Team

Hélio Alexandre da Silva

Researcher - Coordinator

He is an Assistant Professor at UNESP, Franca campus, and of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at UNESP, Marília campus. He is also the Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Planning and Analysis of Public Policies at UNESP, Franca campus. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Philosophy from UNESP, Marília campus, and a doctoral degree in Philosophy from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He has an inter-university doctoral degree in Philosophy from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (2011) and a postdoctoral degree in Philosophy (2018) from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is interested in the following topics: social and political philosophy, poverty, social criticism, modernity, inequality, alienation, social suffering, social conflicts, and social movements. Currently, he is developing the research “Critique of poverty as an object of social philosophy”, funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation process No. 22/02922-1.

Ana Júlia Diniz Neves do Lago

Master’s student

Master's student in the Philosophy Graduate Program at the Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences (FFC) - UNESP/Marília with the project Reproducing the crisis? How neoliberalism becomes responsible for its own destruction, where she works with the concepts of neoliberalism and social reproduction. Bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) - UNESP/Franca. She was a FAPESP research fellow under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Hélio Alexandre da Silva, with the topic Freedoms and oppressions: intersectionality as a critique of neoliberalism (Process nº 2022/08490-6). She conducted a Research Internship Abroad with a BEPE/Fapesp scholarship (Scholarship for Research Internship Abroad) at Université Paris-Nanterre (Process nº 2023/08867-5), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pierre Sauvêtre. She was also a PIBIC scholarship recipient in the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 calls.

Beatriz Furlan de Carvalho

Master’s student

She is a master’s student in Philosophy at São Paulo State University (UNESP, Marília campus), in which she develops a research with the theme of public sphere notion in Nancy Fraser, supervised by Professor Hélio Alexandre da Silva. She has a bachelor’s degree in Law from the State University of Londrina (UEL).

Bruno Gomes Dos Santos

Master’s student

Master's student in Philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Sciences (FFC) - UNESP, Marília campus, on the line of research “Knowledge, Ethics, and Politics”, supervised by Professor Hélio Alexandre da Silva. Currently, he is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) at UNESP, Franca campus. He has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. He developed a research project supervised by Professor Raquel Souza Lobo Guzzo, on the themes of Ideology and Subjectivity. He is interested in the dialogue between Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis and Political Philosophy, Social Suffering, and Recognition.

Eduarda Pereira Pires Barboza

Undergraduate student

Undergraduate student in International Relations at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences (FCHS) of UNESP. She was a research fellow of the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation Scholarships (PIBIC) - CNPq in the 2022-2023 cycle and an unfunded researcher in the 2023-2024 cycle. She participated in the AUGM Student Exchange Program at the University of Playa Ancha (UPLA) during the first academic semester of 2024. Currently, she is developing research for FAPESP on the topic Inequality, ideology and colonialism in Thomas Piketty's 'Capital and Ideology' under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Hélio Alexandre da Silva, conducting her BEPE at the University of Sussex with the topic Beyond Piketty: A different perspective to social inequality guided by Prof. Dr. Gurminder K. Bhambra. She is also part of the Research Center on Ethics, Philosophy, and Social Theory (NéFiTs).

Gabriel Henrique de Andrade

Undergraduate student

He is an undergraduate International Relations student at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Currently, he is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) and of the research group Philosophy, Art and Politics (FIAPO). In addition, he is a coordinating member of the Group for Studies in Culture and Anthropology (GECA), and a member of the Center of Language and Cultural Studies (NELC).

Heloise Helena Moreira Pinheiro

Graduanda

Undergraduate student in International Relations at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) of São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp). Currently participates in the Research Center on Ethics, Philosophy, and Social Theory (NéFiTs).

Ícaro Costa Ferreira

Undergraduate student

He is an undergraduate International Relations student at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Currently, he is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs). He has a personal interest in exploring intersections between International Relations and Philosophy.

Isabela Masciarelli

Undergraduate student

Júlia de Almeida

Undergraduate student

She is an undergraduate International Relations student at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) from São Paulo State University (UNESP). She is interested in the areas of sociology, social inequality, and job insecurity. Currently, she is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs).

