Email: gtavares33@gmail.com
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Faculty Members
David Maciel de Mello Neto (coordinator)
Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Management and Public Policies at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (PPGSP/UENF). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2011), and a Master’s and PhD in Sociology from PPGSA/UFRJ. His research focuses on urban violence and public security, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Graduate Program in Political Sociology at UENF (2019–2020), a Junior Postdoctoral Fellow at PPGSA/UFRJ with a CNPq fellowship (2020–2021), and later a Postdoctoral Fellow at PPGSA/UFRJ with a FAPERJ PDR-10 grant.
Email: davidmaciel@uenf.br
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Annabelle de Fátima Modesto Vargas
She holds a Licentiate and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2007), a degree in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of Juiz de Fora (2010), a Master’s degree in Public Health from Fluminense Federal University (2014), and a PhD and postdoctoral degree in Political Sociology from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro. She has been an Adjunct Professor at Redentor/Afya University Center since 2015, where she is also a member of the Pedagogical Structuring Committee (NDE) for the Medicine and Nursing programs, Vice-President of the Research Ethics Committee (CEP), and Coordinator of Extension at COPPEXII. She is also an evaluator for the National Higher Education Assessment System (Sinaes)/INEP/MEC.
Email: annamodesto@hotmail.com
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Edson Terra Azevedo Filho
He holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF – CCH), a Master’s degree in Production Engineering from UENF (CCT), and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He is an Associate Professor at UENF in the Laboratory of Production Engineering (LEPROD). He served as Financial Director of the TecCampos incubator from 2016 to 2019. His areas of interest include entrepreneurship, management and strategic foresight, regional development, and technological innovation.
Email: edsonterrafilho@gmail.com
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Fabrício Barbosa Maciel
He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), with a doctoral exchange at PH Freiburg, Germany, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Sociology at Humboldt University in Berlin. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences and Regional Development at Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He coordinates NUESDE, the Center for New Studies on Social Inequality, and co-coordinated the working group “Recognition, Justice, and Inequality” at the 2017 SBS Congress. He is the author of A nova sociedade mundial do trabalho: para além de centro e periferia? (2014) and O Brasil-nação como ideologia: a construção retórica e sócio-política da identidade nacional (2007), both published by Annablume. His research focuses on qualitative studies of labor, social classes, and inequality in Brazil and Germany. His areas of interest include sociological theory, sociology of labor, recognition theory, critical theory, and Brazilian social thought.
Email: macielfabricio@gmail.com
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Frederico Carlos de Sá Costa
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1996), a Master’s degree in Political Science from the same university (2002), and a PhD in Political Science from the Rio de Janeiro State University Research Institute (IUPERJ, 2008). He is an Associate Professor at Fluminense Federal University, where he teaches Political Theory, and a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro – Darcy Ribeiro. His research focuses on civil-military relations, national security, the armed forces, and society.
Email: fcarlos@id.uff.br
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Geraldo Márcio Timóteo
He is an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), based in the Laboratory for the Study of the Anthropized Space (LEEA). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Revista Eletrônica Agenda Social and Coordinator of the Environmental Education Project (PEA) Pescarte. He has experience in applied statistics in the social sciences and in coordinating multidisciplinary social teams. He has led social intervention projects with low-income and unhoused urban populations, aiming at the creation of settlement and resettlement programs, as well as with traditional communities, focusing on mitigating the impacts of economic development in their territories. His research areas include Sociological Theory, spatial segregation, labor markets, sociology of work, low-income urban settlements, and community development.
Email: geraldotimoteo@gmail.com
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Gerson Tavares do Carmo
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration (Getúlio Vargas Foundation – RJ, 1977), a Master’s degree in Cognition and Language (UENF, 2001), and a PhD in Political Sociology (UENF, 2010). He is an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF) and a faculty member of the Graduate Programs in Political Sociology and in Cognition and Language (Master’s and PhD). His research focuses on education, particularly youth and adult education and school retention as a public issue from the perspective of Pragmatic Sociology.
Giovane do Nascimento
He holds a PhD in Public Policy and Human Formation from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2010). He is currently an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), working in the field of Educational Foundations. His research explores topics such as ways of life, perception (musical language and soundscapes), culture, and creativity. He is a member of the International Network for Cultural Studies (RIEC), coordinates the Study and Musical Practices Group (GEPMU–UENF), and is part of the research team of the Environmental Education Project (PEA–Pescarte), a partnership between Ibama, UENF, and Petrobras, where he leads the research line “Traditional knowledge and practices of coastal fishing communities in the Região dos Lagos.” He is a grantee of the Cientista do Nosso Estado program (CNE–FAPERJ) and currently serves as Director of Culture at UENF.
