Lines of Research

Research Areas of the Graduate Program in Public Policies and Human Development (UERJ).

State and Public Policy

It is dedicated to the study and research of the historical, social, ideological, economic and cultural conditions of the institution of the national States, in particular the Brazilian State, in the Latin American context, as well as the analysis of its crises and perspectives.

The following professors belong to this research line: Amanda Moreira, Antonio Carlos Ritto, Bruna Coelho, Carlos Soares, Eveline Bertino Algebaile, Emir Sader, Floriano José Godinho de Oliveira, Gaudêncio Frigotto, Marise Ramos, Ney Luiz Teixeira de Almeida, Pablo Gentili, Paulo d’Avila, and Rafael Bastos.

Human Formation and Citizenship

It is dedicated to the study and research of instituted public policies and their implications in the processes of subjectification and human socialization and in the expansion of the sphere of social rights, of citizenship conditions and effective democracy.

The following professors belong to this research line: Deise Mancebo, Denise Barata, Estela Scheinvar, Esther Arantes, Giovana Marafon, Kátia Santorum, Luiz Antonio Saléh, Marilene Antunes, and Raquel Villardi.