Dr Luis M da Vinha

Job: Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Faculty: Arts, Design and Humanities

School/department: School of Humanities and Performing Arts

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +44 116 257 7996

E: luis.davinha@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Dr. Luis da Vinha received his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Coimbra (Portugal). Prior to joing De Montfort University, he was a Senior Lecturer and the Teaching Program Director for the Government department at Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) and a tenured Associate Professor and coordinator of the political science program at Valley City State University (ND, USA).

His teaching and research interests are in International Security, International Order, International Political Economy, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Geopolitics/Political Geography. His research has been published with Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Comparative Strategy, Journal of Policy History, China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, and the Brown Journal of World Affairs, among others. Dr. da Vinha is also the author of Geographic Mental Maps and Foreign Policy Change: Re-Mapping the Carter Doctrine and Three Approaches to Presidential Foreign Policy-Making in the Twenty-First Century (co-authored with Anthony Dutton).

Dr. Da Vinha is the recipient of the 2023 Vice Chancellor's Award for Innovation in Teaching Commendation (Flinders University), the 2022 CBGL Vice‐President and Executive Dean's Teaching and Learning Innovation Award (Flinders University), the 2021 Vice-Chancellor's Innovation in Teaching Award (Flinders University), the 2021 CBGL Vice-President and Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Flinders University), and the 2016 VCSU Teacher of the Year Award (USA). In 2024, Dr. da Vinha was awarded an Australian national Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Australia Awards for University Teaching).

Research group affiliations

Publications and outputs

Books

Book Chapters

Papers in Scientific Journals

Research interests/expertise

International Relations, International Security, International Order, U.S. Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, Geopolitics/Political Geography

Qualifications

Ph.D. in International Relations (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

M.A. in Geography (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

B.A. in Geography (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Courses taught

Security, Peace, and Conflict

Tackling Global Crises

Global Transformation: Space, Society and Livelihoods

Honours and awards

  • 2024 National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning  (Australia Awards for University Teaching)
  • 2023 Vice Chancellor's Award for Innovation in Teaching Commendation (Flinders University)
  • 2022 CBGL Vice‐President and Executive Dean's Teaching and Learning Innovation Award (Flinders University)
  • 2021 Vice-Chancellor's Innovation in Teaching Award (Flinders University)
  • 2021 CBGL Vice-President and Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Flinders University)
  • 2016 VCSU Teacher of the Year Award (USA)

Conference attendance

Paper presentations

2024

“Navigating Space Alliances: Brazil in the US-China Rivalry,” 37th International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Symposium on Space Policy, Regulations and Economics (Milan, Italy) – co-authored with Vinicius Gonçalves de Oliveira

“Smart Cities and the Vulnerability of African LGBTQ Communities,” International Political Science Association (IPSA) 75th Anniversary Conference (Lisbon, Portugal) – co-authored with Josh Sunman.

2023

“Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Democracy in Africa’s Smart Cities”, International Political Science Association (IPSA) 27th World Congress of Political Science (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

2022

“Using Hyper-Videos to Foster Greater Student Engagement”, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference 2022 (Melbourne, Australia).

“Fostering Active Learning Online Using Interactive Lecture Videos”, 23rd International Symposium organized by the Institute for Learning in Higher Education (Virtual Conference).

2021

“Unplanned Learning Design and Student Inclusion in a Time of Crisis”, International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference).

2019

“Beyond the Cybernetic Model: Continuity and Change in the Obama Administration’s Middle East Policy”, 60th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference (Toronto, Canada).

2018

“The Art of Muddling Through: An Early Assessment of Foreign Policy-Making in the Trump Administration”, 59th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention (San Francisco, CA).

2017

“From the Board Room to the War Room: Donald Trump’s Managerial Transition from the Private to Public Sector”, ISA Midwest Annual Conference 2017 (St. Louis, MO).

2016

“The Carter Administration’s Changing Geographic Mental Maps of the Persian Gulf Region”, ISA Midwest Annual Conference 2016 (St. Louis, MO).

“Maps of War and Peace: Rethinking Geography in International Affairs”, 57th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention (Atlanta, GA).

“Would You Like Fries with That? Considering the Modern Logic of State-building in a Post-modern World”, 51st Annual Northern Great Plains History Conference (St. Cloud, MN).

“The Unfinished Presidencies: Why Incumbent Presidents Lose Their Re-Election Campaigns” [co-authored with Niklas Ernst], 51st Annual Northern Great Plains History Conference (St. Cloud, MN).

2015

“The Carter Administration’s Emergent Policy in the Middle East: Assessing Foreign Policy Change through an Emergent Change Approach”, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference (Montreal, Canada).

2014

“Constructing the Carter Doctrine: Rethinking Foreign Policy Change”, VII Annual Conference of the Portuguese Political Science Association (Coimbra, Portugal).

2013

“Re-mapping the Carter Doctrine: Reassessing the Carter Administration’s Foreign Policy Change”, IV International Colloquium of PhD students of CES (Coimbra, Portugal).

2012

“Constructing the Carter Administration’s Human Rights Policy: Understanding Traditional Challenges for Contemporary Foreign Policy”, III International Congress on Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Justice (Braga, Portugal).

“Adopting a Social Psychological Approach to Geographical Mental Maps in Foreign Policy Analysis”, VI Annual Conference of the Portuguese Political Science Association (Lisbon, Portugal).

2011

“11 de Setembro: O que mudou 10 anos depois?” [September 11th: What has changed ten years later?], organized by the Department of International Relations of the University of Coimbra and FNAC (Coimbra, Portugal).

“Georeferencing Foreign Policy: The Role of Geographical Mental Maps in Foreign Policy Decision-making”, WISC Third Global International Studies Conference (Porto, Portugal).

2010

“Georeferencing Foreign Policy: The Problamatique of Decision-maker’s Geographical Mental Maps”, V Annual Conference of the Portuguese Political Science Association (Aveiro, Portugal).

Current research students

  • Lachlan Poel, Electorally (Dis)Informed?: American and Australian Parliamentary Committees and Electoral Disinformation (PhD thesis, Flinders University) – principal supervisor [in progress]
  • Vinícius Guedes Gonçalves de Oliveira, Cybersecurity Challenges to the Australian Space Infrastructure: A Policy Analysis (PhD thesis, Flinders University) – auxiliary supervisor [in progress]
  • Thomas O’Donnell, AUKUS and the Deterrence of Grey Zone Activities (PhD thesis, Flinders University) – auxiliary supervisor [in progress]
  • Zoe Johnson, Culture Wars in the United States: How Conservative Activists are Targeting DEI Programs in American Universities (Honours thesis, Flinders University) [in progress]
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