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Layers of violence: a comparative study of policing in Rio de Janeiro and in Recife
2014-11-18 | BRICS Policy Center (antigo), Rua Dona Mariana, 63, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22280020, Brasil
Marta-Laura Suska, a fellow at BRICS Policy Center and PhD student in Cultural Anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, works on BRICS-Urbe project and presented the Conference “Layers of violence: a comparative study of policing in Rio de Janeiro and in Recife” on November 18, 2014. There were present at the Conference representatives of the Pereira Passos Institute, representatives of the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro, researchers and interns of the BRICS Policy Center, and undergraduate students of the International Relations Institute of PUC-Rio. Marta-Laura was part of a partnership between the BRICS Policy Center and the Igarapé Institute.
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BRICS-Urbe attends events in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo
2014-04-28 - 2014-04-30 | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
The researcher and coordinator of BRICS-Urbe, Professor Sérgio Veloso, attended the Conference “In favor of/For Equity and Socio-Environmental Justice on BRICS” during April 28-30, 2014, organized by the Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (ABONG, in Portuguese) and Brazilian Network for the Integration of Peoples (REBRIP, in Portuguese). There were academics and representatives of the civil society of every BRICS country, and the Secretary for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Carlos Cozendey. He presented the challenges that BRICS faces for the construction of a fair and less unequal world and the importance of civil society on that process. Professor Sérgio Veloso was beside Mr. Antonio Lisboa, from the Unified Workers’ Central, and Mr. Patrick Bond, from the Centre for Civil Society, at the panel “BRICS and its role on international geopolitics”.
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During May 5-6, BRICS-Urbe was represented at the Construction Industry of Santos and Region Forum (FICON, in Portuguese), in Santos, São Paulo. Professor Veloso attended the event and discussed the challenges and opportunities for the development and improvement of conditions of life, and remarked specially about urban mobility in Santos lowland. Sérgio Veloso presented a case study about the revitalization of the port region at Rio de Janeiro.
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