Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara and Marina Paula Oliveira (2025) “We are not Lithium Valley! In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley, the promise of a green transition has brought more extractive violence. Communities are mounting resistance and reclaiming the right to shape their own future.” NACLA Report on the Americas, vol 53 (3), https://doi.org/10.1080/10714839.2025.2542079

English version / Brazilian Portuguese version

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara and Christie Nicoson (2024) Transforming environmental peacebuilding: addressing extractivism in building climate resilient peace. Ecology & Society https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14860-290302. Open access.

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2024) The Global South as a theoretical and methodological marker for scientific inquiry: researching and teaching decolonial peace. Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2024.2348784 Open access.

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2024) Room to Grow and the Right to Say No: Theorising the Liberatory Power of Peace in the Global South. Geopolitics. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2023.2286287 Open access.

Nicoson, Christie, Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara, and Alva Mårtensson (2023) Re-imagining peace education: Using critical pedagogy as a transformative tool. International Studies Perspectives https://doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekad023 Open access.

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2021) Underdevelopment, extractivism, and conflict in the Global South and the role of systemic alternatives. Conjuntura Austral 12(59) https://seer.ufrgs.br/ConjunturaAustral/article/view/113853/64277 Open access.

Nilsson, Desirée, Svensson, Isak, Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara, Martínez, Luis & Ruus, Anton (2020) In the Streets and at the Table: Civil Society Coordination during Peace Negotiations. International Negotiation 25(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718069-25131241 Open access.

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2018) Water and climate change: a sign of war or a chance for cooperation? Conjuntura Internacional 14(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1809-6182.2017v14n2p92-100 Open access.

Book chapters

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara and Başak Koşanay (2024) “Degrowth beyond the metropole: theory and praxis for a revolutionary degrowth”. In: Eastwood, L, and Heron, K (eds) De Gruyter Handbook on Degrowth, De Gruyter. https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110778472/html?lang=en

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2021) “The environment of lasting peace: natural resources and climate change in peace negotiations”. In: Swain, A, Öjendal, J, and Jägerskog, A (eds) Handbook of Security and the Environment, Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781789900651/9781789900651.00028.xml

Policy papers & reports

Zhou, Jiayi and Barbara Magalhães Teixeira (2025) “Navigating Green Geopolitics: Perils and Promise of Energy Transition and the Case of Ukraine”. SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security.

Brodtkorb, IngvildBarbara Magalhães Teixeira Gretchen BaldwinKheira TarifKatongo SeyubaThor Olav IversenMinoo Koefoed and Jules Duhamel (2025) Climate, Peace and Security Thematic Factsheet: Women, Peace and Security. NUPI/SIPRI. https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/partner-publications/climate-peace-and-security-thematic-fact-sheet-women-peace-and-security

Blog posts & other texts

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2025) “Peace and Conflict Education”. The Sage International Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071918494.n258

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2025) Coloniality of Nature. Virtual Encyclopeadia – Rewriting Peace and Conflict. https://rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/03/18/coloniality-of-nature/

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2023) The importance of ‘territory’ in the struggle against climate change and ecological breakdown. https://rwi.lu.se/blog/the-importance-of-territory-in-the-struggle-against-climate-change-and-ecological-breakdown/

Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara (2021) The potential of degrowth and buen vivir in addressing underdevelopment and conflict in the Global South. https://www.degrowth.info/en/blog/the-potential-of-degrowth-and-buen-vivir-in-addressing-underdevelopment-and-conflict-in-the-global-south