Faculty Members

Edson Terra Azevedo Filho

Doctorate in Political Sociology from Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro – UENF (CCH), Master´s in Production Engineering from UENF (CCT) and undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFF. Associate Professor with the Production Engineering Laboratory – LEPROD/UENF. Financial Director of the TecCampos incubator in the 2016-2019 administration. His areas of interest are entrepreneurship, management, strategic foresight, regional development, and technological innovation.

Email: edsonterrafilho@gmail.com
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Fabrício Barbosa Maciel

Cotutelle doctorate in Social Sciences at UFJF and PH Freiburg, Germany. Post-doctorate in Sociology at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. Adjunct professor at the Institute of Science of Society and Regional Development, UFF. Coordinator of NUESDE, the Nucleus of New Studies in Social Inequality. Co-coordinator of the WG “Recognition, justice, and inequality”, at the 2017 SBS Congress. Author of the books “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 Editora Annablume of São Paulo. Experience in qualitative research on work, social classes, and inequality in Brazil and Germany. Areas of interest: sociological theory; sociology of work; recognition theory; critical theory; social thought in Brazil.

Email: macielfabricio@gmail.com
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Geraldo Márcio Timóteo

Associate Professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF) in the Laboratory of Studies of Anthropic Space (LEEA); Chief Editor of the Revista Eletrônica Agenda Social; Coordinator of the Pescarte Environmental Education Project (PEA). Experience in statistics applied to the social sciences and as a coordinator of multidisciplinary social teams, having conducted social intervention work with families living in low-income urban settlements and on the streets, aiming to produce settlements and resettlements for these families, and with traditional populations in mitigating the effects of economic development in their territories. Experience in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on Sociological Theory, working mainly on the following themes: spatial segregation, labor market, the sociology of work, low-income urban settlements, and community development.

Email: geraldotimoteo@gmail.com
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Gerson Tavares do Carmo

Undergraduate degree in Public Administration (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – RJ, 1977), a Master’s degree in Cognition and Language (UENF, 2001), and a doctoral degree in Political Sociology (UENF, 2010). Associate professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF). Faculty member of the Graduate Programs in Political Sociology and in Cognition and Language (Master’s and Doctorate) at UENF. Experience in the area of ​​Education, working mainly on the following themes: youth and adult education and permanence at school as a public problem from the perspective of Pragmatic Sociology.

Email: gtavares33@gmail.com
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Hugo Borsani

Undergraduate degree in Sociology (Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 1988), Master’s degree in Political Science (IUPERJ, 1995) and doctoral degree in Political Science (IUPERJ, 2000). Associate professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF). Faculty member of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology (Master’s and Doctorate) at UENF, of which he was coordinator from 2006 to 2009. Experience in the field of Political Science, acting mainly in the areas of political institutions, economics and politics, 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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Júlio César Ramos Esteves

Undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1988), Master´s in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1992), PhD in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with cotutelle research at the Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany) (1998), and postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan State University (USA) as a CAPES fellow (2011-2012). A CNPq research productivity fellow since 2005.

Email: jesteves@uenf.br
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José Manuel Vieira Soares de Resende

Undergraduate degree in Sociology from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1983) and doctorate in sociology from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2001). Full Professor at UENF between May 2015 and May 2016. Currently Full Professor in the Sociology Department of the University of Évora, Portugal. Experience in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on Sociology.

Email: josemenator@gmail.com
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Luciane Soares da Silva

Associate professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern of Rio de Janeiro. She completed a master’s degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with research on the anti-racism law and its impacts in Rio Grande do Sul (1998-2001). PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Main research interests: racism, Brazilian social thought and contemporary urban culture. Coordinator of the Center for City Culture and Conflict Studies (NUC).

 

Phone: (+55 22) 2739-7396

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Maria Eugênia Ferreira Totti

Associate Professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF). Faculty member of 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). Master in Biosciences and Biotechnology (area of concentration – Environmental Sciences) and PhD in Ecology and Natural Resources, both from UENF. She has experience in the areas of regional development and Sociology, with an emphasis on natural resources, working mainly on the following themes: water policy and governance; participative management; socio-environmental conflicts, environmental planning and management.

