Ph.D. Researchers

Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (UFPR)
Ph.D. in Communication (UFBA)
Research Fellow (CNPq)

Projects:
Digital transparency in the case of the Brazilian state: theory, methodology, and practical devices
Editorial journalism in comparative perspective

Edna Miola

Associate Professor, Department of Language and Communication (UTFPR)
Researcher, Post-Graduate Program of Planning and Public Governance (UTFPR)
Ph.D. in Communication (UFMG)

Projects:
Government communication dilemmas: Conflicts between propaganda and public interest
Digital Democracy and Government Communication on Social Media
Political communication and digital transparency in the Brazilian case: An assessment on multidimensional factors influencing the effectiveness of public control

Isabele Mitozo

Assistant Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Ph.D. in Political Science (UFPR)
Master in Communication (UFC)

Projects:
Online communication and parliamentary openness: Information, transparency, and participation in Brazilian Parliaments’ online tools.
Online information flows and electoral behavior: Political campaigns through WhatsApp, profile of voters and voting decision.

Camila Mont’Alverne

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of Oxford)
Ph.D. in Political Science (UFPR)

Projects:
Trust in News Project

Gabriella Hauber

Assistant Professor, Department of Language and Communication (UTFPR)
Ph.D. in Communication (UFMG)

Projects:
Emotions, argumentation and interactions on deliberative practice: learning deliberation in public schools for conflicts resolution and citizenship development.

Giulia Sbaraini Fontes

Ph.D. in Political Science (UFPR)
Master in Political Science (UFPR)

Projects:
When Journalism is the target: the construction of journalistic authority by quality papers in Brazil and the U.S. during the terms of Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump.

Paulo Ferracioli

Ph.D. in Political Science (UFPR)
Master in Communication (UFPR)

Projects:
Fact-checking checkability criteria: a comparison between countries.

Andressa Butture Kniess

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (INCT-DSI/CNPq)
Ph.D. in Political Science (UFPR)
Master in Political Science (UFPR)

Projects:

Fact checking and journalistic authority: An analysis of Fato ou Fake e Estadão Verifica during Lula’s and Bolsonaro’s Governments

Naiza Comel

Ph.D. in Communication (UFPR)
Master in Communication (UFPR)
Research Fellow (INCT-DSI/CNPq)

Projects:

Examining how news pieces are instrumentalized on politicians’ social media

Gisele Barão da Silva

Ph.D. in Communication (UFPR)
Master in Journalism Studies (UEPG)

Projects:
Transformations in journalism and conflicts with the political field.

Maria Paula Almada

Postdoctoral Fellow (INCT-DD/CNPq)
Ph.D. in Communication (UFBA)

Projects:
The Brazilian Federal Executive transparency: a longitudinal comparison between governments.

Paula Karini

Ph.D. in Communication (UFBA)
Dean of Community Affairs (IFPR) and Researcher (INCT-DD)

Projects:
The state of digital transparency of Brazilian executive governments.

MSc

Deivison Henrique de Freitas

Master in Political Science (UFPR)
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (UFPR)

Projects:
Brazilian pension reforms in O Estado de S. Paulo’s editorials: Positions, emphases, and parallelisms.

Jackeline Saori Teixeira

Master in Political Science (UFPR)
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (UFPR)

Projects:
Digital transparency and Health: An analysis of requests for access to information between 2016 and 2021.

Luiz Prendin

Master in Communication (UFPR)

Projects:
What does it mean to “de-westernize” communication studies? A study of South American academic in the Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR).