Meta-analysis of 21st-century academic literature on the Brazilian urban context in leading international journals: a partnership between UrbanData-Brazil - Bibliographic Database on Urban Brazil and the Center for Metropolitan Studies

• Grant number: 25/15118-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Public Policies
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Cesar Leão Marques
• Grantee: Cassiane Santiago André
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/07616-7 - CEM - Center for Metropolitan Studies, AP.CEPID

Abstract

UrbanData-Brazil is a bibliographic database that compiles publications, in variouseditorial formats, concerning different dimensions of urban life in Brazil. Within thecontext of the partnership between UrbanData-Brazil and the Center for MetropolitanStudies, the research assistant will be responsible for collecting, classifying, andconducting a preliminary analysis of articles that specifically address the Brazilianurban context, published between 2000 and 2025, in seven of the leadinginternational journals in the field: Environment & Planning (C: Politics & Space; D:Society & Space), Habitat International, International Journal of Urban & RegionalResearch, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and Urban Studies. (AU)