 

Email: meftotti@gmail.com

Phone: (22) 2739-7828

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Marinete dos Santos Silva

She holds a Master’s degree in History from the Federal Fluminense University (1976) and a doctorate in the study of Latin American societies – Paris University III (Sorbonne-Nouvelle) (1991). She is currently a Professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro in the undergraduate course in Social Sciences and the graduate Program in Political Sociology (Master’s and doctorate). She is also the coordinator of the Gender Studies Atelier (ATEGEN). She has experience in the area of History, with an emphasis on History of the Empire of Brazil, principally involved with the following themes: gender inequality, gender violence, slavery, education, and citizenship. She was a visiting professor at the Federal University of Pará and a researcher affiliated with the Graduate Program in History (Master’s and doctorate) at the Federal Fluminense University.

 

email: mdss@uenf.br
phone: (+55 22) 2739-7393
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Marlon Gomes Ney

Graduate in Economic Sciences from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (1999), with a Master’s degree in Economic Development from the State University of Campinas (2002) and a doctorate in Applied Economics from the State University of Campinas (2006). He is currently a professor at Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro. He has experience in the area of Economics, with research on the following topics: agriculture, education, land concentration, and income inequality.

email: marlonney@uenf.br
Telefone: (+55 22) 2739-7293
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Mauro Macedo Campos

Undergraduate degree in Economic Sciences, with a specialization in Public Health / Health Systems Auditing, Master´s in Social Sciences/City Management, and PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He is currently a professor and associate researcher at Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF) in the Laboratory of Management and Public Policy (LGPP) and member of the Center for Legislative Studies at UFMG (CEL / UFMG). He is currently pursuing a post-doctorate at the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the State University of Campinas (IFCH / UNICAMP). He has experience in the areas of Public Management and Political Science, with an emphasis on Public Policies, Control and Political Institutions, and Party-Electoral Financing.

Email: mauromcampos@yahoo.com.br

Phone: (+55 22) 2748-6143

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Nilo Lima de Azevedo

Undergraduate degree in Law from the Cândido Mendes University (2005), Master´s in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2007), and PhD in Political Sociology from the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (2012). Currently he holds the position of Associate Professor at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro in the Management and Public Policies Laboratory. Faculty Member of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology. Professor in the area of Law and State in the undergraduate Course in Public Administration and researcher at the UENF Memory Center.

 

Email: azevedo.nilo@uol.com.br

Phone: (+55 22) 2748-6186

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Odile Elise Augusta Reginensi

She holds a doctorate in Sociology – Université de Paris VIII (1986). She also has HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), 2012, (Free teaching) in urban anthropology. Currently a full professor at LEEA / CCH – Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro. Professor of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology / PPGSP. She was Full Professor at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d´Architecture of Toulouse and collaborating professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Associate researcher at the School of Social Work of UFRJ and associate researcher at the Center de recherche sur l’Habitat (UMR Lavue, CNRS No. 7218). She performs research in the areas of urban anthropology and urban planning.

 

Email:creginensi@gmail.com
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Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo

Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). He has a degree in Social Sciences from the State University of Campinas-UNICAMP (2003), a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology, also from UNICAMP (2006), and a doctorate in Social Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro-UERJ (2012). Has experience in the field of Social Theory, working mainly with the following themes: Identity, Culture, and Class. Currently developing research in music production during the period of political opening in Brazil. He is also coordinator of the Center for the Study of Culture in Late Capitalism (MarxCult) and a member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Marx and Marxism (Niep-Marx).

Email: gajanigo@gmail.com
Phone: (+55 22) 27330319
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Ricardo André Avelar da Nóbrega

PhD in Sociology at IESP-UERJ (2014). He is an Associate Professor Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro-UENF and a researcher at NETSAL / IESP-UERJ. His areas of interest are Social and Sociological Theory, Sociology of Work, Economic Sociology, and Regional Development.

