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Dr Luis Da Vinha

Digital Champion

School of Policy & Global Affairs Department of International Politics

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Dr. Luis da Vinha is Digital Champion and Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Policy & Global Affairs. He received his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Coimbra (Portugal). Prior to joining City St George's, 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, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Geopolitics/Political Geography. His research has been published with Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, Presidential Studies Quarterly, International Relations, Comparative Strategy, Journal of Policy History, 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).

Qualifications

  • PhD (International Relations), University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • M.A. (Geography), University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • B.A. (Geography), University of Coimbra, Portugal

Employment

  • Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, United Kingdom, January 2024 - December 2025
  • Senior Lecturer, Flinders University, Australia, January 2020 - December 2023
  • Associate Professor, Valley City State University, United States, August 2014 - December 2019
  • Head of the Geographic Information Bureau, Municipality of Coimbra, Portugal, November 2011 - July 2014
  • Local Dissemination Manager, CIVITAS Modern, Portugal, November 2011 - June 2014

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Books (2)

  • da Vinha, L. and Dutton, A. (2021). Three Approaches to Presidential Foreign Policy-Making in the Twenty-First Century: The Executive, the Magistrate, and the Maverick. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433184307.
  • Da Vinha, L. (2017). Geographic Mental Maps and Foreign Policy Change: Re-Mapping the Carter Doctrine. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110521641.

Chapters (17)

  • Da Vinha, L. (2026). The Politics of Problem Representation: How Communicative Interaction Drove Policy Change in the Carter Presidency. In Akande, A. (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sociological Perspectives on the American Presidency: Sociopolitical Forces Leadership and Governance Volume I (pp. 701-723). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781041015178.
  • Da Vinha, L. and Dutton, A. (2026). A Strategy of Withdrawal: Surges, Power Projection, and the Limits of U.S. Statecraft. In Akande, A. (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of American Presidency on a Global Stage Sociopolitical Forces, Leadership, and Governance - Volume II New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781041159476.
  • Da Vinha, L. and Dutton, A. (2026). The Pragmatist in Chief: Crisis Management, Presidential Models and Middle East Policy in the Obama Years. In Akande, A. (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sociological Perspectives on the American Presidency Sociopolitical Forces, Leadership, and Governance - Volume I (pp. 520-540). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781041015178.
  • Da Vinha, L. and de Oliveira, V.G.G. (2025). Brazilian Space Policy in a Period of Renewed International Rivalry. In Leandro, F., Frogeri, R., Li, Y., Garcia, F. and Silva, A. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on Geopolitics of Brazil and the South Atlantic (pp. 1625-1646). Singapore: Springer Nature. ISBN 9789819511686.
  • da Vinha, L. and Dutton, A. (2025). America as a Revisionist Power: Trump, “America First,” and International Order. In Akande, A. (Ed.), America in Crisis: Presidential Power, Populism, and the Global Struggle for Truth (pp. 425-450). Switzerland: Springer Nature. ISBN 9783031986260.
  • Da Vinha, L. and Liang, H. (2024). China vis-à-vis the EU: The Competition for Africa’s Smart Cities. In Yichao, L., Leandro, F., da Silva, J. and Rodrigues, C. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on China-Europe-Africa Relations (pp. 211-231). Singapore: Springer Nature. ISBN 9789819756391.
  • da Vinha, L. and Dutton, A. (2023). In Search of the Elusive Trump Doctrine. In Akande, A. (Ed.), The Perils of Populism: The End of the American Century? (pp. 143-168). Switzerland: Springer Nature. ISBN 9783031363429.
  • da Vinha, L. and Dutton, A. (2023). From “Nipple” to “Nambia” and Everything In-Between: Donald Trump’s Mental Maps and the Unraveling of the Liberal World (Dis)Order. In Akande, A. (Ed.), U. S. Democracy in Danger: The American Political System under Assault by (pp. 165-196). Switzerland: Springer Nature. ISBN 9783031360985.
  • Da Vinha, L. (2022). Political Geography. In Mello, P. and Ostermann, F. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods (pp. 82-97). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780367689803.
  • da Vinha, L. (2021). Dangers on the Edge of the Map: Geographic Mental Maps and the Emergence of the Carter Doctrine. In Criekemans, D. (Ed.), Geopolitics and International Relations: Grounding World Politics Anew (pp. 258-286). The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 9789004432079.
  • Da Vinha, L. (2019). Uma Relação Complexa: O Multilateralismo e a Política Externa Norte-Americana no Século XXI. In Fernandes, S. and Simão, L. (Eds.), O Multilateralismo: Conceitos e Práticas no Século XXI (pp. 93-115). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. ISBN 9789892617497.
  • Da Vinha, L. (2015). Ronald Reagan. In Casey, S. and Wright, J. (Eds.), Mental Maps in the Era of Detente and the End of the Cold War 1968 91 (pp. 195-215). London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137500953.
  • Da Vinha, L. (2015). Ronald Reagan. In Casey, S. and Wright, J. (Eds.), Mental Maps in the Era of Detente and the End of the Cold War 1968 91 (pp. 195-215). London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137500953.
  • Freire, M.R. and Da Vinha, L. (2015). Política Externa: Modelos, Atores e Dinâmicas. In Freire, M.R. (Ed.), Política Externa: As Relações Internacionais em Mudança (pp. 15-61). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. ISBN 9789892609942.
  • Barrinha, A. and Da Vinha, L. (2014). Dealing with Risk: Precision Strikes and Interventionism in the Obama Administration. In Dyson, T., Aslam, W., Rauxloh, R. and Aaronson, M. (Eds.), Precision-Strike Technology and International Intervention: Strategic, Legal and Moral Implications (pp. 14-32). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781315850528.
  • Freire, M.R. and Da Vinha, L. (2011). Política Externa: Modelos, Actores e Dinâmicas. In Freire, M.R. (Ed.), Política Externa: As Relações Internacionais em Mudança (pp. 13-53). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. ISBN 9789892600864.
  • Da Vinha, L. and de Oliveira, V.G. The Geopolitics of the Sino-American Rivalry in Space. In Leandro, F., Duarte, P., Ferreira-Pereira, P., Tomé, L. and Yin, Y. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on Contemporary International Security: Complexities, Geographies, Governance and International Law Palgrave Macmillan.

Conference papers and proceedings (2)

  • Guedes Gonçalves De Oliveira, V. and Da Vinha, L.M. (2025). The State of the Latin American Space Sector: Gaps and Opportunities Between the Eagle and the Dragon. IAF Symposium on Emerging Space Ecosystems, Held at the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025) 29 September-3 October.doi:10.52202/083107-0010
  • Guedes Gonçalves De Oliveira, V. and Da Vinha, L. (2024). Navigating Space Alliances: Brazil in the US-China Rivalry. 37th IAA Symposium on Space Policy, Regulations and Economics, Held at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024) 14-18 October.doi:10.52202/078380-0012

Journal articles (24)