Areas of research

  • Global economic governance and international law (Europe, Latin America, Asia)
  • Regulation of money and finance
  • Regulation of cryptomoney and cryptomarkets
  • Gender equality and climate change finance

Areas of teaching

  • Fundamentals of law and contract law
  • Fundamentals of corporate law and labour law
  • Geopolitics and International Relations
  • Geopolitics of Europe in a changing world

Grants and awards

2024

Cláudio Couto 2024 Prize for the best doctoral thesis in sociology of law at ABraSD, for Daniel Steinberg's dissertation supervision:' A Qualidade Jurídica da Moeda: Uma Análise das Moedas Paralelas'
Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Sociologia do Direitos - ABraSD, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2022

CAPES Prize awarded by brazilian government for the best thesis in law for Daniel Fideles Steinberg's Prêmio CAPES thesis: “A qualidade jurídica da moeda: uma análise das moedas paralelas”.
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2022

Roberto Campos Excellence Prize's second place: "The liberalization of capital movements and the institutional challenges for Brazil to join the OECD”published in Revista Tempo do Mundo
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea), Brazil

Publications from the last 5 years

Articles

DURAN, C.V., BABUGURA, A.A., ACOSTA , M. and GOMEZ FERRAZ, J.L. (2024). Bancos Públicos de Desenvolvimento e Equidade ee Gênero: Quais Determinantes para uma Ação Climática Eficaz? Cadernos do CEAS: Revista crítica de humanidades, 49(261), pp. 132-147.

FACKLMANN, J., ALVARES SEVILHA, P. and VILLARD DURAN, C. (2024). Infraestruturas de Mercado Financeiro em Registro Distribuído: uma Abordagem Institucional das Atividades de Depositário Central e de Sistemas de Liquidação. Revista de Direito Mercantil, 180-181, pp. 15-62.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2022). Global economic governance and inequality: an agenda for gender-sensitive legal research in Brazil”. Revista Direito e Práxis, 13(3).

VILLARD DURAN, C. and SANCHEZ BADIN, M.R. (2021). Sad tropicalizations: fiscal austerity and its constitutionalization in Brazil”. Revista de Direito Público, 18(97).

VILLARD DURAN, C. and STEINBERG, D. (2021). The liberalization of capital movements and the institutional challenges for Brazil to join the OECD”. Revista Tempo do Mundo, 25.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2021). The (In)visible Woman at the International Monetary Fund: Engendering National Economic Rule-making. Journal of International Economic Law, 24(4), pp. 738-754.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2020). Book review: About The European Banking Union and the Role of Law, edited by Gianni Lo Schiavo. Revue de la régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, (27).

Conferences and other contributions

DURAN, C.V. and VELHO, E. (2025). Senhoriagem não é lucro: os riscos da PEC 65 para o Banco Central do Brasil. Transformação do BCB em empresa mina o princípio de neutralidade fiscal que sustenta sua credibilidade. JOTA, Brazil.

DURAN, C.V. (2025). Trump resserre l'étau du dollar sur la démocratie brésilienne. New York: Project Syndicate, United States of America.

GOMEZ FERRAZ, J.L. and DURAN, C.V. (2025). Indo além dos bilhões de dólares para a transição ecológica. JOTA, Brazil.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2025). Using CBDCs to Transform Global Payment Infrastructures. Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2025). Development and Diplomacy in the Global South. In: International Studies Association (ISA) / Latin American Section conference. Brazilian Association of International Relations (ABRI), São Paulo.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2025). Stablecoins globais: entre a inovação financeira e o desafio regulatório. JOTA, Brazil.

VILLARD DURAN, C. (2025). The coalitions of the willing and capable: Central Bank Digital Currencies and monetary cooperation within the Bank for International Settlements. In: International Studies Association 66th Annual Convention. Hilton Chicago.