The Psychosocial and Collective Processes research line prioritizes theoretical and methodological frameworks within the field of social psychology. It includes studies in areas such as territories of existence, environment, construction of subjectivities, social representations, social memory, and social identity, with various research objects including education, health, race, youth, gender, and culture.
Professor Denis Giovani Monteiro Naiff, who holds a PhD in Social Psychology from UERJ (2005), specializes in representations, memory, and social identity. He has supervised 8 Master’s dissertations (2010–2015), 9 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2005–2006), and 2 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2007–2008). Professor Luciene Alves Miguez Naiff also holds a PhD in Social Psychology from UERJ (2005) and completed her postdoctoral research in Social Psychology at ICS, University of Lisbon (2015). Her expertise includes Social Representations, social memory, and identity, and she has supervised 9 Master’s dissertations (2007–2015), 1 postdoctoral project (2013), 5 specialization monographs (Children and Adolescents’ Rights, 2009), 1 undergraduate final project (TCC) (2005), and 10 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2007–2014). She is a research productivity fellow (CNPq – Level 2, CAPS – Psychology and Social Work), a Young Scientist of Our State (2009–2011 and 2012–2015), and a member of the ADEPS board of directors. She also serves as a doctoral advisor for the Graduate Program in Psychosociology of Communities and Social Ecology at UFRJ.
Professor Marcos Aguiar de Souza holds a PhD in Psychology from UFRJ (2003) and completed his postdoctoral research in Management and Quantitative Methods at ISCTE-IUL, University Institute of Lisbon. His research focuses on data collection and analysis techniques, development and validation of psychological measurement instruments, organizational and work psychology, and studies in military and public security contexts. He has supervised 17 Master’s dissertations (2008–2015), 1 postdoctoral project (2014), 3 specialization monographs (Early Childhood Education, Educational Psychology, 2010–2013), 10 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2004–2015), and 10 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2005–2015). A research productivity fellow (CNPq – PQ-2), he has received several awards, including “Friend of the Army Personnel Studies Center and Forte Duque de Caxias” (2015), “Friend of the Navy” (Brazilian Navy, 2014), and “Emeritus Army Collaborator” (Brazilian Army, 2006). He is a member of the Brazilian Association for Defense Studies and the Brazilian Society of Organizational and Work Psychology.
Professor Nilton Sousa da Silva holds a PhD in Psychology from UFRJ (2002) and a postdoctoral degree in Social Work from PUC-Rio (2010). His research focuses on Clinical, Social, and Educational Psychology, with an emphasis on Jungian Psychology, social integrity, implementation of Laws 10.632 and 12.711, and Philosophy of Science and Society. He has supervised 5 Master’s dissertations (2013–2015), 4 specialization monographs (Storytelling in the Social Imaginary, 2010–2014), 21 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (1999–2013), and 5 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2001–2011). He is a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in Social Psychology at Agostinho Neto University (UAN), Angola, the Coordinator of the Afro-Descendant Psychology and Information Laboratory (LAPSIAFRO) at UFRRJ, and the Editor of the Boletim Interfaces de Psicologia at UFRRJ.
Professor Ronald Clay dos Santos Ericeira holds a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology from UFRJ (2009) and in Social Psychology from UERJ (2010), as well as a postdoctoral degree from the Université de Genève, Switzerland (CAPES Fellow, 2015). His research focuses on Anthropology and Psychology, covering themes such as popular culture, gender relations, history of psychology, cognitive memory, and social memory. He has supervised 1 Master’s dissertation (2016), 4 specialization monographs (Storytelling in the Social Imaginary, 2013–2014), and 4 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2012–2013).
Professor Rosa Cristina Monteiro holds a PhD in Development, Agriculture, and Society from UFRRJ (2001) and completed her postdoctoral research at UFRJ (2008). Her research focuses on rural extension, psychology, and education, exploring themes such as rural environments, space, territory, and nature. She coordinates the Master’s Program in Agricultural Education at UFRRJ and has supervised 19 Master’s dissertations (2005–2014), 9 specialization monographs (Educational Psychology, Psychopedagogy, 2002–2010), and 7 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2003–2014).
Professor Sílvia Maria Melo Gonçalves holds a degree in Psychology from the Fluminense Federal University (1977) and a teaching degree in Psychology from the same institution (1976). She earned a Master’s degree in Social Psychology from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (1983) and a PhD in Psychology from UFRJ (2006). She is an Associate Professor at UFRRJ, a permanent faculty member in the Graduate Program in Agricultural Education (PPGEA/UFRRJ), and a collaborator in the Graduate Program in Psychology (PPGPSI/UFRRJ). She coordinates the course Fundamentals of Education II as part of the Pedagogical Disciplines for Teacher Training at the State University Distance Learning Center of Rio de Janeiro (Fundação CECIERJ). Her research experience includes Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Legal Psychology, Human Relations Psychology, Positive Psychology, and Health Psychology, with a focus on educational psychology, legal psychology, subjective well-being, happiness, work, stress, and burnout.
This research line brings together researchers dedicated to investigating psychological theories and methods related to the study of human development, with an emphasis on its cognitive and social dimensions. It includes research in areas such as subjective well-being, stress, mental health, public health, and personal development in various contexts, as well as learning, cognition, and behavior related to themes such as education, health, work, and development.
