CEBRAP is a non-profit multi-disciplinary research institution dedicated to the study of Brazil’s social reality and participation in political and institutional debates. It was founded in 1969 by a group of researchers, many of whom had lost their university positions under the military dictatorship.
CEBRAP researchers seek to generate multi-disciplinary perspectives in the following subject areas:
- Environmental Conflict
- Culture and Politics
- Labour Studies
- Philosophy and Politics
- History
- Population and Society
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CEBRAP publishes the academic journal Novos Estudos, and maintains an academic post-graduation programme in various branches of the social sciences.
CEBRAP has contributed to establishing the Centro de Estudos da Metropole, an institution carrying out research, dissemination and knowledge transfer about the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, in Brazil.
CEBRAP is the Brazilian research partner for the Citizenship DRC.