geography

The purpose of the group´s research is to address geoeconomic and geopolitical phenomena in Latin America using the nation-state scales and the supra-national scale (which includes the countries of the subcontinent) as a reference. Taking land formation as a analytical category, the group aims to contribute to the discussion on sovereignty and the regulatory capacity of the Latin-American countries.

The research group entitled Geography: Epistemology, History and Environment is composed of geographers and other social scientists who are concerned about the issue of geographic space and its representations, in accordance with the assertion that geographic space can be problematized in a number of ways and manners and regardless of the line of formation or speculation.

The research group entitled Geography: Epistemology, History and Environment is formed by geographers and other social scientists who are concerned with the question of geographical space and its representations, according to the assertion that the geographic space can be problematized in various forms and ways and independent of the line of formation or speculation. Thus, this group hopes to problematise issues relating to the history and epistemology of geography and the environmental issue, from a dialogue between geography, the humanities and the Earth Sciences.

This research group aims to investigate how knowledge of geosciences can be brought to formal education and to the general public and the implications of these processes for society. This in the most diverse areas: adaptation to environmental changes, natural risks, urban planning, management of water and other natural resources, production cycles and management of the territory.

The work conducted by the group is geared to the development of research of a theoretical and practical nature with a view to the implementation of geotechnologies (Digital Cartography, Remote Sensing, Global Navigation Satellite Systems - GNSS, Geographic Information Systems - GIS) in the different activities comprising land management.

Research project approved at CAPES (2020/2022). CAPES Entre Mares - Combat and analysis of the impact of oil spill on Brazilian beaches. Title: Right to the Territorial Sea: the political economy of the Brazilian coastal cities Validity: 01/2019 to 01/2023 FAPESP (procedure number 2021/00183-4). Title: Right to the Sea: the coastal economy of the Grande São Luís Metropolitan Region (MA). Validity: 12/2022 to 11/2024

The group´s activities focus on the following lines of research: Logistics of agricultural products in Brazil; the regulation of transport and electrical energy systems in Brazil and information technologies and Brazilian land.