People
Faculty
Danielle Sanches
Danielle Sanches is a professor at FGV ECMI and a PhD in History of Science at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in cooperation with the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/FioCruz. She currently works on Digital Methods, focusing on the influence of the algorithm culture on social practices.
Denisson Silva
Denisson holds a PhD in Political Science (UFMG), a Master's degree in Sociology and is a Social Scientist (UFAL). He has experience in Political Science, working mainly on the following themes: political parties, party migration, electoral results, and campaign financing. Researcher at the Center for Legislative Studies (CEL/UFMG), the Citizenship and Public Policy Group (UFAL), and research fellow at EMCI-FGV.
Maria Sirleidy Cordeiro
Maria Sirleidy Cordeiro is a PhD and Master in Linguistics at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). She completed part of her PhD program in Portugal at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). She is a professor at FGV ECMI and a member of the research group on Communication, Society and Digital Media (FGV). She works in the areas of cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis and public policy analysis, investigating processes of meaning, ideologies and power relations imbricated in text and discourse.
Paulo Fonseca
Dr. Fonseca, with a Ph.D. in Sociology focusing on the Social Impacts of Science and Technology, began his academic career with a Bachelor's in Physics, laying the groundwork for his interdisciplinary approach. He is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), within the Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation (ICTI), and a member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Culture and Society. His experience includes a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program at Harvard University and a current role as a Visiting Professor at the School of Communication, Media, and Information of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (ECMI/FGV). His work intersects critical analysis of technological innovation with interdisciplinary research methodologies.
Polyana Barbosa
Polyana Barboza is a professor working with data extraction and analysis on social networks at FGV ECMI. She has a major in Applied Mathematics at the School of Applied Mathematics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EMAp) and is a Master in Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Her main lines of research are Social Network Analysis in Digital Media and Multi-agent Systems in Software Engineering.Speakers
Elias Bitencourt
Elias Bitencourt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design at Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB). He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from FACOM/UFBA and a Master's in Culture and Society from IHAC/UFBA. He was a visiting researcher at the Milieux Center (Concordia University, Canada, 2019) and currently leads the Datalab/Design at UNEB: a center for research and development in data visualization and digital methodologies. His research focuses on data visualization, algorithmic mediation in daily social life, platform studies, digital practices, and imagination. He also collaborates with the Inova Media Lab (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and the international Public Data Lab research network.
Eurico Mattos
Eurico Matos is a PhD and Master in Contemporary Communication and Culture at the Bahia Federal University. He coordinates the Digital Communication undergraduate course at FGV ECMI and is a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy (INCT.DD). He carries out research on topics such as digital government, political communication, online hate speech and mobile app studies.
Jess Reia
Jess Reia is an Assistant Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia, a 2024 Visiting Scholar at Fudan University and a 2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, D.C. Before joining UVA, they were appointed Mellon Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University and BMO Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal in Canada. Reia held a two-year mandate as a member of MTL 24/24's first Night Council in Montreal, providing guidance on data collection and open data practices for the night-time economy ecosystem. From 2011 to 2019, Reia worked at the Center for Technology & Society at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, leading projects on access to knowledge, privacy and smart cities in Latin America and BRICS. They work primarily on data justice, urban governance, and technology policy transnationally.
Leandro Becker
Leandro Becker is a journalist with 20 years of experience in reporting, editing, and managing teams and projects in print journalism, radio, TV, communication consultancy, and digital journalism. He has worked in major national newsrooms, including Zero Hora, NSC TV (a Globo Network affiliate), and Globo Rural, covering areas such as politics, economy, agribusiness, international affairs, and sports. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Journalism at Lupa.
Leonardo Nascimento
Leonardo F. Nascimento is a professor at the Federal University of Bahia. As the Digital Humanities Laboratory (LABHDUFBA) coordinator, he has contributed to research in digital sociology, digital humanities, and computational social science. He is the author of the book “Sociologia Digital: uma breve introdução - EDUFBA – 2020”. In his current research, he is collaborating with InternetLab, UFSC, and AI for Society on a project investigating the intersection of instant messengers and political violence and utilizing a combination of natural language processing (NLP) techniques and mixed qualitative approaches, including discourse analysis and online ethnography.
Lucas Roberto
Lucas Roberto da Silva is a professor and researcher at the School of Communication, Media and Information at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV ECMI), where he works on data extraction and analysis of social networks. He has a major in Mathematics at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and is a Master in Computer Science at the Department of Informatics in PUC-Rio. His main lines of research are Analysis of Social Networks and Natural Language Processing.
