EDUCATION
Oct. 1997-July 2004 London School of Economics, UK PhD in Development Studies
Thesis title: “Strategic Actions and Public Policy Choices: Leadership and Institutional Change in South Korea, 1960s-1990s”
The dissertation analyses institutional changes in the financial, industrial and trade sectors in developing countries and the role played by political leadership in fostering the reforms. The research looks at the South Korean developmental experience as a case study.
Aug. 1994-Aug. 1996 Yonsei University, South Korea
MA in Political Science, Graduate School of International Studies
Sep. 1989-Sept. 1993 Universidade Nova, Portugal
Licenciate in Social Communication, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
OTHER EDUCATION
2nd – 6th of July 2012 | ISEG Summer School; Africa in International Relations
2nd – 6th of June 2008 | Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Executive Education; Leadership for the 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage
1st – 10th December 2004 | Dignity International; Global Programme on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Curriculum Vitae
LUIS MAH
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WORK EXPERIENCE
From Feb. 2014 LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (ISEG) Lecturer at MA in International Cooperation and Development
Courses:
Asia-Pacific Economies
EU (European Union) Development Cooperation Policies
From Mar.2010 LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (ISEG) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Center for African and Development Studies (CESA)
From Sept. 2007 UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA
Guest Lecturer at Institute of Oriental Studies
Courses:
Contemporary Asia: Development, Democratisation, Globalisation and Security
Korea: Past and Present
The Return of Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Feb.2007 – Mar.2011 UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN Coordinator of the Portuguese UN Millennium Campaign
National coordination of the Portuguese UN Millennium Campaign:
o Design, develop, mediate and monitor the partnerships set with non-governmental organisations, public institutions and companies to enhance the activities of the campaign;
o Set, organise and coordinate the work of the campaign´s future consultative body (stakeholders group);
o Work closely with the Portuguese, and International Civil Society (GCAP) to define joint advocacy and lobbying strategies and activities ;
o Represent the Millennium Campaign in national and international events on development issues and on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);
o Coordinate the strategic planning and fund-raising of the campaign;
o Set the campaign´s own fund-raising mechanisms to guarantee its sustainability;
June 2005 – Dec.2006 NGO OIKOS – Cooperation and Development Co-coordinator of Campaign Pobreza Zero
National Co-coordinator of the Portuguese Coalition for the Global Call for Action Against Povery (GCAP):
o Organisation of the advocacy and lobby activities of the national campaign
o Development of new partnerships with other civil society actors, public institutions and private entities to support the campaign
o Representative of the national campaign in international gatherings
o Focal Point in Portugal for the Global GCAP
Feb.2005 – Jan.2006 PORTUGUESE NGO PLATAFORM Member of the Board
National coordinator for the activities related with raising awareness and advocacy on development cooperation
National representative at DEEP, a project run by Brussels-based CONCORD, Platform for European NGO Plataforms, gathering 1,600 NGOs, for raising awareness issues on development cooperation
Mar. 2004- Ap.2006 NGO OIKOS – Cooperation and Development Project Manager
National Coordinator of a trans-national project with SETEM (Spain) and Ucodep (Italy) entitled “Ethical Finance for Development” aimed at promoting ethical banking, microfinance for development and socially responsible investment (SRI) in Portugal, Spain and Italy to fight poverty and support growth in Southern Countries:
o Supervision and organisation of the project´s activities in Portugal;
o Set and develop contacts with interested parties in the Third, Business and Financial sectors to raise the awareness of microfinance and SRI in Portugal;
financial, business, legal and consumer data to assess the potentialities for microfinance and SRI in Portugal;
o Production of Policy-oriented Working Papers and Opinion Articles on Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Banking, Microfinance, SRI and Poverty Fight;
o Organisation of workshops and conferences on Ethical Banking, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship and SRI
August 2002 BOND – British Overseas NGOs for Development, London
Consultant
Researched and wrote background papers on trade statistics and regulations between Europe and Asia for the “Tackling Poverty in Asia” report released in September 2002
Oct. 1996-Dec. 1999 LUSA – Portuguese News Agency, Macau Oct. 1999 – Dec. 1999 News Editor, Macau 1999
