Project Archive
This archive provides a chronological overview of selected research, international cooperation, applied-research and university-extension projects that have shaped the development of my work on regional development, resource extraction, public policy, natural-resource governance, society–nature relations and Amazonia.
The archive complements the Projects landing page. While that page highlights current activities and selected projects of particular importance to my research trajectory, the archive provides a broader historical overview and links to individual project pages where more detailed documentation is available.
2026–2029
BEACONSplus — Building Resilience in Atlantic Communities through Innovation and Science
Horizon Europe · International Research & Innovation · Coastal Resilience · Climate Adaptation
International research and innovation project on coastal resilience and climate adaptation across Atlantic communities, including the Brazilian Amazonian coastal zone.
2026–2027
Democracy, Labor, and Gender Relations in Cooperatives and Associations
UFPA–Université de Strasbourg · International Research Cooperation · Gender · Cooperatives · Amazonia
Comparative research on gender relations, workplace democracy, collective organization and women’s participation in cooperatives and productive associations in France and the Brazilian Amazon.
2025–2027
Leibniz Lab Systemic Sustainability — Belém Pilot Region
Leibniz Lab Systemic Sustainability · ZMT · UFPA/NAEA · International Research Cooperation
Research on regional sustainability innovations in the Brazilian Amazon, with particular attention to biodiversity, food systems, agroforestry, cooperatives, local knowledge and circular bioeconomy.
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2022–2026
Construindo um Planejamento Operacional em Canaã dos Carajás
UFPA/NAEA · Completed August 2026 · University Extension · Applied Research · Municipal Planning · Mining Region
Integrated applied-research and planning project addressing rapid mining-driven economic, demographic and territorial transformation in Canaã dos Carajás.
2021
Small-Scale Gold Mining and Sustainable Regional Development in Amapá
WWF-Brasil · Applied Research · Small-Scale Mining · Regional Development
Diagnostic research on the conditions under which non-industrial mineral extraction could contribute more effectively to sustainable regional development in Amapá.
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2014–2015
European and German Raw-Material Policy in Latin America
CAPES · Postdoctoral Research · Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Berlin · Raw-Material Policy
Research on European and German raw-material strategies, including policies concerning critical raw materials, and their implications for resource-producing countries and regions in Latin America.
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2013–2018
Governance, Conflict Management & Natural Resource Management in the Amazon
CAPES Pró-Amazônia · UFPA · UNIFAP · UNIR · Natural Resource Governance
Inter-university research on natural-resource governance, conflict and cooperation in Amazonia, including comparative research on gold mining in the Tapajós region and Amapá.
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2011–2016
GOMIAM — Gold Mining in the Amazon
NWO-WOTRO CoCooN · International Comparative Research · Small-Scale Gold Mining
International comparative research on artisanal and small-scale gold mining, formalization, conflict, legal systems, livelihoods and resource governance in five South American countries.
2011–2015
Formal and Informal Practices of Natural Resource Use and Management in the Amazon
CAPES–NUFFIC · UFPA/NAEA–CEDLA · Brazil–Netherlands Research Cooperation
Comparative research on resource access, formal and informal institutions and natural-resource governance involving fisheries, small-scale gold mining and large-scale mining.
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2010–2011
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Northern Brazil
WWF Guianas / WWF Brazil · Amapá · Northern Pará · Transboundary Mining
Research on artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Amapá and northern Pará and its relationship to protected areas, regulation and the movement of Brazilian miners into the Guianas.
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2009–2010
Local Political Elites in Pará
UFPA/NAEA · SEDECT · Political Elites · Regional Development
Comparative research on the composition, networks, influence and development perceptions of political elites across municipalities and Integration Regions of Pará.
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2006–2008
MINESUPA — Sustainability of Mining in Pará
FINEP/FNDCT · UFPA/NAEA · Mining · Regional Development
Research on the mineral economy of Pará, industrial mining, international market integration, companies, employment, public revenues and differentiated territorial consequences.