Mateus Pestana
Matheus Pestana is a professor at the School of Communication, Media, and Information at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV ECMI), a researcher at the Institute for Religious Studies (ISER), and a member of the New Illegalisms research group (GENI/UFF). He is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where he also earned his Master's degree in the same field. His current research focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and politics/public opinion. He has interests in computer vision, large language models (LLMs), speech recognition, and image detection/segmentation.Teaching Assistants
Renata Zampronio
Renata Zampronio is a master student in the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) Social Science department. Her current research examines resistance practices of young latin migrant women at workplace. She holds a Bsc in Production engineering at University of São Paulo (USP) and she is a member of Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) research group on Children and Youth.Participants
Alcindor Antonio Diniz de Oliveira
Toni Oliveira is a professor of 'Electronics for the Arts' at CECULT, affiliated with UFRB. He is an experienced musician and a research artist focused on new open-source digital technologies and computer programming contextualized in artistic environments. He holds an Interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree in Humanities with a Concentration Area in Art and Contemporary Technologies from IHAC/UFBA. He obtained his Master's degree from the Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Culture and Society with the thesis: 'The source code in symbolic context in computational art: an overview of the relationship between software and culture.' He is currently a doctoral candidate in the same program, with the research topic: 'Written culture in machine code.'
Bianca Melo
Master's student in Information Science and bachelor in Journalism from the Federal University of Alagoas (Ufal). She works as an assistant researcher at the Laboratory of Internet and Social Network Studies (NetLab) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), focusing on studies about socio-environmental disinformation.
Branco Di Fátima
Branco Di Fátima holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE). Currently, he is a contracted junior researcher at LabCom – University of Beira Interior (UBI) in Portugal. He has published more than 90 scientific works and has been part of the teams for 11 research projects funded by national and international organizations.
Bruna Távora
Bruna Távora is a Communication Activist and Social Science Researcher specializing in Political Communication and Environmental Social Movements. Using action research methods, she collaborates with various social movements to drive social change. Her current research project is related to political communication and environmental conflicts involving far-right politicians and disinformation, addressing how social movements and civil society are developing narrative tools to combat it.
Claudia Monteiro Fernandes
Economist, licensed in Sociology, with a Master's and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She is a researcher at the Observatory of Metropolises (INCT), the 'The Color of Bahia' Program – a Research and Training Program on Racial Relations, Culture, and Black Identity in Bahia (UFBA), and the Periféricas Group (UFBA). She conducts research in the field of socioeconomic inequalities, focusing primarily on education, work, income, and regional inequalities, with an emphasis on an intersectional approach. Mother of Clarice.
Daniel Oliveira Zacarias
Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology at PPG-PSTO (UnB). Member of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Social and Affective Neuroscience (INCT SANI). My main interests include programming and understanding behaviors, beliefs, and social attitudes related to the field of politics (corruption, political behavior, voting intention, prejudices, and discrimination).
Felipe Marques Esteves Lamarca
Felipe Lamarca is an undergraduate student in Social Sciences at the Superior School of Social Sciences (FGV CPDOC) and in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the School of Applied Mathematics (FGV EMAp). He is interested in Quantitative Methods applied to Social Sciences, especially (Bayesian) Statistical Modeling, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning.
Gabriellen da Silva Xavier do Carmo
PhD student in Political Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia (USA), holds a Master's degree in Law from the University of Lisbon (Portugal), and is a lawyer in Brazil. Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, law, and politics, focusing on the regulation and social impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. She also studies the development of virtual social phenomena like fake news, hate speech, and cancel culture, examining their influences on voting behavior and broader political decisions. Her work aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how these modern developments shape public opinion and policy-making in the contemporary political landscape.
Glauciene dos Santos Carrijo
Glauciene Carrijo holds a Master's degree in Project and City. She conducts research with a theoretical and conceptual foundation aimed at understanding the relationship between architecture, design, and environmental perception, and how these relationships connect and influence the well-being of users in residential spaces. Her work is situated in the field of applied social sciences, art history, and architectural and design criticism.
Isabel Feix
Isabel Feix is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She has a master's and a Ph.D. in Social Science - Communication, and her research explores intersections between social behavior and economic narratives.
Kleyse Costa Vaz Santana Prado
Ph.D. candidate in Communication at the Graduate Program in Communication, Culture, and Amazonia at the Federal University of Pará (PPGCOM/UFPA). Member of the Research Group on Advertising and Publicity (GRUPPU). Currently pursuing a specialization in Data Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, and Netnographic Research, also at UFPA. Her research focuses on the social impacts of using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in communication mediations. She employs computational methods to map the advancements in the use of GAI in advertising agencies in the State of Pará, Brazil.
Larissa Milhorance dos Santos
Computer Scientist, Director of TechMov, Coordinator of the International Research Center for Youth, and Software Artisan. Striving to think about technology in a human way for and with human beings.
Lauriano Atílio Benazzi
Lauriano Benazzi is a journalist, photographer, graphic designer and teacher. PhD student at the Postgraduate Program in Journalism at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (PPGJOR-UFSC), he researches the connections between photojournalism and human rights, starting from the sociology of Law and with input from phenomenology. It also investigates how current photojournalism records themes related to the SDGs in the mainstream press. He has a master's degree in Visual Communication and a specialist in Photography, Praxis and Photographic Discourse, from the State University of Londrina (UEL), with works that propose a new taxonomic classification for press photography. He has experience in the daily press in layout, photo reporting, web journalism, press relations and journalistic writing and editing. He worked with Information Technology in the early days of Personal Computing in Brazil, following the entire trajectory of the internet and online journalism.