Email: giovane@uenf.br
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Heitor Benjamim Campos
He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Political Sociology from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He is a Professor in the Law program at Centro Universitário Fluminense (UNIFLU) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Social Policies Program at UENF. His areas of interest include social theory, public policy, public security, and culture.
Email: heitor.benjamim@gmail.com
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Hugo Borsani
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the Universidad de la República, Uruguay (1988), a Master’s degree in Political Science (IUPERJ, 1995), and a PhD in Political Science (IUPERJ, 2000). He is an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF) and a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology (Master’s and PhD), which he coordinated from 2006 to 2009. His research focuses on Political Science, with emphasis on political institutions, political economy, politics and rationality, parties and party systems, and comparative politics in Latin America.
Email: hugobor@uenf.br
Telefone: (22)2739-7395
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Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (RJ), a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Development from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo. He is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), based at the Institute for Research and Urban and Regional Planning (IPPUR/UFRJ), and an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Latin American Network for Urban Theory (RELATUR) and the coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) The Metropolises and the Right to the City: Knowledge, Innovation and Action for Urban Development, conducted through the Observatory of the Metropolises, a research network involving 381 researchers from multiple graduate programs and disciplines, organized into Regional Centers across 16 Brazilian metropolises. He is editor of the journals Cadernos Metrópoles and e-metropolis (www.observatoriodasmetropoles.net.br). His current research focuses on metropolises and the right to the city under contemporary capitalism, particularly financialization and rentierism.
Email: lcqribeiro@gmail.com
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Luciane Soares da Silva
She is an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). She holds a Master’s degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, where she conducted research on the anti-racism law and its impacts in Rio Grande do Sul (1998–2001), and a PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her main research interests include racism, Brazilian social thought, and contemporary urban culture. She coordinates the Center for Studies on City, Culture, and Conflict (NUC).
Email: lucianesoares@uenf.br
Telefone: (22)2739-7396
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Maria Eugênia Ferreira Totti
She is an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). She is a faculty member in the Graduate Programs in Political Sociology (research line: State, political institutions, market, and inequality) and in Cognition and Language (research line: Interdisciplinary research in the humanities, arts, and philosophy). She holds a Master’s degree in Biosciences and Biotechnology (concentration in Environmental Sciences) and a PhD in Ecology and Natural Resources, both from UENF. Her research and teaching focus on regional development and sociology, with an emphasis on natural resources, particularly in the areas of water policy and governance, participatory management, socio-environmental conflicts, and environmental planning and management.
E-mail: meftotti@gmail.com
Telefone: (22)2739-7828
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Marlon Gomes Ney
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (1999), a Master’s degree in Economic Development from the State University of Campinas (2002), and a PhD in Applied Economics from the same university (2006). He is currently a professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). His research focuses on Economics, with an emphasis on agriculture, education, land concentration, and income inequality.
email: marlonney@uenf.br
Telefone: (22) 2739-7293
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Mauro Macedo Campos
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, a specialization in Public Health/Health Systems Auditing, a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with a focus on Urban Management, and a PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He is currently a professor and associate researcher at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF), affiliated with the Laboratory of Management and Public Policies (LGPP), and a member of the Center for Legislative Studies at UFMG (CEL/UFMG). He is currently pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the State University of Campinas (IFCH/UNICAMP). His areas of expertise include Public Administration and Political Science, with an emphasis on public policy, institutional oversight, political institutions, and party and electoral financing.
Email: mauromcampos@uenf.br
Telefone: (22)2748-6143
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Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo
He is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Fluminense Federal University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the State University of Campinas (2003), a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology also from Unicamp (2006), and a PhD in Social Sciences from the Rio de Janeiro State University (2012). His research focuses on Social Theory, particularly on identity, culture, and class. He is currently conducting research on musical production during Brazil’s political opening period. He coordinates the Research Center on Culture in Late Capitalism (MarxCult) and is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Marx and Marxism (Niep-Marx).
Email: gajanigo@gmail.com
Telefone: (22) 27330319
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Ricardo André Avelar da Nóbrega
He holds a PhD in Sociology from IESP-UERJ (2014). He is an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF) and a researcher at NETSAL / IESP-UERJ. His areas of interest include Social and Sociological Theory, Sociology of Work, Economic Sociology, and Regional Development.
