Climate mitigation depends on connecting policies to personal well-being
It is urgent to move towards a net zero emissions agenda by 2050 based on public policies that impact society on a large scale.
Post-Bolsonarism: a backfire?
Could the terrorist aggression of the Bolsonarist hordes against the pillars of the Brazilian institutional system have been an unexpected gift that favors the consolidation of democracy in that country?
Bolsonarization of Kirchnerism
Coauthor Ezequiel Raimondo
The current governments in Argentina and Brazil are much more similar than they would admit. At least, in terms of how they conceive society’s functioning and role.
Digitalization and Privacy: beyond surveillance capitalism?
This is nothing new that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalization of everyday life, intensifying the online channeling of our activities or forcing a migration to the virtual world of those who sustained an analog way of living. The deepening of life anchored on the internet is often interpreted as favorable to the democratization of … Continued
Awakening the voice of the democrats
In just a few days, a document designed to bring together internal positions in the university environment became the catalyst for a consensus in favor of institutionalism on the part of nearly one million Brazilians who signed it.
A continent of insomniacs, stressed out and prone to vices?
One of the assumptions acclaimed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it left a mark on the mood and health habits of the inhabitants of the planet.
The entire government to businessmen?
Due to different cultural aspects, many of us were used to dissociate political power from market influences. But today, when the value of Apple or Amazon exceeds the GDP of major countries, it becomes difficult to defend such division.
Opening the gender inequality Matryoshka
Institutional advances such as quotas or sanctions for unequal treatment between genders establish a principle capable of ordering other spheres, but they make us run the risk of not seeing the very origin of inequalities.
Contradictions facing climate change
Seven out of ten Latin Americans consider global warming a serious threat to humanity. However, they blame individuals for the degradation while exculpating those who have resources and real responsibilities on the matter.
The pandemic legacies to the sustainable agenda
As the pandemic progressed, the initial proposals for green shocks and climate-just transitions fell by the wayside and led to an adjustment in lifestyles that resulted in a smaller environmental footprint.