Julia de Andrade Fernandes Francisco

Undergraduate student

She is an undergraduate International Relations student at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Currently, she is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) and researcher of the Program of Scientific Initiation Without Scholarship (ICSB) - CNPq, supervised by Professor Hélio Alexandre da Silva, with the theme “Pobreza e dever moral na Metafísica dos Costumes de Kant”. Currently, she is also part of the popular extension project Land and Root Agrarian Center (NATRA), in the collective production. She is interested in philosophy, with a special interest in ethics, Kantian studies, and gender studies.

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Kemilly Victoria Conceição da Silva

Undergraduate student

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Larissa Moraes Cardoso dos Santos

Undergraduate student

Undergraduate student in International Relations at São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCHS). She completed a CNPq-PIBIT research project in the field of Public Policy, participating in study groups such as the Observatory of Public Policies (OPPs) and the Center for Studies in Public Policies (NEEPs). She has a strong interest in the Social Sciences and is also dedicated to the study of Social Philosophy and Anthropology. Researcher at the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) and at the Study and Research Group on Culture and Anthropology (GECA)

Laura Capucci

Undergraduate student

She is in the fifth term of International Relations at UNESP (São Paulo State University), Franca campus. She was part of the administration of the extension group GEPESOI for two years. She was also part of the administrative area of the Popular Preparation Course linked to the university and taught biology to the students for over a year. Currently, she is part of the Commercial Relations team of ORBE - International Consulting as a Government Project Analyst and of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) since August 2022.

Maria Laura Cruz

Undergraduate student

She is an undergraduate International Relations student at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Currently, she is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) and of the Research Center in Public Politics 'Elza de Andrade Oliveira' (NEPPs). She is interested in the studies of democracy and far-right and is currently developing a research project supervised by Professor Dr. Hélio Alexandre da Silva.

Matheus de Vilhena Moraes

Master’s student

Master's student in Philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Sciences (FFC) - UNESP, Marília campus. He has a bachelor’s degree in Law from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (FCHS), UNESP, Franca campus. He developed a research funded by FAPESP and supervised by Professor Hélio Alexandre da Silva, with the theme “The eradication of extreme poverty through the reform of shared institutions proposed by Thomas Pogge”, process No. 2021/03197-6. He completed a Research Internship Abroad with a BEPE/Fapesp scholarship in the Global Justice Program at Yale University, supervised by Professor Thomas Pogge, with the title “Criterion of Universal Justice, Negative Duty and Positive Duty of Justice: the theoretical study of the concepts of institutional reform by Thomas Pogge”, process No. 2022/04654-4.

Matheus Sena Asevedo Campanhã

Master’s student

He has a bachelor’s degree and a license in Social Sciences from the School of Humanities and Sciences (FCLAr/UNESP) with the monograph “A autodeterminação negra: uma análise da filosofia social e política de Achille Mbembe”. He is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) and the Black Center for Research and Extension (NUPE-Unesp), in which he was funded by PROEC. He is a master’s student funded by CAPES in Philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Sciences (FFC) - UNESP, Marília campus, with the project “Violência em Frantz Fanon e Achille Mbembe”.

Natalie Storti Corbani

Undergraduate student

Rafael Golucci

Undergraduate student

He is an undergraduate International Relations student at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca (FCHS) from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Currently, he is part of the Research Center in Ethics, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory (NéFiTs) and is developing a research funded by the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation Grants (PIBIC) with the theme “O conceito de miséria na obra A Miséria da Filosofia (1847) de Karl Marx” supervised by Professor Dr. Hélio Alexandre da Silva.

Roan Matthaeus Chimello Dias

Master’s student

He has a bachelor’s degree in Law from UNESP - FCHS (School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Franca) (2021). He is a master’s student in the Postgraduate Program in Philosophy, an academic master's of the School of Philosophy and Science, UNESP, Marília campus. He has experience in the area of Philosophy, with emphasis on “Critical Theory” and “Ethics”. Former Popular Legal Advisory (AJUP) member – UNESP, Franca campus.

Sofia Grandini

Undergraduate student

Undergraduate student in International Relations at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences (FCHS) of UNESP. She conducted research in the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation Scholarships (PIBIC) on cultural industry and the concepts of free time, leisure, and idleness titled Free time, leisure, and idleness: dimensions of the cultural industry in Adorno and Horkheimer. Currently, she is developing research at the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) on os batalhadores as a new social class and the forms of suffering resulting from their position in society, titled Os batalhadores as an object of social philosophy: characterization and forms of suffering. She participates in the Research Center on Ethics, Philosophy, and Social Theory (NéFiTs).