Covered handover of Macau for Macau 1999, a daily English news web page, on the territory’s return to China in December, 1999
Oct. 1996 – Jul. 1998 Editor, Lusa News
Responsible for the launching of the daily English news web page
Wrote articles on current political, economic, social and cultural events in the Portuguese-speaking countries and communities: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor and Macau
Organised and developed a new file system for the news agency archives
Mar. 1993-Oct. 1997 O Independente, Lisbon Sept. 1996-Oct. 1997 Macau Correspondent Oct. 1994-Sept. 1996 Seoul Correspondent
Mar. 1993-Jan. 1994 Business Journalist
Interviewed several Asia-Pacific experts, published more than 50 articles on Asian political, economic and social affairs for a major weekly newspaper in Portugal
Conducted interviews with leading Portuguese economists, business leaders and policymakers, reported on international business issues
Mar. 1994-Jun. 1994 Rádio Comercial, Lisbon Assistant Producer
Collected and analysed business information to produce a weekly radio program on small and midsized companies in Portugal for one of the country’s major nationwide radio stations
Sep. 1992-Jun. 1993 Rádio Televisão Portuguesa, Lisbon Assistant Producer
Wrote scripts and assisted in the production of a children’s TV program for the national broadcasting television channel RTP
AWARDS
January 2013 Korea Institute for International Economic Policy – KIEP
Visiting Fellow (research on Korea-Portugal Business Partnerships in Mozambique)
Oct. 2011-Dec. 2011 Korea Foundation Field Research Fellowship (research on Korea-Africa Development Cooperation Ties)
Mar. 2010-Mar. 2013 Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal)
Sept.1998-Sept.2002 Doctoral Fellowship (Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal)
Jan.1997-June 1997 Fellowship for Korean Language Training (Korea
Foundation, Korea)
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Articles in peer-reviewed Journals (English and Portuguese)
- “The marketplace of aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Choice in Critical Transitions”
(co-authored with Raquel Freitas), Cahier Emile Durkheim-Sciences Po Bordeaux (forthcoming 2014)
- “A emergência do modelo de desenvolvimento chinês” (The emergence of the Chinese development model), RI: Relações Internacionais 38 (Junho 2013), pp.45-56.
- “Capital Humano: Como (des)construir a cidadania?” (Human Capital: How to (de)construct citizenship? , co-authored with Joacine Katar Moreira), Revista Migrações – Número Temático Migrantes e Voluntariado 9 (October 2011), pp.209-211.
- “Um Novo Paradigma Europeu na Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento” (A New European paradigm for Development Cooperation), RI:Relações Internacionais
14 (Junho 2007), pp.67-73.
- “Entre a cooperação e o conflicto: a questão de Taiwan nas relações sino-americanas” (Between cooperation and conflict: the Taiwan issue on Sino-American relations), Política Internacional 25 (Primavera-Verão 2002), pp.231-247.
Book Reviews (Portuguese only)
- “Francis Fukuyama, A Construção de Estados: Governação e Ordem Mundial no
Séc.XXI” (State-Building-Governance and World Order in the 21st Century), Lisboa: Gradiva (2006), RI:Relações Internacionais 12 (Dezembro 2006), pp.191-195.
- “Sebastian Mallaby, The World´s Bankers: A Story of Failed States, Financial
Crises and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations, London: Yale University Press (2005)”, RI:Relações Internacionais 11 (Setembro 2006), pp.191-194.
Working Papers
- “Building A Korean-Portuguese Business Partnership for Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Challenges in Mozambique”, KIEP Visiting Scholars Series 2013 (forthcoming 2013)
- (with Raquel Freitas), “European Responses to Asia´s Enhanced Role as an Aid Donor”, CIES Working Paper CIES WP Nº132/2012, accessible at:
http://www.cies.iscte.pt/np4/?newsId=453&fileName=CIES_WP_132__Freitas_
e_Mah_.pdf (a revised version has been submitted to the Review of African
Political Economy);
- (with Raquel Freitas), “The Possibilities for enhancing ownership of
development in Africa: the role of regional integration in the external relations of Africa”, CEsA WP 112/2012, accessible at:
http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/index.php/menupublicacoes/working-papers/199;
- “Lessons from Korea to Africa: Leaders, Politics and Developmental States”, CESA WP 97/2011, accessible at:
http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/files/Doc_trabalho/WP97.pdf;
- (with Bruno Damásio), Das Limitações do PIB como indicador às necessidades de medição dos níveis de Desenvolvimento (From the Limitations of GDP as a needs measurement to the measure of Development Levels), CESA WP 89/2011, accessible at: http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/files/Doc_trabalho/WP89.pdf
Chapters in edited books (Portuguese only)
- (with Luís Bernardo), Cidadania Social (Checkmate to Social Citizenship?) In Marina Costa Lobo (ed.), Portugal e Europa: novas cidadanias (Portugal and Europa: new citizenships) (Lisbon: Foundation Francisco Manuel dos Santos/European Commission, June 2013)
