Brazilian Research and Studies Center
The Brazilian Research and Studies Center (BRaS) is a non-profit and independent network research center based in Würzburg, Germany. BRaS produces and disseminates relevant social-science research with a focus on Brazil. The center’s core mission is to promote throughout the world scientific research on Brazil with a focus on its political, social, economic, and cultural development. Moreover, the BRaS are committed to the principle of science with and for society.
Statement on the January 8 attacks on democratic institutions
Women’s Rights – A long way to go
The Charter of the United Nations, drafted in 1945, represents the foundational document of the United Nations (UN) and reaffirms the commitment to defend human rights, including the establishment of gender equality as a fundamental right. However, the promotion of women's rights required an extensive period and various strategies of political engagement with governments and international organizations in different spaces of discussion in the local and global political arena. In this process, gender issues were progressively incorporated into the global human rights agenda, following a specific visibility regime, according to the context and force configurations among the different political actors, with emphasis on the role of women themselves.
Interview: Prof. Dr. Fabiano Santos
Edited and reviewed by Anna Paula Bennech and Giovanna Imbernon. According to Prof. Dr. Fabiano Santos, “The Brazilian legislative experience in the pandemic can be understood as a success story. The Legislature did not stop functioning for a single day. This result alone would be worthy of celebration. We must remember that Bolsonaro intended to ask for a state of siege and govern by decree. Conversely to these intentions, fundamental matters and projects were discussed and approved [...]”
Black women (Dandaras) and the struggle for an anti-racist education: Reflections on the impact of the “Enegrecendo a Academia” Project
The Dandaras Collective put into practice the dream of making the monitoring project available and aiming to organize the activities held a call for new participants. This text aims at presenting an experience report on the systematization of data from the Project Blackening the Academy and present the next steps of a collective that keeps moving to build an anti-racist education. With a qualitative approach and using the methodology of bibliographic and documental research, this work presents a brief theoretical discussion on epistemic racism and the need for plurality within the academic field and presents the data of the activities carried out between 2020 and 2022.
Academic staff
Dr. Thomas Kestler
Senior Scientist
M.A. Anna Paula Bennech
DFG research fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Würzburg
M.A. Claudia Pires de Castro
Masters student in Political Science at the University of Vienna
M.A. Jayane Maia
GIGA Research Fellow and PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Hamburg
Dr. Lucas Thixbai Fraga
Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
M.A. Matheus Jones Zago
DFG research fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at University of Würzburg
M.A. Matheus Lucas Hebling
Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Dr. Eric Nogueira Andrade
Junior Ph.D. researcher
Dr. Vinício Carrilho Martinez
Associate professor at the department of Education of UFSCar
Dr. Luíza Cerioli
Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the Philipps University of Marburg
Dr. Luisa Turbino Torres
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware, U.S.A
Dr. Paulo Henrique Martinez
Professor at the Department of History, Faculty of Sciences and Languages of Assis, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
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BRaS-J – Brazilian Research and Studies Journal
The BRaS network membership is open to scholars, researchers, students, and non-academic people interested in the social, economic, and cultural developments in Brazil. As a part of our Network, you will be included in our database, receive our newsletter and updates about our research
The BRaS Academic Committee periodically opens calls for membership according to BRaS internal needs. However, we gladly welcome proposals for those interested in participating in BRaS internal affairs administrative work, debates, and deliberation within the general assembly
The Brazilian Research and Studies Blog (BRaS Blog) publishers opinion articles, essays, research notes, or summaries from a multitude of topics integrating Human, Social, and applied Social Sciences focused on Brazil. We welcome content about political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Brazil.
BRaS-J is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed scientific journal associated with the Brazilian Research and Studies Center (BRaS). The journal is formed by members of 8 institutions and has an international editorial committee. For more information about the publisher, click here.
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All manuscripts should be in a .doc format. Articles should be limited to a maximum of 10,000 words, including all elements: citations, references, notes, tables, appendices, or any other material included. Book reviews should have a limit of 3,000 words. Manuscripts that exceed the referred length will be returned to the authors to be shortened.
