Professor at the International Relations program at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), researcher at the Observatory of International Relations at PUC-SP (ORI), and vice-coordinator of the Transnational Security Studies Center (NETS). Holds a Ph.D. and master’s in international relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). A member of the international network Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) in the field of Drug Trafficking, Governance, and Corruption (since 2023), and was a guest researcher at the Kellogg Institute/Notre Dame University (2023). Researches the transnational dimensions of security and policing, particularly focusing on efforts to combat drug trafficking and other transnational crimes. As an extension of this agenda, her research delves into the issues of cities and violence from a global perspective.
Email: pvillela@pucsp.br
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2712045191421700
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-8900
FEATURES PUBLICATIONS
- Bernussi, M., Villela, P., & Jardinovsky Debatin, L. . (2023). ‘Follow the Money’: tracking the diffusion of the American anti-money laundering policy in Latin America (1990s-2000s). Conjuntura Austral, 14(66), 29–42. https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.129946
- Villela, Priscila (2022). International Law and Order Enforcement: Police Assistance Programs and Politics in US-Brazil Relations. Rev bras polít int 65(2): 1-18. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329202200217 (In English)
- Villela, Priscila (2021). Transnational Policing Field: the relations between the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF). Lua Nova. Revista de Cultura e Política, 114(1): 105-136. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-105136/114 (In English)
- Villela, Priscila (2020). The Drugs topic on Brazil's International Agenda: Defining a New National Security Threat in the 1990s.. Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD, 9(1): 235-272. URL: https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/moncoes/article/view/10907 (In Portuguese)
- Pereira, Paulo; Villela, Priscila (2019). Militarization of policing: critical approaches in perspective.. Rev. Bras. de Inf. Bib. em Ciências Sociais (BIB), 90(1): 1-20. URL: http://anpocs.org/index.php/bib-pt/bib-90 (In Portuguese)
- Villela, Priscila; Castro, Helena Salim (2018). Brazil's drug policy: between moderate cooperation with Washington and the replacement of US leadership in South America. In: Buelvas, Eduardo Pastrana; Gehring, Hubert (Org.). La problemática del tráfico ilícito de drogas: impactos regionales y globales. Bogotá: Fundación Konrad Adenauer: 231-254. (In Spanish)
OTHER RESEARCH PRODUCTS
- Pereira, Paulo; Villela, Priscila; Dangelo, Flavia (2021).Guide to International Incidence of PBPD. Consultoria. Plataforma Brasileira de Política de Drogas – PBPD. (In Portuguese and Spanish).
- Villela, Priscila (2022). What does the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) do in Brazil? Boletim Lua Nova, 2022. (In Portuguese)
- Villela, Priscila (2021). Can police demilitarization mean the end of abusive behavior? Portal LexLatin, 2021. (In Portuguese).
- Villela, Priscila (2020). The FBI in Operation Car Wash: international cooperation between law enforcement agencies. 2020. (In Portuguese)