Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam

Karina Marzano

Karina Marzano

Fellow

Karina Marzano ist Doktorandin an der Willy Brandt School of Public Policy an der Universität Erfurt unter der Betreuung von Professor Andreas Goldthau und Stipendiatin eines dreijährigen EIZ-Stipendiums der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Außerdem ist sie Associate Fellow am Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit (RIFS).

Karinas Forschung liegt an der Schnittstelle zwischen Klima und Handel. Ihr Promotionsprojekt befasst sich mit der Rolle der privaten Governance in der globalen Energiewende.

Marzano ist zugelassene Rechtsanwältin mit einem Bachelor of Laws von der Bundesuniversität in Minas Gerais, Brasilien, einem MBA-Abschluss in Internationalen Beziehungen von der Getulio Vargas Foundation und einem Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Europäischem Recht und Integration vom Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Deutschland. Bis August 2019 arbeitete Karina als Projektmanagerin des Regionalprogramms für Energiesicherheit und Klimawandel in Lateinamerika der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Work Experience

  • 2013-2019 Project Manager at Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Latin America (EKLA), Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
  • 2010-2011 Trade Policy Training Program at the Embassy of Brazil in Washington D.C./USA; participation in instructional activities, providing assistance on research and analysis and preparing papers on subject of interest for the Embassy´s Trade Policy Sector.
  • 2006-2011 Researcher at the International Law Center (CEDIN), Belo Horizonte/Brazil.

Education

  • Since 2019 PhD Student at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany. Scholarship holder of a three-year EIZ-Scholarship of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
  • 2018 MBA in International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Class Representative. Final paper: "Beyond the State: Private Governance in the Interface between Climate and Trade" (10/10). Overall Result: (9,85/10).
  • 2014 Masters of Law Degree (LL.M.) at Europa-Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany. European Law and Integration. Thesis: "Free Trade and Sovereignty: Sustainable Management of Raw Materials at the WTO". Overall Result: Very Good (16,7/20).
  • 2010 Bachelor of Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte/Brazil. Researcher sponsored by FAPEMIG Foundation.

Download der Vita:

  • Private Climate Governance
  • Energy Transition
  • Global Supply Chains
  • Climate and Trade Nexus
  • International Relations, Public International Law and Development Studies

Publikationen am RIFS

Publikationen vor der Tätigkeit am RIFS

  • Marzano, K. Beyond the State: Private Governance at the Interface between Climate Change and International Trade (in Portuguese). Conversas & Controvérsias (2019), V. 6, N. 1, e-ISSN: 2178-5694, e33340
  • MARZANO, K.; Climate Politics in Brazil (in Spanish). Diálogo Político, Edición Especial, Política y Ambiente. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Ano XXXV, n.2, 2019. ISSN: 1688-9665. pgs. 58-65.
  • MARZANO, K.; Sustainable Development: Renewable Energy Policy in Brazil (in Portuguese). Cadernos Adenauer 2/2019, Infraestrutura e Desenvolvimento no Brasil. ISSN: 1519-0951; ISBN: 978-85-7504-228-1; pgs. 47-68.
  • MARZANO, K.; CAETANO, M. Climate Report 2017: Brazil. In: Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States. Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
  • MARZANO, K. Legal Nature of the Paris Agreement (In Portuguese). In: Revista Jurídica Tempus, 2ª ed., Vol. I, 2016.
  • MARZANO, K. Tackling Climate Change in Latin America (In Portuguese). In: Cadernos Adenauer XVII (2016), no2, Mudanças Climáticas: o Desafio do Século, Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Konrad Adenauer, 2016.
  • MARZANO, K.; CHOLIBOIS, T. Urban Climate Governance: the Latin American experience (In Spanish). In: GUIZAR, C (Coord.). Los Municipios ante los Desafíos Globales: Cambio Climático y Sustentabilidad. Fundación Rafael Preciado Hernández, Mexico 2016.
  • MARZANO, K. ; ARANTES, A. ; CASTRO, B. The European Court of Human Rights (In Portuguese). Manual de Direito Processual Internacional; 1ª ed. Belo Horizonte: SARAIVA, 2012. ISBN / ISSN: 9788502134225.
  • MARZANO, K. The Sutherland Report and the issues of WTO governance and multi-level governance (In Portuguese). In: BRANT, Leonardo Nemer Caldeira, et al. (Org.). Direito Internacional Contemporâneo. Curitiba: Juruá, 2011. ISBN: 9788536233079.
  • MARZANO, K. Development and Trade: Viability of a Social Clause at WTO (In Portuguese). Brazilian Yearbook of international Law - v.1, n. 8, Janeiro de 2010 - Belo Horizonte: CEDIN, 2010. ISSN 19809484.
  • MARZANO, K. ; PEREIRA, L. Comments to article 35 of UN Charter (In Portuguese) In: Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant. (Org.). Comentário à Carta das Nações Unidas. 1 ed. Belo Horizonte: CEDIN, 2008, v. único, p. 533-548. ISBN / ISSN: 9788599499023.
  • MARZANO, K.; BRANT, L. Comments to article 5 of Brazilian Constitution (In Portuguese) Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 2009. In: Comentários à Constituição Federal de 1988. ISBN / ISSN: 9788530929237.
  • MARZANO, K. NGOs HIV/AIDS Code of Practice and Main NGOs acting in Africa (In Portuguese). Cadernos GAPConflitos IV - A Sociedade Civil na Resolução de Conflitos na África, Rio de Janeiro: Gramma, 2008. ISBN / ISSN: 9788598555171.

  • 2016 Lecture on Human settlements and Climate Change. Guest Professor at the Program of the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) on Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, in San José/Costa Rica.
  • 2009 Work presentation. Seminar on "WTO and Global Governance" coordinated by Professor Footer, Europa-Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2009. Subject: "The Sutherland Report and the issues of WTO governance and multi-level governance: Its findings and recommendations in respect of those issues". Oral and written presentation. Successfully concluded. Grade: 16/20.
  • 2009 Work presentation. Kolloquium zur aktuellen Judikatur des Europäischen Gerichtshofes (Colloquium on current case law European Court of Justice). C-1/07 Frank Weber - Auslegung der Richtlinie 91/439/EWG über den Führerschein (Interpretation of EU Directive 91/439/EWG), 2009, South Tyrol, Italy. Oral and written presentation. Successfully concluded. Grade: 16/20.

  • 2019 Prize Best Class Performance, MBA in International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
  • 2010 Prize "Barão do Rio Branco" (most valuable prize of the UFMG Law School Intellectual notability among all the law students graduating at the same semester)
  • 2010 Prize "Francisco Brant" (best grade in a specific exam of Criminal Law Process), UFMG Law School.
  • 2008 Prize "Overall Best Written Submission". ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (EMC2), Latin American rounds, Dominican Republic.