Transforming Repertoires: Legislative Advocacy in the Context of Democratic Backsliding in Brazil
2025·Doctoral Thesis (PhD in Political Science) — Institute of Political Science, University of Brasília. Advisor: Rebecca Neaera Abers
Research
Doctoral Thesis
Master's Dissertation
Creating Popular Power: Relations Between MTST and the State in the Federal District
2014·Master's Dissertation (Political Science) — Institute of Political Science, University of Brasília. Advisor: Rebecca Neaera Abers
Published Articles
Transitional Justice as a Pacifying and Reparative Key in the War on Drugs
2020·Journal of the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform, v. 4, n. 4, p. 87-93·9 citations
Between Penal Populism and Elitism: The Challenges of Criminal Policy-Making
2019·IBCCRIM Bulletin, v. 26, p. 13-17
Criminal Policy Outlook in the Legislature and Our Challenges for 2018
2018·IBCCRIM Bulletin, v. 26, p. 6-7
Why Decriminalize the Use, Production, and Consumption of Drugs?
2018·Bulletin of Political-Institutional Analysis (IPEA), v. 18, p. 9
'Fora Arruda' and the New Political Generation of the Federal District
2010·Constitution & Democracy, v. 6, p. 6-7
Neoconstitutionalism, Judicialization of Politics, and the Relations Between the Judiciary and Civil Society in Brazil
2010·Academic article
Book Chapters
The Relationship Between Political Parties and Social Movements: The Case of PT and the World Social Forum
2013·In: BULOW, Marisa Von (Ed.). World Social Forum: The Transnationalization of Brazilian Civil Society. 1st ed. Brasília: UnB Press, p. 27-49
Chapters in "Imagine to Revolutionize" (multiple texts)
2010·In: Imagine to Revolutionize. Brasília: Authors' edition. Chapters: "On the Importance of Thinking Big", "Planning for Change", "The Limits of the Lula Government", "Right to the City: Why Fight for Free Transit", "Fear as Anti-Proposal", "The Importance of Public Debate in the Electoral Process", "Back to the Grassroots", "Gramsci and Freire, a Necessary Combination", "Intellectuals and Social Transformation", "This Week I Met Césare Battisti"
Conference Papers
The Struggle for Free Transit from the Perspective of the Right to the City in the Federal District
2010·IV Annual Meeting of ANDHEP — National Human Rights Association, Brasília·6 citations
Technical Reports (UNDP/DEPEN)
Proposal for Information Indexing Produced Within the National Congress
2017·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Methodology Proposal for Researching the Impact of Legislative Changes on the Prison System
2017·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Report with Proposed Themes and Strategies for Presentation to Congress
2017·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Proposed Method for Producing and Analyzing Information Related to National Congress Activities
2017·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Assessment of Information Compatibility Between Congressional Committee Actors and DEPEN Information Systems, and Analysis of Legislative Oversight Models of the Penal System
2016·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Description of Data Dissemination and Knowledge About the Prison System Within the National Congress
2016·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Description of Institutional Actors Involved in the Penitentiary Agenda Within the National Congress
2016·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Assessment of Mobilization Strategies and Strengthening of Social Participation Within the National Congress
2016·UNDP/DEPEN Consultancy
Undergraduate Thesis Supervision
Social Reintegration: A Critical View of Prison and Penal Labor for Semi-Open Regime Inmates in the Federal District
2015·Undergraduate thesis (Social Work) — Catholic University of Brasília. Co-authors: Silveira, F. F.; Figueiredo, K. A.
The War on Drugs and Genocide in the Peripheries of the Federal District
2015·Undergraduate thesis (Social Work) — Catholic University of Brasília. Co-authors: Silveira, F. F.; Figueiredo, K. A.
Police Demilitarization: An Urgent Debate on Public Security
2014·Undergraduate thesis (Law) — University of Brasília. Co-authors: Mamede Said; Silveira, F. F.
Conference Presentations (selected)
Considerations on the Brazilian Penitentiary System: Crisis or Normality
2017·Conference/Lecture
Drug Policy and Legal Contexts / Drugs, Violence and Human Rights
2017·Conference/Lecture
Is Brazil Ready for Drug Legalization?
2016·Conference/Lecture
Illicit Drugs and Public Policy
2016·Conference/Lecture
The Viability and Relevance of Objective Criteria for Distinguishing Between Drug Trafficking and Use
2016·Seminar
Drug Policy and Brazil's Position at UNGASS
2016·Conference/Lecture
Proposals for UNGASS 2016
2015·Conference/Lecture
Prohibitionist Paradigm and the UN System
2015·Conference/Lecture
Bill 4330 — Outsourcing and the Precarization of Labor Rights
2015·Conference/Lecture
The Street and Social Movement Strategy in the Struggle for the Right to the City
2013·Urban Policy Seminar — Quitandinha +50
Seminar on the Legislative Process and Democracy
2010·Seminar
The Relationship Between Political Parties and Social Movements: The Case of PT and the World Social Forum
2010·World Social Forum 10 Years: Different Perspectives
The Relationship Between Political Parties and Social Movements: The Case of PT and the World Social Forum
2009·Brazilian Congress of Sociology
Transnational Collective Action: The Case of the World Social Forum
2009·ENAPET
Research Groups
RESOCIE
Research Group on State-Society Relations (UnB)
Research on social movements, advocacy, pandemic mobilization, feminist/anti-feminist activism, and state-society interactions.
INCT Participação
National Institute of Science and Technology — Democracy, Participation and Public Management
National institute dedicated to the study of participatory democracy, social movements, and public management.
Working Papers
Coming soon.