PROFILE

Daniela Silva Fontoura de Barcellos

Executive, Brazil Node

Publishes in: Portuguese

Share this profileLinkedInXFacebookWhatsAppTelegram

DANIELA SILVA FONTOURA DE BARCELLOS
Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Law at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (PPGD-UFRJ, CAPES rating 6)
Associate Professor II – Faculdade Nacional de Direito, UFRJ
Ad hoc Consultant to CAPES

Academic Background

  • Postdoctoral Research (2017) – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
    Field: Legal History

  • PhD in Political Science (2007–2011) – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
    Doctoral research stay at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris
    Thesis: Civil Code: Professors between the Law Schools and the Federal Government
    Supervisors: Michel Offerlé (ENS) and Odaci Luiz Coradini (UFRGS)
    CAPES Scholarship Holder

  • Master of Laws (1999–2003) – UFRGS
    Thesis: The Legal Concept of Consumer: A Comparative Analysis of the Brazilian and Argentine Legal Systems
    Supervisor: Judith Hofmeister Martins Costa
    CAPES Scholarship Holder

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal and Social Sciences (1994–1998) – UFRGS
    CAPES Scholarship Holder

  • Undergraduate Studies in Social Sciences (not completed) – UFRGS (1992–2005)

Areas of Expertise

  • Contemporary Legal Theories

  • Civil Law

  • Sociology of Law

  • Consumer Law

  • Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups

  • Women’s Rights

  • Legal Institutions

  • Political Theory

Languages

  • English – Comprehension: good | Speaking: good | Reading: good | Writing: fair

  • Spanish – Comprehension: good | Speaking: good | Reading: good | Writing: good

  • French – Comprehension: good | Speaking: good | Reading: good | Writing: good

Additional Courses and Training (selection)

  • EHESS (France): Sociologie des pouvoirs et des élites; Sociologie des intellectuels; Sociologie du droit

  • Mairie de Paris: Français Expression Écrite

  • UNL (Portugal): Civil Code Colloquium

  • FGV: Economics and Comparative Law

  • UNISINOS: Statistical Analysis with SPSS

  • Various legal and interdisciplinary congresses and seminars (national and international)

Institutional and Academic Positions

  • Coordinator of the PPGD-UFRJ (Graduate Program in Law at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

  • Associate Professor II at UFRJ

  • Ad hoc Consultant to CAPES

  • Organizer of and participant in dozens of academic events in Brazil and abroad

Research Topics and Publications

  • Codification of Civil Law

  • Sociology of Legal Elites

  • Protection of the Rights of Women and Vulnerable Groups

  • Access to Justice and Public Policy

  • Civil Liability and Family Law

  • Comparative Consumer Law

  • Regulation and Democracy

Event Organization Activities

  • Coordinator of congresses and thematic seminars on:

    • Women’s Rights (Redefem, CNJ)

    • Civil Codification

    • Justice and Politics

    • Vulnerabilities and Over-Indebtedness

Notable International Engagements

  • Lecturer at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

  • CONPEDI (Buenos Aires, Chile, Santiago)

  • Coimbra International Congress on Human Rights

  • LASA Congress – Latin American Studies Association

In the organization