Newsletter #282

AGENDA

Candidates for the direction of the IEA present their proposed management program

On March 6, at 10:00 am, professors Guilherme Ary Plonski and Roseli de Deus Lopes, respectively candidates for director and deputy director of the IEA, will present the management program for 2020-2024 in a public meeting open to all interested parties. For them, it is necessary to reinforce the Institute's triple function as "a place of critical reflection, a sensor of advances on the international frontier of knowledge, and an incubator of propositional ideas." The election will be held on March 10.

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On the eve of their elections, BrCidades launches an agenda with proposals for governments and civil society

The BrCidades collective, made up of researchers, professionals, and social movement activists, will hold the meeting "BrCidades: in Favor of a Collective Project for Brazilian Cities" on March 9, at 9:30 am. At the event, an agenda prepared in the last two years will be presented, with contributions from 16 state centers, to make Brazilian cities "economically dynamic, socially just, culturally plural, and environmentally sustainable". Architects, urban planners, and academics will debate with the group.

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Meeting addresses the fight against asbestos, an example of mobilization in defense of workers' health

The pioneer in the fight for the ban of asbestos in Brazil, Fernanda Giannasi, will hold the conference "Current Challenges for Social Movements in Defense of Workers' Health: The Case of the Anti-Asbestos Struggle" on March 11, at 2:00 pm. She will analyze the reasons for success and the main obstacles of social movements that defend health and the environment. The event has been organized by IEA's study group Effects of New Ways on Workers' Life, coordinated by Professor René Mendes, who will be the moderator.

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Economists will address tax reform and its impact on reducing inequalities

The relations between the tax system and social inequality in Brazil will be discussed by economists Armínio Fraga, Bernard Appy, Marc Morgan, and Rodrigo Orair in a seminar to be held on March 18, at 8:30 am. "Taxation and Inequality: Evidence and Agenda" will also address the main scientific, political, and economic challenges of the issue. There will be two panels: "The Research Agenda on Inequality and Taxation," with Morgan and Orair, and "The Tax Reform Agenda in Brazil," with Fraga and Appy.

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Science historian discusses Lamarck's thinking on evolution

At the conference "Lamarck and His Time: What He Really Thought about Evolution," on March 20, at 11:00 am, science historian Lilian Al-Chueyr Pereira Martins, a professor at USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters in Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), will address little-known aspects of Lamarck's theory and the scientific landscape of the time when he developed it. The moderator will be Gildo Magalhaes dos Santos Filho, coordinator of the Institute's research group Khronos: History of Science, Epistemology, and Medicine, organizer of the conference.

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INSTALLATION

IEA displays fossil replicas in an installation on human evolution

"Hominine Occupation," an installation with replicas of fossils from six hominins and a panel summarizing the evolution of the human species, was opened to the public in the lobby of the IEA on February 27. The organizer and curator is paleoanthropologist Walter Neves, a senior professor at the Institute. The replicas have been produced by paleoartist Rogério Corrêa de Souza. According to Neves, although hundreds of hominins have already been discovered, the six chosen ones are the most iconic in the evolutionary timeline.

INTERNATIONAL

UBIAS chooses "Dialogue" as the common theme for the member institutes in 2020

"Dialogue" is the 2020 theme of the international network of University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study (UBIAS), of which the IEA-USP is a member. The member institutes should feel encouraged to invite researchers from colleague institutes as lecturers or visiting professors, as well as to carry out joint activities between each other. Although dialogue is the basis of modern society, it is not yet clear how it will be valued in a future that can be highly regulated by artificial intelligence.

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