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The Graduate Program in Social Psychology (PPGPSI) aims to train professors, researchers, and skilled professionals in teaching and researching contemporary processes of subjectivity through the analysis of various practices, discourses, and institutions. In this way, it contributes to the production of knowledge and the development of intervention strategies in the field of Social Psychology.
The program adopts an academic-scientific perspective that values interdisciplinary dialogue, which is evident in the faculty’s diverse academic backgrounds, the curriculum structure, and the production of research, dissertations and theses. The objective is to foster and maintain connections with other fields of knowledge to enrich Social Psychology and contribute to the social and cultural development of the community in which it operates.
The projects developed within the program focus on research topics that analyze contemporary experiences, with an emphasis on the current Brazilian context and the integration of psychology into public policies. From a methodological perspective, the research-intervention approach is prioritized. This approach emphasizes intervention both as a participatory mode of knowledge production and as a means of incorporating knowledge into the communities it serves.
Studies on modes of subjectivity and the prospects of research-intervention are reflected in the analysis of the program’s three research lines, which differ mainly in their focus on knowledge production while maintaining strong dialogue and collaborative actions. The program also prioritizes a networked approach to scientific production, resulting in national and international cooperation agreements arising from joint research efforts.
PPGPSI began its activities in March 1998 with the enrollment of its first master’s cohort. The doctoral program was approved in 2009 and started in March 2010. In 2013, it achieved a CAPES rating of 5, establishing itself as a program of excellence in the field of Social Psychology.
The selection process for the Master’s and PhD programs takes place annually, with the publication of the selection notice on the Program’s website. The selection process occurs in the second semester of the academic year (July to December in the southern hemisphere).
To apply for a vacancy in the Master’s program in Social Psychology, applicants must have completed or be in the process of completing an undergraduate degree at a university recognized by MEC (the Brazilian Ministry of Education) or hold a diploma obtained abroad, provided it is authenticated with a consular seal from an official Brazilian diplomatic mission in the country of origin. Additionally, applicants must submit other documents required in the announcement.
To apply for a vacancy in the PhD program in Social Psychology, applicants must have obtained, or be in the process of obtaining, a graduate degree from a university recognized by MEC or possess a diploma obtained abroad, as long as it is authenticated with a consular seal from an official Brazilian diplomatic mission in the country of origin. They must also submit the other documents requested in the notice.
Foreign students have the possibility of following the calls for proposals issued by the various funding agencies in Brazil or abroad, through agreements signed with the Brazilian government. In this case, the interested party must follow the documentation required by the respective call. We recommend that you consult the website of the International Relations Office (RELINTER/UFRGS) for information on active agreements and visas to stay in Brazil. Further information can be found in the links below:
The aim of the post-doctoral internship is for professionals with a doctorate to participate in research activities, as well as any postgraduate teaching activities. The aim is to improve the academic and scientific training of these researchers, linking them to projects registered in the UFRGS research system, under the supervision of a professor from the Program.
To apply, candidates must submit a research project with a timetable and work plan, as well as the name of a supervising professor and a source of funding (for example, a grant from a funding agency or a salary provided by the home institution).
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Enrollment as a special student is intended for people who have already graduated from an undergraduate course, making it possible to attend isolated teaching activities. The condition of special student does not constitute a regular link in the PPGPSI postgraduate courses. The admission of Special Students will be regulated by a simplified selection notice, scheduled for publication in February and July of each year.
| Publication of admission notices | At the beginning of the second semester |
| Enrollment of new students | February |
| Start of classes – 1st semestre | March |
| Start of classes – 2nd semester | August |
| Notices for admission of special students | February and July |
The call for scholarships takes place once the results of the regular selection process have been published each year. Students who are interested in participating can apply by submitting the documentation listed in a specific call for applications. Alternatively, foreign students can apply for scholarships from agencies and/or public notices in Brazil or abroad, according to specific calls.
Minimum number of credits: 18
Foreign language proficiency
One language is compulsory, including German, French, English, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese for foreigners, preferably before the qualifying exam.