Email: ricardonobrega@pq.uenf.br
Telefone: (22)2739-7226
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Roberto Dutra Torres Junior
He holds a PhD in Sociology from Humboldt University of Berlin and a Master’s degree in Social Policies from UENF. He is currently Director of Studies and Policies on the State, Institutions, and Democracy at IPEA and an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Management and Public Policies (LGPP) at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). His research interests include social theory, sociology of social stratification, sociology of religion, theory of social recognition, theory of modernity, systems theory, and sociology of public administration.
Email: robertodtj@uenf.br
Telefone: (22)2748-6144
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Shirlena Campos de Souza Amaral
She holds a Bachelor’s and a Postgraduate degree in Law from the Faculdade de Direito de Campos (FDC), a Master’s degree in Social Policies from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), and a PhD in Social and Legal Sciences from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). She has worked on the implementation of Human Rights and Citizenship Education projects, including the training of teachers and administrators from state high schools in the northern and northwestern regions of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Her academic background spans Law, Sociology, and Social Policies, with emphasis on Legal Theory, Sociological Theory, and Public Policy. Her research focuses on Human Rights Education, Fundamental Rights, Citizenship, Social Justice, Legal Culture and Legislation, Affirmative Action Policies, Higher Education, Social Inequalities, Cultural Diversity, Identity, Racism, Violence Against Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Homophobia. She has received eighteen awards and honors and is currently a Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado (JCNE) grantee from FAPERJ. She is an Associate Professor at UENF and a member of the research groups: “Urban and Regional Studies Group,” “Studies on Education, Society and Region,” and the interinstitutional research group REDIH-IFRJ/CNPq (Relations between Education, Empowerment, Diversity, and a Culture of Human Rights). She is affiliated with the Graduate Program in Social Policies (PGPS/UENF), in the research line Education, Politics, and Citizenship, and with the Graduate Program in Cognition and Language (PGCL/UENF), in the research line Interdisciplinary Research in Communication, Education, and New Information Technologies.
Email: shirlena@uenf.br
Telefone: (22) 2726-1604
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Silvia Regina Alves Fernandes
She is a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Social Sciences (PPGCS) at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and the Graduate Program in Political Sociology (PPGSP) at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF). She completed a CAPES Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Religion at the University of Florida (Gainesville) from 2013 to 2014. She holds a PhD (2004) and a Master’s degree (1999) in Social Sciences from Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). Her academic background lies in Sociology, with a focus on the Sociology of Religion and Urban Sociology. She served as research coordinator at CERIS – Center for Religious Statistics and Social Research, and more recently worked as a consultant for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life – Survey Religion in Brazil 2013–2014. She leads the CNPq research group DT-CRELIG – Territorial Dynamics, Culture, and Religion, and is also a member of the research group Studies on Christianity. Among her publications is Young Religious and Catholicism – Choices, Challenges, and Subjectivities (Quartet, 2010). Her current research topics include Catholicism, Pentecostalism, youth, institutions, the Catholic Church, transnational studies, migration, and religion.
Email: fernandes.silv@gmail.com
Telefone: (21) 26695661
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Vitor de Moraes Peixoto
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (2003), a Master’s degree (2004), and a PhD (2010) in Political Science (Political Science and Sociology) from the Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute (IUPERJ). He is currently an Associate Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). His research focuses on Political Science, with an emphasis on Electoral Studies and Political Parties, addressing topics such as elections, political systems, campaign financing, accountability, representation, and legislative studies.
email: moraespeixoto@gmail.com
Telefone: (22)2739-7391
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Wania Amélia Belchior Mesquita
She is a Professor at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). She holds a Bachelor’s and Licentiate degree in Social Sciences from Fluminense Federal University (1995–1996), a Master’s degree in Sociology (1998), and a PhD in Sociology (2003), both from the Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute (IUPERJ/SBI). She completed a CAPES Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship at ISCTE–University Institute of Lisbon in 2015 and was a FAPERJ Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado (2012–2015). She leads the Urban and Regional Studies Research Group (GEPUR), registered with the CNPq Research Groups Directory, and is a member of Cevis (Collective for Studies on Violence and Sociability), DT-CRELIG (Territorial Dynamics, Culture, and Religion), and the Research Group on Christianity. She was part of the INCT Program Observatory of the Metropolises (2015–2020) and is also affiliated with ETNO.URB, a Portugal-based research network focused on Urban Ethnography. She is an active member of the Brazilian Sociological Society and the Association of Social Scientists of Religion in Mercosur. Her research interests lie in the Sociology of Religion and Urban Sociology, with a focus on religiosity, urban poverty, social inequalities, youth, and sociability.
email: mesquita@uenf.br
Telefone: (22)2739-7388
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