais do Brasil. Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, 19.
- Pope John Paul II discourses and Poland's national symbols during the political transition (1978-1989). Religare: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências das Religiões da UFPB, 14(1), 163-163.
- Instituições Estatais e Segurança Internacional: um histórico das mudanças nos Estados Unidos após o 11 de setembro. Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas e Internacionais - RPPI, 2(2), 83-102.
- Uma História dos Povos Árabes. Malala, 101-104.
- Os diagnósticos sobre paz e segurança no Brasil: uma análise comparativa das bases de dados sobre violência e conflitos. Conjuntura Austral, 7(38), 60-60.
- Criminality and Violence in South America: The Challenges for Peace and UNASUR’s Response. International Studies Perspectives, ekw008-ekw008.
- A Review of 'Law's Impunity: Responsibility and the Modern Private Military Company'. Journal of Human Security, 12(1).
- As Bases de Dados para Pesquisas em Paz e Conflitos: funcionalidades, similitudes e diferenças. Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies, 16(149), 20-20.
- Direitos humanos, os Baha'is eo Oriente Médio: entrevista de Marcos Alan S. V. Ferreira e Flavio Rassek ao boletim Malala. Malala(2), 3-3.
Book chapters
- Conceptualizing Criminal Non-state Actors, Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 9-30). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Comando Vermelho: From a Prison Gang to a Transnational Criminal Organization, Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 79-101). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Brazilian Amazon as Locus of Criminal Non-State Actors in South America, Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 135-163). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Introduction: Criminal Entities as a Distinct Typology of Non-state Actors and Its Role in South America, Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 1-7). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Pioneering Criminal Non-state Actors in South America: The Rise and Downfall of Colombia Drug Cartels and Their Consequences, Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 53-78). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Governance Capacities and Criminal Non-state Actors: Dominating the Local to Expand Globally, Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 31-52). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Brazilian Organizations as Transnational Criminal Non-state Actors: The Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Contributions to Security and Defence Studies (pp. 103-133). Springer Nature Switzerland
- State Violence in Brazil and Its Impacts on SDG 16, Sustainable Development Goals Series (pp. 219-232). Springer International Publishing
- Dependency Theory “Teaching Dependency Theory in the Global South: Experiences in Brazil and Bolivia”, Political Pedagogies (pp. 235-247). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Faces of a Perverse State, Mano Dura Policies in Latin America (pp. 129-151). Routledge
- Teaching in Critical Junctures: Challenges to International Relations Bachelor’s Programs in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Political Pedagogies (pp. 19-38). Springer International Publishing
- Peace and Violence in South America: From Security to a Peace Studies Approach, Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 3-27). Springer International Publishing
- Governance by Violent Non-state Actors as a Challenge to Sustainable Peace in Brazil, The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science (pp. 521-537). Springer International Publishing
- Civil Society and State Violence in South America, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 1-10). Springer International Publishing
- Urban Violence and Crime, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 1-7). Springer International Publishing
- Peace and Conflict in Brazil, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 1-11). Springer International Publishing
- Violent Conflicts in South America, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 1-9). Springer International Publishing
- Transnational Organized Crime and Structural Violence in Brazil, SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (pp. 37-54). Springer International Publishing
- Criminal Non-State Actors. Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Research group
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Head of Academic League of Peace Studies and Conflict Analysis (LEPAC/UFPB)
- Grants
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2025-2028 - Integrated Security in the Pan-Amazon and South American Border
Regions: Perspectives for Building a Security Model Focused on Interagency and International Cooperation. CAPES Pro-Defesa. CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel). Grant #88881961648202401 - coordinated by Gustavo Simões (ECEME)
2024-2026 - “Narcotrafficking and Militarization: a comparative analysis of Brazil, Mexico and Caribbean”. CNPq Cooperação Internacional 2023. CNPq – Brazilian National Council for Technological and Scientific Development. Grant: #441741/2023-1 - Principal Investigator, with Anais Passos (UFSC) and Paulo G. Pellegrino Correa (UNIFAP)
2022-2024 - Women in criminal organizations: the cases of Primeiro Comando da Capital
(PCC) and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)”. LASA-Ford Special Projects. Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and Ford Foundation. Grant #FL-17-02 - Principal Investigator, with Nicole Jenne (PUC-Chile) and Carolina Sampo (UCM, Spain)
2020-2022 - Rethinking Cultural Interventions in Urban Youth Violence in Brazil and the UK”
British Academy Seed Funding 2020 (1). Grant: #UNFSF/100006 - Principal Investigator, with Mark Lewis (University of Arts-London) and Ross Forman (University of Warwick)
2018-2019 - Challenges for Peace in democratic societies: Public security, crime and violence in South America” Newton Fund Mobility Grant. British Academy, Grant NMG2R2\100064 - Principal Investigator, with Oliver RIchmond (University of Manchester)
- Teaching activities
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Network Expert at Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC); Member of Brazilian Network on Peace Studies and Critical Studies of Security