2003–2004
Organization and Institutions in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Brazil
Organização e Institucionalidade na Mineração em Pequena Escala e Artesanal na América Latina e Caribe — O Caso do Brasil
IDRC — Mining Policy Research Initiative · CETEM/MCT · NAEA/UFPA · Researcher · Responsible for NAEA/UFPA Collaboration · Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining · Institutions · Formalization
Comparative research on the organizational and institutional conditions of artisanal and small-scale mining in Brazil, based on gold mining in Itaituba and the Tapajós region and gemstone mining in Teófilo Otoni. The project examined organizations, formalization, decision-making, conflicts and relations between mining organizations and public institutions.
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2003–2004
Ouro e Cidadania
UNESCO Montevideo · UFPA/NAEA · Small-Scale Gold Mining · Capacity Building
Pilot project connecting geological knowledge, cost accounting, environmental practices and organizational capacity to decision-making in Amazonian small-scale gold mining.
2002–2007
Global Mercury Project
GEF · UNDP · UNIDO · International Research & Intervention · Tapajós
International programme addressing mercury use and cleaner technologies in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. My research examined the social, economic and organizational conditions of intervention in mining communities in the Tapajós region.
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2000–2005
State and Municipal Public Management
Fundação Ford · NAEA/UFPA · Municipal Governance · Public Policy
Second research cycle on state and public policy in Amazonia, focused on municipal government, local power, social participation, environmental policy, administrative capacity and regional differentiation.
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1998–2002
Amazônia 21 — Operational Instruments for Sustainable Development Management in Amazonia
European Community / INCO-DC · International Research Cooperation · Sustainable Development
International research on sustainability indicators, material and energy flows, socio-ecological transformation and operational approaches to sustainable-development analysis in Amazonia.
1997–1999
State, Public Policy and Sustainable Development in Amazonia
Fundação Ford · NAEA/UFPA · Public Policy · Regional Development
Research on state organization, public-policy production and implementation, administrative modernization and the possibilities and limitations of political intervention in Amazonian development.
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1996–1998
Estratégias de Sustentabilidade — Extração Mineral e Desenvolvimento Sustentável
CNPq · NAEA/UFPA · Integrated Research Programme · Responsible for Subproject 2 · Mining · Sustainable Development · Regional Development
Integrated research programme on sustainability strategies in Amazonia. My subproject examined how mineral extraction could be connected to sustainable regional development, combining research on mining impacts, public policy, global mineral relations and the theoretical limits of existing explanations of regional transformation.
The project also became an important stage in a theoretical transition from approaches based on synergetics and non-linear thermodynamics toward social systems theory.
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1994–1996
Projeto Mineração — Ouro: a garimpagem e a mineração industrial
IDRC · UFPA/NAEA · Senior Researcher · Gold Mining · Artisanal and Industrial Mining · Amazonia
Research comparing artisanal and industrial gold mining in Amazonia and examining the social, economic and environmental organization of gold extraction.
The project extended earlier research on garimpo toward comparison with industrial mining and provided an important empirical basis for later work on mining, sustainability and regional development.
Research Trajectories
Across these projects, several recurrent research trajectories can be identified. These trajectories connect the historical project archive with the current research fields presented under Research.
Mining & Extractive Transformations
Artisanal and industrial mining, technological change, mineral markets, formalization, resource governance and regional transformation.
Public Policy, Organizations & Regional Intervention
State organization, municipal governance, political elites, planning, evaluation, administrative capacity and the limits of deliberate intervention.
Society–Nature Relations & Sustainability
Material flows, sustainability indicators, environmental governance, climate adaptation, biodiversity and regional sustainability transformation.
Extractive Communities & Collective Organization
Livelihoods, cooperatives, associations, gender relations, resource access and differentiated participation.
These trajectories increasingly intersect with and inform my current theoretical research programme Regional Development in World Society.