INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SOCIOLOGY OF PUBLIC ACTION.

• Grant number: 24/22728-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 24, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration - Public Administration
• Principal Investigator: Mario Aquino Alves
• Grantee: Mayra Carolina Ataide de Oliveira
• Supervisor: Daniel Cefai
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: École Des Hautes Études En Sciences Sociales, France
• Associated to the scholarship: 24/10345-0 - INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SOCIOLOGY OF PUBLIC ACTION., BP.DR

Abstract

Discussions on sustainable development, driven by Agenda 21 and the 17 SDGs, guide efforts toward peace, justice, and environmental prosperity. In this context, various institutional arrangements are emerging to promote sustainable development in threatened biomes such as the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest, using the IAD framework to safeguard common resources. However, there is a research gap concerning the sustainability of these arrangements. While international literature focuses on management, in Brazil, the debate centers on public policies, with few practical investigations. This thesis project aims to study how the language of institutional arrangements affects the resolution of public problems, combining the sociology of public action with a critical-realist perspective, through a case study in the Guapiruvu neighborhood of São Paulo.