Carolina Batista Israel

Professor in the Department of Geography at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), where she coordinates Tecnosfera Research Laboratory on Space, Technology, and Society. She completed postdoctoral research at the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2022 and at UFPR in 2020. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Geography from USP (2019), having received the CAPES Thesis Award in 2020 and an Honorable Mention in the USP Outstanding Thesis Award in the same year. She also holds a masters degree from UFPR (2010) and a bachelors degree in Geography from UNESP (2005).She is a member of the Coordination Committee of the Internet Governance Research Network, the Advisory Board of the Latin American Network of Studies on Surveillance, Technology, and Society (LAVITS), and the Coordinating Committee of the Curitiba branch of the Observatory of the Metropolises (INCT).Her academic experience lies in the field of Human Geography, with an emphasis on the study of digital networks and their impact on the reproduction of socio-spatial inequalities. She also works on the following topics: Political Geography, Urban Geography, Geography Education, Communication Geography, Internet, and Cyberspace. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)