Curriculum Vitae
Ary Ferreira da Cunha
Personal Email: [email protected]
Interests: Law, Economics, Governance, and Debate.
Current Situation: Doctoral Student at the University of Porto, Faculty of Law; Researcher at the Centre
for Legal and Economic Research (CIJE).
Academic Path
2006/2010 – BA in Law (University of Porto). GPA: 16/20.
2010/2012 – MA in Law - Legal and Economical Sciences (University of Porto). Dissertation on
“Anticorruption Policy”. GPA: 19/20.
since 2011 - PhD in Law (University of Porto). “Authority and Accountability”.
2012 – Visiting Doctoral Student (University of Oxford).
2013 – Visiting Doctoral Student (University of Utrecht).
Professional Experience
Hired Researcher at the Centre for Legal and Economic Research (CIJE) (January to June 2012).
Debate and Public Speaking Coach (since September 2012).
Main Prizes and Awards
Prize for Best Student of the First Year at University of Porto Law School (March 2007).
Best Scientific Work in Law, International Relations and Strategy (MA and PhD students category), Naval
Academy (November 2010).
Finalist of the Oxford Intervarsity Debate Tournament (English as Second Language), Oxford University
(November 2012).
World University Debate Champion, Best Speaker, and Best Speaker in the Final (English as Foreign
Language Category), TU Berlin (January 2013).
Scholarships
Merit Scholarship given to the two BA and MA students of all classes and courses of the Law School with
the best GPA by the University of Porto. (March 2010; March 2011).
Doctoral Grant by “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (since May 2012).
Scholarship for Young Iberoamerican Leaders by “Fundación Carolina” (July 2013).
Moderator in Scientific Conferences
“II Congress of Tax Law”, University of Porto Law School (October 2011).
“Vale do Douro: Ordenamento Jurídico e Desenvolvimento Rural”, University of Porto, Faculty of Law
(June 2012).
“Piracy, Intellectual Property Rights and Privacy Online”, University of Porto, Faculty of Law (April 2012).
“State Reform”, University of Porto, Faculty of Law (April 2012).
Lectures and Talks Given
“Study Methods”, at a series of lectures organised by the University of Porto Law School (November 2009).
“Global Governance of the Oceans”, at “Jornadas do Mar”, Naval School (November 2010).
Talk on “University - Vocation, Liberty and Discovery”, at “TEDxYouth@Porto” (November 2010).
“Empowering Citizenship”, at IJUP, International Meeting of Young Researchers, University of Porto
(February 2011).
Talk on “The University of Porto Debating Society”, at University of Porto Faculty of Engineering
(November 2011).
“The Hidden Tax: Corruption in International Commerce”, at I Iberian Congress of Legal and Economical
Aspects of International Commerce of Goods (November 2011).
“The Role and Challenges of Civil Society”, at University of Porto Faculty of Psychology (March 2012).
“Corruption: When the Watchers take your Watch”, at IJUP, International Meeting of Young Researchers,
University of Porto (February 2012).
“Governance, Corruption and Tax Fraud: What can Corporate and Public Governance Learn from Each
Other?”, at University of Porto, Faculty of Economics (September 2012).
“Interest Groups and Fiscal Competitiveness”, at Teaching Centre of the Portuguese Bar Association, Porto
(September 2012).
“Breaking Rules, Breaking Chains: Debate and Civil Society Engagement”, University of Minho (April
2013).
“What for? Why should you debate?”, Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos (April 2013).
“Us and the Future”. Fontes Pereira de Melo High School (May 2013).
“Portugal in Europe. Now What?”, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (September 2013).
“Economics and Debating”, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing (October 2013).
Teaching Experience
The module on “Financial Policies” of the course on Public Finances, BA in Law, at the University of Porto
Law School (December 2011).
The module on “Corruption”, Postgraduate Course on Tax Law, at the University of Porto Law School (since
March 2012).
The module on “Corruption” of the Master in Law Course, at the University of Porto Law School (May
2012).
Member of the Scientific/Coordination Committee of the Postgraduate Course on Tax Law, at the University
of Porto (since September 2012).
Positions at University of Porto
Member of the Representatives’ Assembly of the University of Porto Law School (March 2009 to July
2010).
Member of the Constitutional Assembly of the University of Porto Law School (June 2009).
Member of the Directors’ Board of the University of Porto Law School (November 2009 - July 2010).