Lucas Marques Feitosa
Master's in Political Science and International Relations and Bachelor's in International Relations from UFPB. Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at UFPE. I research Brazilian Foreign Policy and Energy Diplomacy. I am currently completing an MBA in Data Science and Analytics from USP. I have experience in data analysis and data science with software such as R and Python, using supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques.
Marcelle Amaral
PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Visiting researcher at Cornell Law School (USA) in the first semester of 2023. I hold a Master’s degree in Political Science from UFPE and an LL.M. in Law and Economics (EMLE) from the Faculty of Law of Hamburg (Germany) and Haifa (Israel). I am a lawyer (UFPE) and the Legal Coordinator at SecMulher/PE. My main research interests are Political and Judicial Behavior, Experiments, and Latin America.
Martin Egon Maitino
Martin Egon Maitino is a PhD candidate in Political Science at USP, with a bachelor's degree in International Relations (2016) and a master's in Political Science from the same university (2019). He has research experience in foreign policy analysis and decision-making processes, combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Currently, he develops studies on participation in Brazilian environmental foreign policy, using network analysis to map relations between governmental bodies and civil society.
Matheus Vieira de Souza
Matheus Vieira de Souza, Bachelor in Business Administration (Centro Universitário de Bauru), Master in Business Administration (University of São Paulo), and Ph.D. candidate in Production Engineering (São Paulo State University 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho'). He is interested in Consumer Behavior, specifically in topics related to Sustainable Consumption and the Behavior of Indebted Consumers.
Paula Cristina Santos Menezes
Ph.D. in Sociology (UFRJ) and currently a Post-Doc researcher in Sociology of Education (UNICAMP), she has experience as a teacher and researcher in both Basic and Higher Education. She also holds a postdoctoral degree in mobility, urbanism, and labor (ENTPE, France). She is a specialist in the field of educational technologies and the platformization of work and the city. Member of the Labtec (UFRJ) and Elico (France) laboratories.
Paulo Henrique Dantas
Paulo Henrique Dantas is a PhD candidate in the Sociology Graduate Program at UNICAMP (PPGS-UNICAMP) and holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences from PPGCS-UFBA. He is currently affiliated with the research group 'Social Movements, Power Relations, and Public Policies in the Countryside' (CPDA - UFRRJ) and the Laboratory of Sociology of Association Processes (LaSPA) at UNICAMP. He has experience and interest in Rural Social Movements, CAQDAS, Media Studies, and Media Framing.
Rogério Almeida Meneghin
Rogério Almeida Meneghin. Post-Doctorate in Health Innovation for Neglected Populations by the Innovation Office (EI), Technological Innovation Center (NIT) of the Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), 2019-2023. PhD in Intellectual Property Science from the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), 2015-2018. Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), 1998-1999. Bachelor's degree in Electrical Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), 1992-1997. Head of the Intellectual Property Department of the Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG), 2004-2009. Specialist member of the Intellectual Property Rights Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-MG), 2006-2007. Award for best work of the session at III ENAPID in 2010 (nanotechnology). Author of 8 books on intellectual property, 7 by Editora Lumen Juris in 2013 (stem cells, wind energy, biodiesel, hearing impairment, solar energy, border technologies, historical heritage), and 1 by Editora Appris in 2019 (tuberculosis). Author of 1 book chapter on patents published by the Academic Association of Intellectual Property in 2017 (malaria); and 1 book chapter on patents and artificial intelligence by CONPEDI in 2023 (tuberculosis in the population deprived of liberty). Participation in the 3rd Edition of the Conexão Inova Award 2022. Conexão Inovação Pública Network. Result: the innovation project “Elements for developing public policies on patents dedicated to tuberculosis” received the “4-star Conexão Inova Seal” (maximum score is 5 stars). Honorable Mention Award for participation in the 2023 International Student Tribunal (TRIe) – 8th edition. Theme: “Artificial intelligence and war - is the use of weapons controlled by artificial intelligence in international armed conflicts legal under Humanitarian Law?” Title: North Macedonia Against the use of weapons controlled by Artificial Intelligence in international armed conflicts. Currently, he works as a Researcher at EI, CDTS, FIOCRUZ.
Ruan Arthur Lima Santos
Undergraduate student in Social Sciences at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) with research interests in areas such as Epistemology, Gender and Identity Studies, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Crime, and Far-right movements. Currently, a research fellow at the Laboratory of Digital Humanities of the Federal University of Bahia (LABHD-UFBA).
Talita Ribeiro da Silva
Talita Ribeiro holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations from UERJ and is a master's candidate in History, Politics, and Cultural Heritage at FGV/CPDOC. Her research interests include police institutions, public security, violence, and gender issues.