Projetos de Pesquisa
Global Environmental Humanities: Indigenous Knowledge about Environmental Change in the Arctic, the Amazon, the Himalayas, and South Asia
Responsáveis: OMAR RIBEIRO THOMAZ
Membros: ANTONIO ROBERTO GUERREIRO JUNIOR, JOSE MAURICIO PAIVA ANDION ARRUTI, JOANA CABRAL DE OLIVEIRA, CHANTAL VICTORIA MEDAETS
Widespread, rapid, and intensifying environmental transformation in three of Earth?s critical climate regions, namely the Arctic, Amazon, South Asia and Himalaya, are alarming and call for radical new approaches in educational policies, priorities, and approaches, particularly in higher education institutions located in these critical climate regions.
Gold Matters: Sustainability Transformations in Gold Mining
Responsáveis: Eleanor Fisher
Membros: JORGE CALVIMONTES UGARTE, Lorenzo D'Angelo, LUCIA DA COSTA FERREIRA, Marjolein Elizabeth Maria de Theije, Robert Pijpers, Ronald Twongyirwe
Our project considers whether a transformative approach to sustainability can arise in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining. It asks how we can better understand what futures miners anticipate and wish for, and gives recognition to miners’ voices, agency and knowledge with the hope of developing more democratic ways to re-imagine sustainability.
Governança da Ciência e Tecnologia no Brasil: A pandemia da Covid 19
Responsáveis: MARKO SYNESIO ALVES MONTEIRO
A pandemia da doença COVID 19 ilustra de forma dramática o estreito entrelaçamento entre a percepção dos riscos de uma doença emergente, as respostas adotadas e a expertise científica. A crise atual mostra que esse entrelaçamento condiciona tanto as políticas escolhidas quanto a adesão a elas pela sociedade, além de condicionar as formas pelas quais o conhecimento participa das decisões tomadas no enfrentamento da pandemia.