Ricardo Mariano

Research Area: Sociology of Religion

Research Themes: Pentecostal movement in Brazil; partisan political activism and evangelical electorate; secularity; State secularism; religious parliamentary activity in Brazil; Pentecostalism and Afro-Brazilian religions; religion, conservatism and elections; Catholic concordat; General Law of Religions 

Marcos Alvarez

Research Areas: Sociology of Punishment; Sociology of Violence; Historical sociology; Social Theory; Research Methods in Sociology

Research Themes: punishment; social control; violence; deviance; human rights; Brazilian social thought

Marcia Lima

Research Areas: Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations; Gender Studies; Sociology of Education

Research Themes: racial inequality; racial relations; gender and race; education; labor market; affirmative action policies