Political sci.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Records kept at Brazil’s Federal Revenue help map evangelical expansion in the country
Researcher created an algorithm that shows where places of worship were built between 1922 and 2019
By Diego Viana
Obituary
Public intellectual
José Murilo de Carvalho reinvigorated the study of the elite and citizenship in Brazil
By Diego Viana
ARCHIVAL SCIENCE
In times of digitalization and diversity, FGV CPDOC turns 50
Institution created in 1973 to house the Getúlio Vargas archive wants to expand the involvement of women and seeks new forms of classification
By Diego Viana
SOCIETY
Through a new lens
Brazilianists in the twentieth century were concerned with explaining Brazil to foreign audiences; now their research places the country within the context of global issues
By Diego Viana
Society
Brazilianists of the twenty-first century diversify their focus
Instead of interpreting the country alone, foreigners who study Brazil today seek to insert it into global themes
By Diego Viana
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
Collective effort
Initiative mobilizes researchers to quickly review studies published as preprints
Right
Brazil’s post-independence justice system broke away from, yet built on, the past
The country’s Judiciary was established amid major shifts in the late colonial period
By Diego Viana
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Crafters of emancipation
The political approach taken by the protagonists of Brazilian independence was marked by liberalism and constitutional revolutions
Interview
Osvaldo Catsumi Imamura: A secure device
The engineer who created the layered security framework for Brazil’s electronic voting machine explains why the system is trustworthy
By Yuri Vasconcelos and Neldson Marcolin
Financing
UK set to lose funding
United Kingdom could be excluded from European science program
By Redação
Economics
In practice, the theory is different
New research examines the ideas and policies of Republican Brazil's finance ministers
By Diego Viana