Laurissa Mühlich (Disputation, 16.06.2011): „South-South Monetary Cooperation - Regional Monetary Cooperation in the Context of Fragile Financial Markets” (Betreuer/innen: Prof. Dr. Barbara Fritz/ Prof. Dr. Horst Tomann)

Gundo Rial y Costas (Disputation, 12.07.2011): „Making America: The Social Imagery of the Brazilian Telenovela” (Betreuerinnen: Prof. Dr. Ligia Chiappini, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kummels)

Jes Weigelt (Disputation, 26.08.2011): "Reforming Development Trajectories? Institutional Change in Forest Tenure in the Brazilian Amazon" (Betreuer:  Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Konrad Hagedorn, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. Manfred Nitsch, Freie Universität Berlin)