Silvia Helena Simões Borelli

Anthropologist, professor, and associate professor (PPG in Social Sciences/ Department of Social Sciences/ PUCSP). She graduated in Political and Social Sciences (São Paulo School of Sociology and Politics Foundation, 1973) and earned a master's degree (1983), doctorate (1995), and associate professorship (2006) from PUCSP. She supervises monographs, dissertations, and theses. She is a researcher in the areas of anthropology/sociology of culture/communication: images, metropolises, and youth cultures; young people/youths; cultural, political, and communication actions; public policies by/for youth; media production/reception; books/reading/publishers/publishing market. She participates in and coordinates research and research groups: a) GP Images, metropolises, and youth cultures (Leader: Research Groups Directory/ CNPq), since 2006; b) GT Youth and Children (CLACSO-Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, 2019-2022): researcher since 2008 and coordinator between 2011-2013 and 2013-2016; c) Research Project: Latin American youth in migration: rights and political and cultural practices of resistance and re-existence (CLACSO-Argentina/CINDE-Universidad Manizales.Colombia/PUCSP. Brazil), co-coordinator, since 2023. Co-coordinates the Postdoctoral Program for Research in Social Sciences, Niñez and Youth (CLACSO; FLACSO-Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; CINDE-Universidad de Manizales-Colombia; Universidad de Lanus-Argentina; El Colegio de la Frontera-COLEF-México; Universidad Luis Amigó-Colombia) and is a member of the Scientific Committee of RedINJU-Red de Posgrados en Infancia y Juventud, as well as the Coordination committees and Evaluation of the International School of Postgraduate Program/Childhood and Youth in Latin America (RedINJU). Responsible for international cooperation agreements between PUCSP and member institutions of the Postdoctoral Program and RedINJU. Representative of the Brazilian Member Centers on the CLACSO Steering Committee (2025-2028 term). Publishes books and articles in Brazil and abroad, including: Borelli, S. H. S. Soares, R. L. (Org). (2023) Youth, violence, bioculture, resistance. São Paulo: EDUC-Editora da PUCSP; Borelli, S.H.S. Valenzuela, J.M. (Org). (2021) Latin American Youth: Necropolitics, Political Cultures and Urbanities. Buenos Aires; São Paulo; Manizales: Clacso; Educ; Ed. Manizales; Borelli, S.H.S.; Arregui, C.C. Pontual, P.C. (2019) Culture as a vector of protection. Protagonism of children and adolescents. São Paulo: EDUC-Editora da PUCSP. Borelli, S.H.S.; Cubides, H.; Vazquez, M.; UNDA, R. (2015) Latin American youth. Sociocultural practices, policies and public policies. CLACSO. Borelli, S.H.S.; Alvarado, S.V.; Vommaro, P. (org.) (2012) Youth, policies and cultures: experiences, approaches and diversities. Buenos Aires: CLACSO/ Homo Sapiens. Borelli, S.H.S.; Rocha, R.M.; Oliveira, R.A. (2009) Young people in the metropolitan scene. Perceptions, narratives and modes of communication. São Paulo: Paulinas. Borelli, S.H.S. and Freitas, R.F. (org.) (2009) Communication, narratives and urban cultures. São Paulo: Educ; Borelli, S.H.S. Freire Filho, J. (org) (2008) Youth cultures in the 21st century. São Paulo: Educ. Lopes, M.I.V.; Borelli, S.H.S.; Resende, V.R. (2002) Living with the soap opera. Mediations, reception, telefictionality. São Paulo: Summus. Borelli, S.H.S.; Priolli, G. et alii. (2000) The wounded goddess. Why Globo network is no longer the absolute audience champion. São Paulo: Summus. Borelli, S.H.S. (1996) Action, suspense, emotion: literature and mass culture in Brazil. São Paulo: Estação Liberdade/EDUC/FAPESP. Borelli, S.H.S. (org). (1994) Fictional genres, production and everyday life in popular mass culture. São Paulo: INTERCOM/ CNPq/ FINEP; Ortiz, R.; Borelli, S.H.S.; Ramos, J.M.O. (1989) Soap opera: history and production. São Paulo: Brasiliense. She is an ad hoc advisor to Fapesp and CAPES and a member of the editorial boards of Social Sciences. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)