Bettina Boekle-Giuffrida (Disputation, 08.10.2012): “Brazilian Federalism as Polity, Politics and Beyond: Examining Primary Education with Case Studies in Ceará and Pernambuco” (Betreuer/in: Prof. Dr. Marianne Braig, Prof. Dr. Lucio Remuzat Rennó Junior, Universidade de Brasilia)

Götz Kaufmann (Disputation, 05.03.2012): "Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development. With a Case Study in Brazil's Legal Amazon Using Q Methodology" (Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Sérgio Costa)

Christina Peters (Disputation, 10.07.2012): “O nome do paiz em jogo”. Fußball und Identitäten in Brasilien aus transnationaler Perspektive, 1894-1930 (Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke / PD Dr. Nikolaus Böttcher)

Dania Schüürmann (Disputation, 23.11.2012): „Figurationen des Bösen/Ambivalenten: Der Dämon-Trickster im brasilianischen Theater“  (Betreuerinnen: Prof. Dr. Ligia Chiappini, Prof. Dr. Susanne Klengel)

Carlos Túlio da Silva Medeiross (Disputation, 08.08.2012, USP): "A construção dos ideias de liberdade para a América Latina a patir da visão de José Enrique Rode e Sílvio Júlio de Albuqquerque Lima" (Betreuerin: Prof. Dr. Ligia Chiappini)