- “A Crise Económico-Financeira of 2008 e o Retorno da Ásia: A Vingança do Estado?” (The Financial and Economic Crisis of 2008 and the Return of Asia: The Revenge of the State?”), in Eva-Maria Kenmitz (ed.), Volume Comemorativo dos 10 Anos do Instituto de Estudos Orientais (10th Year Anniversary Special Volume) (Lisbon: Portuguese Catholic University)
Panel & Conference Convenor
-28th-30th May 2014: member of organising committee of CEsA International Conference “Lusophone Space (1974-2014): Economic and Political Trajectories”;
-4th-7th September 2013: convenor with Daniel Bach and Caroline Dufy (Sciences Po Bordeaux) of the Panel P24, “Beyond Neopatrimonialism, State Capture and Crony Capitalism: State-Business Ties in Emerging Economies, ECPR General Conference 2013, Bordeaux (France);
-30th January 2013: seminar entitled “Korean-Portuguese Business Partnerships in
Mozambique”, KIEP, Seoul (South Korea);
-10th,13th, 17th and 19th December 2012: seminars “The Emergence of South Korea”
(The Emergence of the Korean Capitalist Developmental State, The 1997 Financial Crisis and the Transformation of the Korean Development Model, From the
dictatorship of Park Chung Hee to the post-1988 democracy and the Role of Pyongyang-Seoul Relations, Globalisation and the Korean Wave “Hallyu” Conquers
the World) Macau´s Cultural and Scientific Center, Lisbon (Portugal);
-21st November 2012: seminar entitled “Crisis and the Development Agenda”, Faculty
of Law at the New University of Lisbon, Lisbon (Portugal)
-10th October 2012: seminar entitled “The Return of Asia: Challenges and
Opportunities”, Faculty of Law at the New University of Lisbon, Lisbon (Portugal) -2nd October 2012: seminar entitled “Europe-Asian Relations: Past and Present”, Cascais International Summer School, Institute of Social Studies, Cascais (Portugal) -14-16th June, 2012: convenor with Raquel Freitas (CIES-ISCTE) of the Panel 42, “Partnering Regions: Africa´s internal and external strategic regions”, 8th
Iberian Conference for African Studies (CIEA), Madrid (Spain)
-19th-22nd Sept., 2011: convenor with Raquel Freitas (CIES-ISCTE) of the Panel 40,”From realism to constructivism and backwards: can emerging powers challenge the governance/normative emphasis of Europe in its development policy?, EADI/DSA Conference on Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity and Uncertainty: New Values, Voices and Alliances for Increased Resilience, York (U.K.)
Conference Papers (English only)
-14-16th June, 2012: “The possibilities for enhancing ownership of development in
Africa: the role of regional integration in the external relations of Africa” (co-authored with Raquel Freitas), 8th Iberian Conference on African Studies (CIEA), Madrid 2012; -2nd-3rd May, 2012:”European Responses to Asia´s Enhanced Role as Aid Donors”
(co-authored with Raquel Freitas), International Conference Rising Asia, Anxious Europe, Copenhagen 2012;
-15-18th June 2011: “Lessons from Korea to Africa: Leaders, Politics and
Developmental States”, 4th
European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) on Africa Engagements: On Whose Terms, Uppsala 2011
Other Publications (English only)
-March 2013, “Lisbon diplomats and Global Bazaars”, Global Brief Winter 2013 (in partnership with the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs at Toronto´s York University), Toronto (Canada), accessible at:
http://globalbrief.ca/blog/2013/03/05/portuguese-diplomats-and-global-bazaars/
-June 2008, (with Sylvia Croese), “Can China Help Pushing for a Green Revolution in
Africa?”, China Monitor, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University (South Africa), accessible at:
http://www.ccs.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/china-monitor-june-2008.pdf
-July 2006, “Too Much Focus on Debt, Too Little on Basic Social Services”, The Reality of Aid 2006: An Independent Review of Poverty Reduction and Development Assistance, accessible at:
http://www.realityofaid.org/roa-reports/index/secid/364/Focus-on-Conflict-Security-and-Development
Other Publications (Portuguese only)
-25th May 2013, “A morte do neoliberalismo?” (The death of Neoliberalism?), Público (Portugal), the main Portuguese daily newspaper
-12th Jan. 2013, (with Enrique Martínez Gálan), “A Ásia à luz das velas” (Asia Under Candle Lights), Expresso (Portugal), the main weekly Portuguese newspaper
-19th Dec 2012, (with Luís Bernardo), “Tempo de Recentrar o debate sobre o Estado
Social” (Time to Recenter the Debate on the Welfare State), Público (Portugal)
-1st Nov 2012, (with Luís Bernardo), “Quem se preocupa com a pobreza infantil?” (Who is worried with child poverty?), Público (Portugal)
-22nd Jan 2012, “A Ásia e o Retorno do Estado” (Asia and the Return of the State),
Público (Portugal)
-16th July 2011, (with Constantino Xavier), “Ásia não pode assustar Portugal”
(Portugal Should Not Fear Asia), Expresso (Portugal);
-7th Dec. 2009, (with Francisco Ferreira) “ Um Acordo para todos” (An Agreement for All, aimed at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit), Diário Económico (Portugal), a leading economics and business daily newspaper in Portugal;
