About the Program

The Program The Program

Description of PPGSS

UFPE's Graduate Program in Social Work (PPGSS-UFPE) was created in 1979 and integrated into the Master's and Doctorate courses in Social Work. It received a grade of 6 in CAPES latest evaluation. The program's area of concentration is “Social Work, Social Movements and Social Rights", which are linked to 6 (six) research topics. The permanent faculty is made up of 12 permanent professors and 4 collaborators. PPGSS-UFPE's international position comes through research and joint publications, the participation of foreign visiting professors, postdoctoral studies overseas, doctorate scholarships abroad and cooperation projects in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. It maintains an Interinstitutional Doctorate (DINTER) class in Picos, in the countryside of Piauí, approved by CAPES in 2013 and with 14 students enrolled. PPGSS promotes short-term academic activities aligned with the offer of semestrial courses on topics relevant to on-going research, such as lectures, workshops, seminars, mini-courses with those outside IES in the country and abroad, with the presence of invited external participants. PPGSS-UFPE is socially and academically recognized at the regional, national and international levels through interinstitutional Master's and Doctoral programs, OAE programs for student exchange, international missions for study and research, support for international student mobility, co-tutorship systems, along with the conducting of post-doctoral internships by its permanent professors in national and international IES.

Research Areas

Social Work, Social Movements and Social Rights

Permanent Faculty

(Click on the teacher's name to access the Curriculum Lattes.)

Ana Cristina Brito Arcoverde – Doctor of Sociology

http://lattes.cnpq.br/2259642295478225

ana.arcoverde@gmail.com

Ana Cristina de Souza Vieira – Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/3664894923683999

anacvieira12@gmail.com

Ana Elizabete Fiuza Simões da Mota – Doctor of Social Work - http://lattes.cnpq.br/5899928488950741

bmota@elogica.com.br

Angela Santana do Amaral- Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6546778737282608

angelaufpe@yahoo.com.br

Helena Lucia Augusto Chaves – Doctor of Sociology

http://lattes.cnpq.br/8716353137691574

helena.chaves@gmail.com

Juliane Feix Peruzzo - Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/0327148497944699

peruzzo.juliane@gmail.com

Marco Antonio Mondaini de Souza – Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/3037885281663213

marcomondaini@ig.com.br

Maria Alexandra da S. M. Mustafá – Doctor of Philosophy

http://lattes.cnpq.br/2692326292236491

alexandramustafa@ig.com.br

Maria das Graças e Silva – Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/1370572660294004

graca_pe@yahoo.com.br

Mônica Rodrigues Costa – Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/0578087214340210

morodrigues.costa@gmail.com

Raquel Cavalcante Soares - Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/0102657184904074

quelcsoares@gmail.com

Rosa Maria Cortês de Lima – Doctor of Urban and Regional Planning

http://lattes.cnpq.br/2545477925999979

cortez.rosa@gmail.com

Collaborating Academic Staff

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Cezar Henrique Miranda Coelho Maranhão – Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/3107931930999771

Guillermo Foladori – Doctor of Economics

http://lattes.cnpq.br/1005545257053307

Valdilene Pereira Viana Schmaller - Doctor of Social Work

http://lattes.cnpq.br/7219623217580582

valdileneviana@uol.com.br

Vitória Régia F. Gehlen – Doctor of Urban Planning

http://lattes.cnpq.br/4964942442769343

Admin Staff (coordination and secretariat)

Coordinator: Ana Elizabete Fiuza Simões da Mota

Vice-coordinator: Maria das Graças e Silva

Secretary of the Program: Daniel Bernardo dos Santos

Administrative Assistant: Elynne de Paula Aguiar

Graduate courses - Master - Doctorate

https://www.ufpe.br/pssocial/images/documentos/bo76.pdf

Curricular Structure

Master’s (Click here to access) annexe 1

Doctorate (Click here to access) annexe 2

Research

Research Lines

1 – State, Social Policies and Social Work Activities

Study on the relationship between government activity and social classes in the planning, implementation and execution of Brazilian social policies. Analysis of Social Policies and meditations on Social Work

2 - Social Work, Labour and Social Issues;

Research socio-historical determinations of the social issue in Brazil, particularly dealing with Social Work activities in the face of changes in the world of labour, class practices and government action.

3 - Social Service, Political Action and Collective Subjects;

The study of urban or rural social struggles within the sphere of social production and reproduction. Analysis of organisation and social mobilisation strategies and of the activities by social mediators, including Social Work, the correlation of political forces, organisational processes and mediations in the public and private spheres.

4 - Social Relations of Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Sexuality;

Investigating the dimensions of class, gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality that exist in the relationships and social processes with which the Social Work remains linked through professional practice and knowledge production.

5 - Social Work, Ethics and Human Rights;

Discussing and investigating the foundations and the ethical dimension of the practices and ideologies of social subjects and the government in the scope of human, political and social rights, in addition to ethical issues involved in Social Work action.

6 - Contemporary Capitalism, Agrarian, Urban and Environmental Issues.

Researching contemporary capitalism and urban, agrarian and environmental issues, focusing on ongoing social processes and Social Work activities on these issues.