Since its creation, the PPGEISU has sought partnerships with knowledge institutions with academic and scientifi c credibility in the fi eld and thematic area of the Program. On the international scene, it took the initial steps in 2011 towards a collaboration program with the University of Coimbra and the University of Lisbon, materialized in bilateral visits in 2011 and 2013. Specifi cally, in 2014, Professor Margarida Mano, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Coimbra, was invited to teach a curricular component, the content of which dealt with her specialty: the management of higher education institutions. As a result of this partnership, in 2018 the PPGEISU began international cooperation with the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) under the Abdias Nascimento Academic Development Programme, with the project “Democratization of access and cognitive justice in higher education: the contribution of Portuguese post-colonial studies to the evaluation of Brazilian affi rmative actions”. Coordinated by Prof. Sonia Sampaio, with 3 other PPGEISU professors, the project was carried out in cooperation between 3 Brazilian universities (Federal University of Bahia, University of Recôncavo da Bahia and Federal University of Viçosa) and two Portuguese universities (University of Coimbra and University of Lisbon), through work and study missions in the form of Undergraduate and Doctoral Stay. In 2020, Professor Maria Beatriz do Carmo was scheduled to leave for a post-doctoral internship at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. She was unable to leave due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but was able to do so in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Prof. Adriana Pimentel did part of her post-doctoral internship at the same institution and another part at the University of Seville (Spain). That year, a new project entitled “Still foreigners at the public university: academic racism and mental health among quota students” was started by the Abdias Nascimento Program, under the coordination of Prof. Sonia Sampaio, this time at the University of Porto. It is important to note that, in 2024, Prof. Sônia was a Senior Visiting Professor at the Université de Lorraine (France), to teach classes, participate in scientifi c sessions and events, and analyze research data on the contribution of Portuguese post-colonial studies to the evaluation of Brazilian affi rmative actions.
Since 2017, Professor Renata Veras’ partnership with professors from Memorial University of Newfoundland (including Dennis Mulcahy and Martha Traverso) has made it possible for PPGEISU students to carry out exchanges and for professors and students from the Program to publish articles with foreign researchers as a result of this partnership. Also since 2017, Prof. Renata Veras has been a member of the scientifi c committee of the Ibero-American Congresses on Qualitative Research (CIAIQ), which has contributed to the participation of PPGEISU teachers and students in these international congresses, with the presentation and publication of papers.
In the 2017-2020 quadrennium, as part of the integrated teaching and research project called “Training Models and Health Care Modes”, the PPGEISU, in partnership with the PPG in Collective Health at UFBA, started an international cooperation project with the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (Untref) in Argentina, to investigate the historical roots of higher education in Latin America. This cooperation resulted in intellectual production with foreign researchers.
In 2017, Prof. Flávia Rosa received the medal and diploma for Recognition of the University Editor, awarded by the International University Book Fair – Finuli, organized in Mexico City. In 2019, the work presented by graduate Solange Dias
Alcocer came second and was awarded a prize in the poster exhibition at the 2nd International Congress on Health and Spirituality.
In 2019, an international cooperation agreement was signed between UFBA (BR) and the University of Kansas (USA), for the creation of a Global Humanities Institute, together with the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and the University of Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal), with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Three Eisu professors took part in this project: Maria Thereza Coelho, Adriana Pimentel and Maria Beatriz do Carmo. The Global Humanities Institute focused on the health, well-being and quality of life of people from black communities around the world. In 2020, a three-day online Pre-Meeting was held to draw up the Institute’s strategic planning, under the leadership of researchers from UFBA. Due to the pandemic, the face-to-face meetings between the researchers had to be postponed, but they were able to take place in 2022 and 2023, at the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and the University of Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal), respectively.
In the 2021-2024 quadrennium, Prof. Rita de Cássia de Jesus carried out a post-doctoral internship at IP Leiria in Portugal and at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique and, through an international cooperation agreement between UFRB and Púnguè University (Mozambique), Prof. Eniel Santo taught courses for teachers at this university, such as ‘Basic Training for EaD Teachers and Tutors’ and ‘Google Classroom for Teachers’. Prof. Maria Caputo, in turn, took part in the research network team coordinated by Prof. Cristina Larrea Killinger, from the University of Barcelona (Spain), which included professors from UFBA and UNEB in a research project called Territories and Bodies at Risk: Pesticides in the Food System and their Effects on Health.
Other partnerships, participation in and organization of scientifi c events, publication of articles and book chapters (including with foreign researchers), participation in the editorial board of journals and publishing houses, among other activities of an international, national and regional nature, are detailed in the document below.
