The Institute for Advanced Studies at Unicamp (IdEA) will welcome sociologist and economist Sabrina Fernandes as a Resident Scientist, strengthening its agenda of transdisciplinary debates on political economy, political ecology, and just ecological transition. With an international academic career and extensive involvement in public debate, the researcher will develop activities that combine intellectual production, critical analysis, and dialogue with the academic community and society.
Sabrina Fernandes will lead the scientific residency program "Planetary Polycrisis and the Challenge of Transition" from March 16th to May 16th. The sociologist is coming to Unicamp through... Resident Scientist’s “Cesar Lattes” Program.
Fernandes was born in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1988. An economist by training, he holds a master's degree in Political Economy and a doctorate in Sociology from Carleton University, Canada. His academic career combines interdisciplinary training in economics and sociology with international experience in centers dedicated to the critical analysis of contemporary political, economic, and ecological transformations.
Currently, he is the head of research at the Alameda Institute, an organization created to promote engaged and critical research on the transition away from an era of catastrophes. In recent years, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and at the Rosa International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-strategies. Luxemburg Stiftung, in Germany. He also held senior research appointments at the University of Brasilia, at the University of Vienna and at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Intellectual output and published works
Sabrina Fernandes' intellectual output circulates in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and other languages, encompassing fields such as sociology, political economy, and political ecology. In 2019, she published *Sintomas Mórbidos* (Morbid Symptoms), by Autonomia Literária, a work dedicated to the analysis of political fragmentation in Brazil, which became a bestseller in the field. Her second book, *Se quiser mudar o mundo* (If You Want to Change the World), published by Editora Planeta, is already in its seventh edition.
In addition to authoring books, Sabrina is responsible for new annotated editions of works by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in Brazil, published by Grupo Editorial Record. These editions include introductions, technical revisions, and original notes for titles such as... Communist Manifesto, The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and the special box set with all three volumes of The capital.
Editorial work, public communication and ecological transition
The economist also works in the publishing field and in international public debate. She is an activist with the Ecosocial Pact of Southern Latin America and is a member of the editorial committee of the NACLA Report, where she co-organized a special edition on green capitalism and Latin America. She was a contributing editor for Jacobin magazine in the United States and editor-in-chief of the print version of Jacobin Brazil.
In recent years, she has directed her activist work, research, and publications toward combating depoliticization and promoting a just and internationalist ecological transition. She pioneered the digital communication project Tese Onze, which integrated academic research and activist communication, reaching over 400 subscribers across various online platforms, including podcasts and a book club. She frequently participates in interviews and publishes articles in high-audience media outlets, especially as a columnist for [publication name]. The Intercept BrazilIn addition to working as a speaker in various countries.
Her career path combines academic research, editorial production, and public communication, consolidating a body of work that connects political economy, sociology, and contemporary debates on ecological transition and social transformation.