Secretary of the Executive Council of the University of Porto Law School (June 2010 to April 2013).
Member of the University of Porto General Council (September 2010 to January 2012).
Member of the Commission for Budget and Planning of the University of Porto (September 2010 to January
2012).
Member of the Commission for Teaching, Quality and Evaluation (July 2011 to January 2012).
President of the Electoral Commission to elect the PhD students representatives for the Coordinator Council
of the Doctoral School (October 2011 to April 2012).
Participation in Higher Education Assurance Quality Programs
Member of the Portuguese Higher Education Accreditation and Evaluation Agency’s External Evaluation
Committee to the Master in Enterprise Law, at ISCTE-IUL (since August 2013).
Papers and Articles
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2007). Tópica de um referendo. Dos argumentos na consulta popular sobre a
IVG/aborto em Portugal (2007), Revista Internacional d’Humanitats, São Paulo/Barcelona, 10 (13): 49-54.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2008). Brevíssima História Política de Portugal, Revista Internacional d’Humanitats,
São Paulo/Barcelona, 9 (14): 55-62.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2010). (Pre)Tensões sobre o Mar: Rumo a uma Global Governance dos Oceanos.
Jornadas
do
Mar:
Trabalhos
Premiados.
Available
online
at:
http://jornadasdomar.marinha.pt/pt/trabalhos/Documents/Pedro_Cunha.pdf.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2011). Universidade - Vocação, Liberdade e Descoberta, Ensino Superior, 40, 34-37 .
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2011). Elogio da Universidade, Revista Húmus - Estudos Interdisciplinares em
Ciências Humanas, Contingência e Técnica, São Luís do Maranhão, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 1
(2), 15-23.
Carvalho, A. S. & Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2011). Equidade Fiscal, Lexit. Available online at:
http://www.lexit.pt/?lex=04B6.0763.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2012). Métodos de Avaliação Tributária - Comentário aos arts. 81.º a 84.º da Lei
Geral Tributária, Lexit. Available online for subscribers only at www.lexit.pt.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2012). A Livre Circulação de Capitais e o Interesse Público: Obituário de um Cavalo
de Troia - Comentário ao Ac. do Proc. C-171/08 do TJUE, Collatio, São Paulo, 15 (2): 69-82.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2012). Divórcio entre Soberania e Poder - Teoria da Agência aplicada à Relação entre
Governantes e Governados, Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, 8 (1): 363-398.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2013). Não me sinto Europeu. Sou Europeu. Diário de Notícias. Available online at:
http://www.dn.pt/Inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=3404117
Chapters in Books
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2011). Património Comum da Humanidade: Raízes Tomistas, in Machado, E. V.,
Militão da Silva, J. & Laund, J. (eds.), Filosofia e Educação - Interfaces Vol. II. São Paulo: Factash.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2012). Responsabilidade e Ação Popular: "Accountability" dos Agentes PolíticoAdministrativos. In Messa, A. F. & Francisco, J. C. (eds.) Ação Popular: Volume de Comemoração dos 45
anos da Ação Pouplar no Brasil. São Paulo: Saraiva.
Fonseca Carvalho, A., Anjos Azevedo, P. & Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2013). Contratos Próprios do Mundo
Rural. In Teixeira, G. (ed.). Direito Rural. Porto: Vida Económica.
Teixeira, G. & Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2013). Governance, Corruption and Tax Fraud: What can Public and
Corporate Governance Learn from Each Other?. In Pimenta, C. & Teixeira, A. (eds) Interdisciplinary
Insights on Fraud. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholar Publishing (forthcoming).
Books
Teixeira, G. & Ferreira da Cunha, A. (eds). (2011). Congresso de Direito Fiscal. Porto: Vida Económica.
Teixeira, G. & Ferreira da Cunha, A. (eds). (2012). II Congresso de Direito Fiscal. Porto: Vida Económica.
Ferreira da Cunha, A. (2013) How to Start a Debate Society? New York, Amsterdam, London: International
Debate Education Association.
Other Experience
Founding President of the University of Porto Faculty of Law Debate Society (May 2008 to August 2010).
Vice-President of the University of Porto Faculty of Law Students’ Union (July 2009 to July 2010).
Founding President of the University of Porto Debate Society (August 2010 to May 2012).
Vice-President of the European University Debate Council (since August 2011).
President of the Portuguese University Debate Council (CNADU) (since February 2012).