The 1st BRICS Postgraduate Forum 2022
Campinas Brazil, 26-27 September 2022
The 1st BRICS Postgraduate Forum, held between 26-27 of September 2022, was hosted by the University of Campinas, Brazil. The venue chosen was located in the university itself. A large number of online participants also joined the conference, due to covid-19 related travel restrictions. The topics covered during the conference were as follows: The Dynamism of Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Local Development and NDB Financing in The BRICS States During and After Covid-19.
Category: PhD
1st Winner
Authors: Nkululeko Ephraim Zondi, Zikho Qwatekana & Simphiwe Emanuel Dube
Title: Modernisation of rural communities: Solid waste management implications
2nd Runner-up
Author: Fiona Langry
Title: Socio-Economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the South African informal economy
Author: Robin Gengan
Title: Innovative entrepreneurship through creative outputs for emerging filmmakers in South Africa: A conceptual framework
Authors: Paballo Patience Ntobaki, Makhosazande Buthulezi
Title: The effect of social media brand engagement on South Africa consumers purchasing intentions
Author: Gabriel Dourado Rocha
Title: A new stage of globalization: BRICS and the challenge of creating a fair international legal order
Authors: Aifani Confidence Tahulela, Emem Anwana & Shervin Hashemi
Title: A review of the applicability of Geographic Information System (GIS) for sustainable solid waste management practices in BRICS Nations.
3rd Runner-up
Authors: Julia Paletta, Silvia Pantoja, Fernanda França, Luis Felipe Sivolella, Otávio Grassi Gonçalves and Juliano de Abreu
Title: Assessment of Brazil’s potential in the energy transition
Authors: Augusto Santos
Title: Indian-Brazilian foreign news coverage: towards discursive integration?
Authors: Yan Dong, Xiaoqi Yang, Xu Ji
Titles: Does Oil Price Affect China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment?
Authors: Ram Sunder Kumar, Garima Rai, Sanjay Pandey
Titles: Analysis of Challenges Faced by India amid Russia-Ukraine War
Authors: Wang Jing
Title: India’s Energy Transition Strategy and Sino-India Energy cooperation
Category: Master
1st Winners
Authors: Oshea Roopnarian, Professor Shalini Singh & R Rathilall
Title: The convergence of quality and digitalisation in a changing world
Author: Rafaela Mello Rodrigues
Title: How does the New Development Bank contribute to the energy transition of the BRICS countries? –
2nd Runner-up
Authors: Zamaswazi Cele, Ndivhuho Tshikovhi
Title: The impact of COVID-19 on the informal sector in South Africa; a review
Authors: Nomaswazi Dlamini
Title: The hegemonic role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in South Africa’s economic development
3rd Runner-up
Author: Gabriel Fontoura Motta
Title: Dramaturgical pitch – the mediation of a pedagogical creative process for an educational business round
Author: Renan Augusto Ramos
Title: Diverse economies and the relevance of alternative economic spaces in a Brazilian city: readings from the notion of the creative and popular economy
Authors: João Pedro Braga & Bruno De Conti
Title: Five case studies on the NDB as a mission-oriented institution to finance the BRICS’ ecological transitions via its sustainable infrastructure projects
Author: Chang Shuaibing
Title: The Current Situation and Problems of UN Food Security Governance and its Enlightenment to China
Author: Daniel Hakuzweyezu
Title: The mutual benefits FDI opportunities between Africa & BRICS; infrastructure development; imperialism in flux
