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Department of Sociology

University of Sao Paulo · Sao Paulo, Brazil

About | Department of Sociology Skip to main content Search Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo &nbsp Department of Sociology Navegação principal ABOUT About Us Organization PET STAFF Academic Professors Seniors Retired Emeriti Administrative Administrative Staff UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM About Us Bachelor’s Degree Licentiate RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Tempo Social Plural GRADUATE PROGRAM CONTACT US About About US The Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo (USP), created on September 15, 1987 (USP Resolution No. 3,362), shares alongside two other departments in the same institution – Anthropology and Political Science – the responsibility to manage, pedagogically and administratively, the Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences at USP. Furthermore, in partnership with the Faculty of Education of USP, the department is also responsible for the Licentiate Degree in Social Sciences (known as Licenciatura in Brazil).

Last verified: 2026-04-11
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University rankings

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  • QS World University Rankings by Subject
    #87 · 2026
  • ShanghaiRanking GRAS
    #87 · 2025

Faculty

18

Alexandre Massella

Faculty
Social TheoryMethodology of the Social Sciences

French School of Sociology

Ana Paula Hey

Faculty
Sociology of ElitesSociology of EducationSociology of Power

academic/scientific elites, elites and the State, intellectuals/experts, culture and power, the field of power in Brazil

André Vereta Nahoum

Faculty
Economic SociologyEconomic AnthropologySociology of Culture

ethnography of economic practices, exchange theory, material culture, political economy

Angela Alonso

Faculty
Political SociologyHistorical Sociology

the relationships between culture and political action, political movements, intellectual movements

Bianca Freire-Medeiros

Faculty
Urban Sociology, Sociology of Mobilities

t ransnational mobilities, urban, tourism, leisure, consumption

Bruna Gisi

Faculty
Sociology of PunishmentSociology of Violence

punishment, juvenile justice system, socio-educational measures, adolescents in conflict with the law, Child and Adolescent Statute

Carlos Eduardo Torres Freire

Faculty
Economia, trabalho e sociedade

Ciu00eancias Sociais Computacionais e Mu00e9todos e Tu00e9cnicas de Pesquisa Empu00edrica (ferramentas computacionais, big data, registros digitais, dados nu00e3o estruturados, plataformas digitais e indicadores sociais de apoio a polu00edticas pu00fablicas), Inteligu00eancia Artificial (Impactos sociais e econu00f4micos da IA, tecnologias na gestu00e3o pu00fablica, uso de IA em organizau00e7u00f5es, IA no mundo do trabalho, desigualdades digitais), Desenvolvimento, Ciu00eancia, Tecnologia e Inovau00e7u00e3o (estrutura produtiva, polu00edticas pu00fablicas, desigualdades territoriais e regionais e transformau00e7u00e3o econu00f4mica em contextos urbanos).

Edison Bertoncelo

Faculty
Social stratificationSociology of CulturePolitical Sociology

social classes, life styles, inequalities, cultural tastes and practices, collective action

Fernando Pinheiro

Faculty
Sociology of CultureSociological Theory

cultural production, literature, arts

Fraya Frehse

Faculty
Sociology of the CitySociology of Space (and the Body)Sociology of Everyday Life (and Time)Historical Sociology

urban theory, body, public space and urbanization, social inequality/poverty and urban (public) space, intersectionality and space, space and time in sociology

Glauco Arbix

Faculty
Economic SociologyIndustrial Sociology

technology, innovation (theory), internationalization, industrialization

Laurindo Dias Minhoto

Faculty
Sociology of LawSociology of Punishment

critical theory, Brazilian social thought

Leopoldo Waizbort

Faculty
Sociological TheorySociology of CultureHistory of SociologyHistorical AnthropologySociology of Music

Brazilian social thought, culture

Luiz Jackson

Faculty
Sociology of Culture

Brazilian social thought, Latin American social thought

Marcia Lima

Faculty
Sociology of Race and Ethnic RelationsGender StudiesSociology of Education

racial inequality, racial relations, gender and race, education, labor market

Marcos Alvarez

Faculty
Sociology of PunishmentSociology of ViolenceHistorical sociologySocial TheoryResearch Methods in Sociology

punishment, social control, violence, deviance, human rights

Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda

Faculty
Sociology of CultureSociology of LiteratureSociology of ArtSociology of Mass CommunicationSociological Theory

intellectual, artistic, literary and mass-communication production, Brazilian social thought

Programs

3

Courses

1

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