The Brazilian Society of Rural Economy, Administration and Sociology (Sober) will grant on July 28, 2025, during its 63rd Congress at the University of Passo Fundo (RS), the Prize José Gomes da Silva to sociologist ANDRÉ LUIZ DE SOUZA By thesis "The construction of autonomy through relations with markets: a study on surrounding strategies in the...
July 10, 2025The researcher Luíza Tavares , Master of the UFRGS Graduate Program, was nationally recognized with Maycon Schubert . Research starts from a critical approach to biomedical practices aimed at weight loss and care for the forms of care offered to fat bodies in the health system. Linked to the Sopas Research Group (Sociology of Eating Practices), Luiza...
July 07, 2025Researchers linked to the UFRGS Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, especially to the postgraduate program in sociology, launch the study “Alternative Proteins: Actors, Narratives and Regulation” . The research was conducted by members of the Study and Research Group on Agriculture, Food and Development (GEPAD/UFRGS), with the collaboration of...
July 03, 2025In 2025, Law 13.104, which established femicide as a qualifying circumstance of the crime of homicide, turns 10 years. More recently, in October 2024, Law 14,994 began to predict femicide as an autonomous crime, increasing its minimum and maximum penalties. However, rates of femicide and other forms of gender violence follow as challenges for justice and public...
February 27, 2025with the objective of publicizing research work developed during the semester within the discipline of Sociology of Youth, the Social Sciences course of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH), students idealized and organized the Youth exhibition in motion: cultural and urban expressions. The surveyed area was youth culture, and research can be checked...
December 18, 2024Rafael D'Avila Barros , Master student at IFCH/UFRGS Sociology , and Ana Clara Marquez Rosa , student of Social Sciences - Degree at IFCH/UFRGS , won outstanding awards at the VI National Congress of the Brazilian Association of Social Sciences (ABECS) , held from 5 to 8 November at UFMG, in Belo Horizonte/MG. Awarded projects were developed at the Marechal...
December 05, 2024The UFRGS Graduate Program in Sociology (PPGS) is open for the Institutional Postdoctoral Program (PIPD). Registration Period: 11/27/2024 to 03/01/2025 Available Scholarship: Initial duration of 12 months, with the possibility of renewal for up to two additional periods. Access the full announcement here:...
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