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| Centro de Estudos das Metrópoles | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centro de Estudos das Metrópoles |
| Established | 2001 |
| Type | Research center |
| City | São Paulo |
| Country | Brazil |
Centro de Estudos das Metrópoles is a Brazilian research center focused on urban studies that brings together scholars from universities, research institutes, and policy bodies across Latin America. It operates through networks that include institutions such as Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Fundação Getulio Vargas, and Universidade de Brasília, fostering comparative work on metropolitan regions like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, and Brasília.
The center was created in 2001 through a consortium that involved funding and coordination by agencies such as the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and collaborations with universities including Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, following research trends visible in projects linked to Rede NERA, Observatório das Metrópoles, and international comparisons with regions like Greater London, New York City, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Santiago de Chile. Early directors and affiliated scholars included faculty from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, and visiting researchers from London School of Economics, Columbia University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and University of California, Berkeley, aligning agendas with metropolitan studies exemplified by works from Manuel Castells, Saskia Sassen, Henri Lefebvre, David Harvey, and debates associated with World Bank urban programs and United Nations Human Settlements Programme initiatives.
The institution’s mission emphasizes interdisciplinary research connecting social scientists and planners from Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Fundação Getulio Vargas, and international partners such as OECD, UNESCO, World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank, aiming to influence policy in metropolitan areas like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, and Recife. Objectives include producing evidence for municipal administrations such as Prefeitura de São Paulo and Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, informing legislative bodies like the Congresso Nacional do Brasil, and contributing to debates linked to urban programs such as Habitat II and frameworks associated with Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda.
Research programs address urban segregation and housing policies through case studies in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and Fortaleza, drawing on comparative literatures from Paris, Madrid, Rome, Berlin, and London. Other themes include transport and mobility studies connected to projects involving Metrô de São Paulo, Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos, SuperVia, and analyses aligned with scholarship from Jan Gehl, Peter Hall, and Ed Glaeser. Environmental justice and urban metabolism inquiries reference events and frameworks such as Rio+20, COP21, COP26, and collaborations with institutions like Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Programs on informality, public space, and security engage with policy debates influenced by cases in Favela da Rocinha, Maré, Complexo do Alemão, and theoretical inputs from Paul Farmer, Achille Mbembe, and Loïc Wacquant.
The center’s output has informed municipal and federal policies implemented by Prefeitura de São Paulo, Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, Governo do Estado de São Paulo, and Ministério das Cidades, and has fed into international fora including United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, and World Bank consultations. Its research has been cited in documents produced by Ministério da Saúde, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil), and academic publications released by presses such as Editora Perspectiva, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and MIT Press, while affiliated scholars present at conferences like International Planning History Conference, World Urban Forum, and Urban Affairs Association.
Governance combines representation from partner universities including Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, with advisory input from international bodies such as OECD and UN-Habitat. The center’s board and scientific committees include researchers linked to departments at Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Núcleo de Estudos de População, Centro de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano, and institutes like Fundação Getulio Vargas and Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, coordinating with funding sources such as Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and programmatic grants from FAPESP and other state research foundations.
Partnerships span academic institutions such as Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, London School of Economics, and Columbia University, and municipal administrations including Prefeitura de São Paulo and Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. It also works with international organizations like UN-Habitat, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, OECD, and regional networks including Mercosur academic consortia and Latin American initiatives tied to CLACSO and CELADE.
Facilities include research offices and data labs situated within campuses of Universidade de São Paulo and partner universities, with data access to sources such as Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, DATASUS, and municipal cadastral systems used in studies of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasília. Publications comprise working papers, policy briefs, and books published in collaboration with academic presses and journals like Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos, Cadernos Metrópole, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and edited volumes with Routledge and Springer Nature, while dissemination occurs through conferences including World Urban Forum and seminars with stakeholders such as Prefeitura de São Paulo and Ministério das Cidades.