About us

Founded in 2011 by Hipólita Siqueira and Carlos Antônio Brandão, the Research Group Space and Power is based at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Research of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ).

The group’s goal is to train qualified human resources, integrating undergraduate and graduate education, research, and outreach within the themes of development processes and planning, with a focus on the dimensions of power (economic and political) and space.

Comprised of professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from IPPUR, its members participate in working groups within the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and are members of the Latin American Network for Socioeconomic and Spatial Development (REDSLA).

Coordinators

  • Hipólita Siqueira de Oliveira

    Associate Professor at IPPUR/UFRJ, with a PhD and Master’s degree in Economic Development from UNICAMP. She conducted doctoral research at the University of Coimbra and holds a degree in Economics from UFU. She was the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning at UFRJ from 2014 to 2016.

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  • Carlos Antônio Brandão

    Full Professor at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Research at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ). He is a CNPq Researcher Level 1C. His teaching, research, and extension activities focus on the field of Urban and Regional Planning. He is a Full Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at UFRJ and in Regional and Urban Economics at UNICAMP.

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  • Deborah Werner

    Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Federal University of Uberlândia (2007). Professor at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Research (IPPUR) at UFRJ, working in the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning (PPG-PUR) and in the Undergraduate Program in Public Management for Economic and Social Development (GPDES), both at IPPUR.

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  • Fabio de Oliveira

    Holds a degree in Economics (2007) from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and a master’s (2011) and PhD (2014) in Economic Development from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He is a professor and researcher at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Research (IPPUR) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

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Researchers

  • Diana Aguiar

  • Fernanda Pernasetti

  • Fernando Michelotti

  • Isabela Tramansoli

  • Jéssica Rossone

  • José Sette

  • Karinne Assunção Matarim

  • Karinne Matarim

  • Lorenzo Valfré

  • Lucas Reis Santos

  • Luis Miguel Gomez Cornejo Urriola

  • Mariana Bonadio

  • Marina Mendonça

  • Martin Scarpacci

  • Monique Carneiro Assunção

  • Nathália Azevedo

  • Richard Nogueira

  • Vitor Boa Nova

  • Wander Guerra