
PhD in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (CPDA-UFRRJ), with a sandwich internship at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS-Paris-France), master's degree in Rural Development from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (PGDR-UFRGS) and a degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA). CNPq Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology at UFRGS. Professor of the Department of Sociology and Methodology of Social Sciences and of the Postgraduate Programs in Sociology (PPGS) and Sociology and Law (PPGSD) at the Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF. He has experience in Sociology, with a focus on Rural and Environmental Sociology, working on the following topics: Socio-environmental effects of Large Development Projects, Agribusiness and territorial reconfiguration; Ruralities and environmental issues