Email: ravelarnobrega@gmail.com
Phone: (+55 22)2739-7226
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Roberto Dutra Torres Junior

PhD in Sociology at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Master´s in Social Policies at UENF. He is currently Director of Studies, State Policies, Institutions, and Democracy at IPEA and Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Management and Public Policies (LGPP) from Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF). Topics of interest 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@yahoo.com.br

Phone: (+55 22) 2748-6144

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Sergio de Azevedo

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Full Professor at Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF). Researcher and member of the Management Group of the project “metropolis observatory: territory, social cohesion, and democratic governance”, which is part of the National Institutes of Science and Technology Program (INCT / CNPQ / FAPERJ). Ad Hoc Consultant of several government agencies in the area of ​​public policies. A graduate of the Brazilian School of Public Administration (1970), he completed a postgraduate course at the Latin American College of Social Sciences (1973) and a Master’s degree at the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro-IUPERJ (1975). He completed his doctorate in Sociology at the Catholic University of Louvain (1983) with a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University (1988). He was Full Professor at UFMG, serving as head of the Department (DCP), and coordinator of both the Master´s and doctorate courses. He was Coordinator of GTs and Director of ANPOCS. 1B CNPq Researcher and Master´s Professor at the Graduate Program in Social Sciences at PUC / MG. At UENF he has participated in the creation of two Graduate Programs, performing the functions of Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology (Master´s and Doctorate – PPGSP / UENF), Laboratory Head, Director of the Center for Human Sciences, and Vice -Dean. He has published numerous works in the field of public policy in academic books and magazines in Brazil and abroad.

Email: azevedo.sergio@uol.com.br
Phone: (+55 22)2748-6146
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Silvia Regina Alves Fernandes

Professor at PPGCS – Graduate Program in Social Sciences at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRRJ and PPGSP – Graduate Program in Political Sociology at UENF. She completed a CAPES post-doctorate senior course at the Center For Latin American Studies and Department of Religion, University of Florida (Gainesville), between 2013 and 2014. PhD in Social Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro-UERJ (2004) and Master´s in Social Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro-UERJ (1999). She has experience in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on Sociology of Religion and Urban Sociology. She worked as the research coordinator at CERIS, the Center for Religious Statistics and Social Investigations, and more recently consulted for the Pew Forum Religion and Public Life – Survey on Religion in Brazil (2013-2014). She is the leader of the CNPq research group DT-CRELIG – Territorial Dynamics, Culture, and Religion and a member of the Christianity Studies research group. Especially noteworthy among her publications is Jovens religiosos e o catolicismo – escolhas, desafios e subjetividades, published by  Quartet Publishing, 2010. Her current research topics are Catholicism, Pentecostalism, youth, institutions, the Catholic church, transnational studies, migration, and religion.

Email: fernandes.silv@gmail.com
Phone: (+55 21) 26695661
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Vitor de Moraes Peixoto

Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (2003), Master’s degree in Political Science (Political Science and Sociology) from the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro-IUPERJ (2004), and doctorate in Political Science (Political Science and Sociology) from the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro-IUPERK(2010). He is currently an associate professor at Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro. He has experience in the field of Political Science, with an emphasis on Electoral Studies and Political Parties, acting mainly in the areas of elections, political system, campaign financing, accountability, representation, and legislative studies.

email: moraespeixoto@gmail.com
Phone: (+ 55 22)2739-7391
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Wania Amélia Belchior Mesquita

Professor and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Political Sociology at the Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro- UENF. She has an undergraduate degree in Social Sciences from the Federal Fluminense University (1995-1996), a Master´s in Sociology from the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro-IUPERJ (1998), and a PhD in Sociology from the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro-IUPERJ (2003). CAPES Post-doctorate / Senior Internship at the ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2015). FAPERJ Young Scientist from Our State (2012-2015). Leader of the Urban and Regional Studies and Research Group – GEPUR, registered in the CNPq Research Groups Directory and also a participant in the CEVIS – Collective of Studies on Violence and Sociability, of DT-CRELIG – Territorial Dynamics, Culture, and Religion. She also takes part in the  Group of Christianity Studies. Member of the INCT Metropolis Observatory project (2015-2020) and member of the ETNO.URB network of researchers, organized around Urban Ethnography and based in Portugal. Effective member of the Brazilian Society of Sociology and the Association of Religion Social Scientists of the Mercosur. She has experience in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on the Sociology of Religion and Urban Sociology, working mainly in the areas of religiosity, urban poverty, social inequalities, youth, and sociability.

email: mesquita@uenf.br
Phone: (+55 22)2739-7388
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