Research Lines
Line 1 – State, Political Institutions, Market and Inequality
This line covers studies on democracy, relations between the State and the market, political participation, and inequality. It focuses on the dynamics and networks of activity of civil society and social movements in the context of the transformations that have taken place in contemporary Brazil. It also includes research on political behavior and public policies in their different dimensions (policy, politics, and polity).
Affiliated Professors: Edson Terra Azevedo Filho; Fabrício Barbosa Maciel; Hugo Borsani; José Manuel Vieira Soares de Resende; Júlio César Ramos Esteves; Maria Eugênia Ferreira Totti; Marinete dos Santos Silva; Marlon Gomes Ney; Mauro Macedo Campos; Nilo Lima de Azevedo; Ricardo André Avelar da Nóbrega; Roberto Dutra Torres Junior; Sergio de Azevedo; Vitor de Moraes Peixoto; Wania Amélia Belchior Mesquita.
Line 2 – Culture, Territorialities, and Power
Contemplates research on cultural practices and social interactions, articulating theoretical and empirical dimensions. It covers studies that problematize artistic, religious, and intellectual expressions, dilemmas, controversies, and conflicts in public and institutional spaces. This line interacts with studies on territoriality and power, problematizing the “society-space-time” system in the contemporary era.
Affiliated Professors: Geraldo Márcio Timóteo; Gerson Tavares do Carmo; José Manuel Vieira Soares de Resende; Luciane Soares da Silva; Odile Elise Augusta Reginensi; Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo; Roberto Dutra Torres Junior; Silvia Regina Alves Fernandes; Wania Amélia Belchior Mesquita.