-20th July 2009, “Acabou o Tempo das Promessas” (Time is Over for Promises, on the MDGs), Público (Portugal);
-19th Feb.2009, “Notícias do Ano 2015” (News from 2015), Oje (Portugal), a free daily business newspaper;
-3rd Dec. 2008, (with Pedro Krupenski), “Objectivos do Milénio e Direitos Humanos, a
mesma meta” (MDGs and Human Rights, the same goal), Público (Portugal);
-28th April 2008, (with Margarida Alvim), “Mais Educação, Menos Exclusão” (More Education, Less Exclusion), Público (Portugal);
-29th Dec. 2007, “Compromisso entre Ricos e Pobres” (Commitment between Rich and Poor, on the quality of overseas development aid), Expresso (Portugal);
-11th Aug. 2007, (with João Fernandes and João Meneses), “Carta Aberta ao PM:
Portugal e a Cooperação” (Open Letter to the Prime Minister: Portugal and Overseas Development Aid), Público (Portugal);
(National Elites and Social Responsibility), Público (Portugal);
-5th May 2004, (with João Fernandes), “Portugal, Africa and Ajuda Pública” (Portugal,
Africa and Development Aid), Público (Portugal).
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES
Since July 2012 TESE – Associação para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Member of the Steering Committee in charge of the communication and marketing department.
This is a 10-year old Portuguese NGO that works on social innovation in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa (Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola and Mozambique)
Since April 2012, Blog “O Retorno da Ásia” (The Return of Asia), Portugal
Co-author with Enrique Martínez Gálan (Portuguese Representative at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, the Philippines) of this blog aimed at informing and discussing current affairs in Asia in Portuguese language, accessible at: http://oretornodaasia.wordpress.com/
Since Jan. 2012 Foundation Faith and Cooperation (FEC), Portugal
Member of the Working Group on New Economic Models This Working Group was set by the Portuguese Catholic
Church´ NGO to reflect and raise the debate on new economic models and ways of life following the 2008 financial and economic crisis
Since Sept.2010 Transparência e Integridade – Associação Cívica, Portugal
Member of the Board of Directors
This is a 3-year old association that represents Transparency International, the Berlin-based global anti-corruption NGO.
27th-29th Jan.2010 Lisbon Transatlantic Network 2020/The Network Effect, Portugal
Perceptions of Europe?
This joint initiative between the British Council and The Calouste Gulbenkian, one of Europe´s leading foundations, bringing together emerging leaders in Europe, North America and North Africa to discuss migration and integration issues.
24th June 2009 II AVINA Global Workshop, Sweden
Latin America in the World – The World in Latin America Invited as Portuguese young leader by Fundacion Avina
and the Tallberg Foundation, a leading Swedish foundation, for a second series of conversations to foster opportunities for cooperation between Europe-based organizations and Latin America Avina partners
28th Nov.2008 I AVINA Global Workshop, Germany
The World in Latin America - Latin America in the World Invited as Portuguese young leader by Fundacion Avina, a
leading Latin America foundation, to discuss and develop opportunities for cooperation between Europe-based global organizations from civil society, business sector, academia and media and Latin America Avina partners
5th-7th March 2008 The British Council, Hungary
Budapest Network Effect – Culture and Identity
Invited as Portuguese young leader by The British Council to discuss and address issues of cultural diversity and exclusion in Europe
14th- 16th June 2006 The British Council, The Netherlands
Amesterdam Network Effect – Social Diversity and Cities Invited as Portuguese young leader by The British Council to
participate in this new programme aimed at bringing together young European leaders and encouraging the search for social, political and business innovations to positively address the growing social diversity in European cities.
14th-17th Oct. 2005 Ibero-American Summit, Spain
Representative of the Portuguese Platform for NGOs at the summit´s side event meeting gathering civil society actors from Latin America, Spain and Portugal in Salamanca.
15th-16th April 2005Bellagio Forum For Sustainable Development (BFSD), France
Invited by the Portuguese-American Foundation (FLAD) to participate in the BFSD annual meeting in Paris. The BFSD was established as an “international collaborative of grant-giving institutions striving to attain environmental balance, economic stability and social progress throughout the world”.
1st-4th March 1998 ASEM Meeting, UK
Asia-Europe Conference 1998
Invited as a young Portuguese leader to attend four-day conference Societies in Transition: Asia and Europe at a Moment of Change, organized by the British Council in partnership with the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). With other participants, produced report advising European and Asian governments on future relations
