Thiago Godoi Calil da Costa

PhD in Global Health and Sustentability by the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo - FSP / USP. Master in Science by the same School. Graduated in Psychology from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (2006). I have experience in Psychology, with an emphasis on Social Psychology, asI work with people that live on the streets and people who use drugs. I have been active since 2004 in the perspective of the Harm Reduction of social and health damage in several contexts of drug use, including in the region of Luz, known as 'Cracolândia' (Crackland), in the center of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. I develop research at the interface between health and urbanism, seeking approximations between the issue of drugs, people and the city, in addition to the various forces that affect this field such as public policies, stigma, the criminalization of poverty, state violence, the global market and the possibilities of human rights-assurance strategies in Latin American contexts. At the moment, I conduct an investigation based on approximations of public scenes of drug use (crack) in the cities of São Paulo - Brazil, and Bogotá and Medellín - Colombia. Researcher Since july 2020 at CJB - José Bonifácio Chair at CIBA / USP - Ibero-American Center and linked to IRI - USP International Relations Institute. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)