Compulsory subjects (08 credits)
Research Methodology I (04 credits)
Research Methodology II (04 credits)
It is strongly recommended that students complete these credits in the first two semesters of the course.
Elective Activities (10 credits)
Courses, seminars and directed readings offered by each line of research
Special Topics with guest professors (01 credit)
Teaching Internship (02 credits)
Publication of an article in an indexed journal or book with an Editorial Board (01 credit per publication)
Qualifying exam
At the end of second semester
Dissertation Defense Board
At the end of fourth semester
Minimum number of credits: 32
Foreign language proficiency
Mandatory in two languages: German, French, English, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese for foreigners, preferably before the qualifying exam.
Compulsory subjects (08 credits)
Theories and Methods in Social and Institutional Psychology I (04 credits)
Theories and Methods in Social and Institutional Psychology II (04 credits)
Publication or acceptance of two bibliographic products according to CAPES criteria (article or book chapter – 01 credit each)
Teaching Internship in Psychology (04 credits – 2 semesters)
It is recommended that students complete these credits in the first four semesters of the course.
Elective Activities (18 credits)
Courses, seminars and directed readings offered by each line of research
Special topics with guest professors (01 credit)
Publication of an article in an indexed journal or book with an Editorial Board (01 credit per publication)
Supervised practice in scientific initiation guidance (02 credits)
Supervised practice in coordinating extension activities (02 credits)
Qualifying exam
At the end of the fourth semester
Doctoral Thesis Defense
At the end of the eighth semester
Proficiency examinations in a foreign language at UFRGS are performed by Caplle, a commission linked to the Institute of Linguistics from the University responsible for application of the tests, as well as analysis and equivalence tests taken at other institutions. Below you can find more information through the links leading to Caplle and PROPG websites. The tests are applied once a year, according to the academic calendar published in this website.
Foreign students should apply the Portuguese Language Proficiency for Foreigners (Celpe-Bras), by INEP. For informations, check the website below
https://www.gov.br/inep/pt-br/areas-de-atuacao/avaliacao-e-exames-educacionais/celpe-bras
The PPGPSI faculty’s has the following teachers:
Amadeu de Oliveira Weinmann – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Psychoanalysis, aesthetics, and contemporary subjectivation.
Analice Lima Palombini – PhD from UERJ/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Collective mental health; Therapeutic accompaniment; Psychosocial care networks; Psychoanalysis, city and subjectivity; Narratives.
Carolina dos Reis – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: right to the city and housing, feminisms, social movements, resistance practices, public policies, clinical-political interventions, and decoloniality.
Dário Frederico Pasche – PhD from Universidade Estadual de Campinas/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Institutional Support; Humanization of Health; Management of Health Work Processes; Health Policies; Health Care Networks.
Fernanda Spanier Amador – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Institutions, labor, and subjectivity.
Henrique Caetano Nardi – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Subjectivity and sexuality; Sexual diversity; Gender relations; Occupational health; Ethics and public policies.
Ines Hennigen – PhD from PUCRS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: subjectivity modes; Media and technologies; Gender relations; Education; Consumer relations, Citizenship, and (super) debts.
Jaqueline Tittoni – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Work; Subjectivity; Mental health; Photography.
Jean Segata – PhD from UFSC/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Human-animal relations, health and environments; Multispecies ethnography; Digital technologies, and online ethnography.
Jussara Maria Rosa Mendes – PhD from PUCSP/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Occupational health, Accidents and diseases at work; Occupational health in Mercosul, and social protection.
Lilian Rodrigues da Cruz – PhD from PUCRS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Public policy and interfaces, social assistance, institucional reception.
Luciana Rodrigues – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of interest: Subjectivation processes and race relations, black feminisms, public policies, and antiracist practices, care.
Luciano Bedin da Costa – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Writing and subjectivity; review and clinic; cartographies and biographetics.
Luis Artur Costa – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Subjectivation technologies, hybridity between sciences, art and philosophy, city and subjectivation, biopolitics practices.
Miriam Cristiane Alves – PhD from PUCRS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: subjectivity, racism, race relations.
Neuza Maria de Fátima Guareschi – PhD from the University of Wisconsin Madison/USA. Areas of Interest: Social psychology, public policies, and the governance of the masses.
Paula Sandrine Machado – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Sexuality; Gender; Intersexuality; Sexual, and reproductive rights.
Rosane Azevedo Neves da Silva – PhD from UFRGS/ Brazil. Areas of Interest: Subjectivity processes, Ethics and knowledge production strategies.
Rosemarie Gartner Tschiedel – PhD from PUCSP/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Social Psychology and Institucional Analysis; subjectivation modes; networks and public policies; public policies and basic mental-attention health; mental health – childhood and adolescence; group processes.
Simone Mainieri Paulon – PhD from PUCSP/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Institutional analysis and therapeutic interventions; Public Policies, Biopolitics and resistance processes; Collective health, Psychiatric reform, and care network.
Tadeu de Paula Souza – PhD from UNICAMP/Brazil. Areas of interest: Blackness and decolonial studies; Care for the Homeless Population; Clinic and Politics of alcohol and other drugs; Mental Health, and Public Health.
Vanessa Soares Maurente – PhD from UFRGS/Brazil. Areas of Interest: Subjevation Process, Cognitives politics, Digital Technologies, sensory narratives, figurations, photography.
The PPGPSI has three lines of research supported by groups and research projects from the faculty and structural disciplines in the training flux.
Research Line 1
Clinical, Subjectivity and Policy – It seeks to examine the relationship between clinical practice, subjectivity, and politics in contemporary social psychology from a decolonial perspective, integrating methodological and epistemological strategies that affirm the diversity of knowledge and ways of being.
Teaching staff:
Analice de Lima Palombini, Dário Frederico Pasche, Luciana Rodrigues, Luciano Bedin da Costa, Miriam Cristiane Alves, Rosane de Azevedo Neves da Silva, Rosemarie Gartnet Tschiedel, Simone Mainieri Paulon, Tadeu de Paula Souza.
Research Line 2
It examines the production of subjectivity at the intersection with public policies, with the aim of critically analyzing practices in the areas of education, labor, health, social assistance, public safety, urban life, housing, and others, highlighting the contradictions between the state’s universal guidelines and the demands for singularity and difference. It explores the intersectional dimension, particularly the social markers of gender, sexuality, class, and race, adopting a decolonial perspective to denaturalize the power structures, institutional racism, and hegemonic knowledge that shape institutions. Research in this line seeks to articulate actions aimed at defining the “public” as a political space for government intervention, as well as for the affirmation of communities and difference.
Teaching staff:
Carolina dos Reis, Fernanda Spanier Amador, Henrique Caetano Nardi, Jussara Maria Rosa Mendes, Lilian Rodrigues da Cruz, Neuza Maria de Fátima Guareschi, Paula Sandrine Machado.
Research line 3
Socio-Technical Networks, Cognition and Communication, studies the way socio-technical networks are producing modes of communication, cognition and subjectivity. It also favors procedural qualitative methodologies such as intervention research, clinic method, focus groups, video-photographic interventions, and discoursive analysis.
Teaching staff:
Amadeu de Oliveira Weinmann, Ines Hennigen, Jaqueline Tittoni, Jean Segata, Luis Artur da Costa, Vanessa Soares Maurente.
– International Relations Office
https://www.ufrgs.br/relinter/en/home/
– Student catalogue
https://www1.ufrgs.br/CatalogoServicos/servicos/inicio?catalogo=11689
E-mail: ppgpsi@ufrgs.br
Phone number: +555133082925
Social networks: @ppgpsi_ufrgs
PPG em Psicologia Social e Institucional
E-mail: ppgpsi@ufrgs.br
Endereço: Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600 – Sala 110 – Térreo
CEP 90610-264 – Porto Alegre – RS
Telefone / WhatsApp: +55 (51) 3308-2925 (Link para acesso direto: https://wa.me/message/7HZFLAOWOABEJ1)
Horário de atendimento:
Segundas a sextas-feira, das 8h às 12h e das 13h às 17h