Professor Fernanda Canavêz de Magalhães holds a PhD from the Graduate Program in Psychoanalytic Theory at UFRJ, with a research internship (CAPES/PDEE fellowship) at Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7 (2012). Her research focuses on School and Educational Psychology and Psychoanalytic Clinical Theory, particularly contemporary subjectivation processes, with an emphasis on violence, trauma, and resistance. She has supervised 20 specialization monographs (Psychopedagogy, 2012–2013), 2 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2013), and 3 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2015).
Professor Lilian Maria Borges Gonzalez holds a PhD in Psychology from the Graduate Program in Human Development and Health Processes at the Institute of Psychology, University of Brasília (UnB) (2011). She specializes in Health Psychology, with an emphasis on psychosocial aspects of the health-disease process. She has supervised 2 Master’s dissertations (2014), 37 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (1999–2015), and 3 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2013–2015).
Professor Lilian Miranda (2013–2017) holds a PhD in Public Health from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at UNICAMP (2009) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National School of Public Health (ENSP) (2011, CNPq Fellow). Her research focuses on Psychology, Mental Health, and Public Health, covering themes such as psychoanalysis, psychosis, psychosocial rehabilitation, psychiatric reform, collective health, and mental health care practices. She has supervised 8 Master’s dissertations (2013–2015), 6 specialization monographs (Public Health, Mental Health, 2008–2011), and 3 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2011–2012). She left UFRRJ in 2015 and is currently a researcher at the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP) at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ). However, she continues to fulfill her commitments to the Master’s in Psychology at UFRRJ, maintaining her advisory roles, teaching courses, participating in faculty meetings, and actively collaborating in other activities.
Professor Rosane Braga de Melo holds a PhD in Psychology from UFRJ (2006). Her research covers teaching and learning processes, reading and writing acquisition, educational psychology, connections between psychoanalysis and education, psychoanalysis and children, and clinical psychoanalysis. She has supervised 2 Master’s dissertations (2013–2014), 12 specialization monographs (Continuing Education in Media and Education, Psychoanalysis with Children, 2007–2012), 3 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2014), and 2 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2015). She is a psychoanalyst and a member of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Lacanian Field Forums (EPFCL), an international institution, and EPFCL-Brazil.
Professor Valéria Marques de Oliveira holds a PhD in Psychology from UFRJ (2005) and a postdoctoral degree in Education from UERJ (2011). She specializes in Clinical, Developmental, Educational, and Cognitive Psychology and Psychopedagogy, with an emphasis on Psychology of People with Special Educational Needs. She has supervised 7 Master’s dissertations (2011–2015), 7 specialization monographs (Continuing Education in Media and Education, Teaching in Higher Education, Learning Difficulties, 2002–2012), 21 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2002–2014), and 2 scientific initiation (IC) projects (2011–2014). She participates in two national/international research networks: “ReBentos” and “Narratives of Training and Human Development”. She won the III “Apareça com a GEMTE” Contest (2013), receiving the Innovation for Accessibility Award from the Marketing, Technology, and Ecology Research Group (GEMTE) and placed 3rd in the “Inclusive Education: Professional Experiences in Psychology” Award from the Federal Council of Psychology (2007).
Professor Wanderson Fernandes de Souza holds a PhD in Public Health from ENSP/Fiocruz (2011). His research focuses on Psychometrics, Research Methodology, Clinical Psychology, and Mental Health Epidemiology. He has supervised 5 Master’s dissertations (2013–2015), 1 specialization monograph (Storytelling in the Social Imaginary, 2014), 3 undergraduate final projects (TCCs) (2011–2015), and 1 scientific initiation (IC) project (2013).
Professor Emmy Uehara Pires is an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRRJ (PPGPSI/UFRRJ) and a Collaborating Professor in the Professional Master’s Program in Education, Management, and Dissemination in Biosciences (MP-EGeD) at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, UFRJ. She holds a degree in Psychology from UFRJ (2005) and is a Specialist in Neuropsychology accredited by the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP). She obtained her Master’s and PhD in Clinical Psychology (research line: Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology) from PUC-Rio. She is an ad hoc reviewer for SATEPSI, the leader of the CNPq Research Group – Center for Actions and Reflections in Developmental Neuropsychology (NARN), and a member of the GT Neuropsychology (ANPEPP). Her research focuses on Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, Test Construction and Adaptation, and Technological Innovation in Neuropsychology.
Professor Deborah Uhr is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology and a permanent faculty member in the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRRJ. She holds a degree in Psychology from UFRJ (1993), a Master’s in Public Health from UERJ (2001), and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from PUC-Rio (2014). She has worked for the Municipal and State Health Departments of Rio de Janeiro. Her expertise lies in Public Health, Mental Health, and Psychoanalysis, with research interests in mental health, primary care, medicalization, psychoanalysis, and public institutions.
Professor Luna Rodrigues Freitas Silva is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRRJ. She holds a degree in Psychology from UFRJ, a Master’s and PhD in Public Health from IMS/UERJ, with a research internship at King’s College London (CAPES/PDSE fellowship). Her research focuses on psychiatry history, preventive discourses, risk, neuroscientific theories, and child psychopathology.
Professor Ana Cláudia Peixoto is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRRJ. She holds a degree in Psychology from UFRJ, a Master’s and PhD in Psychology from UFRJ, and coordinates LEVICA (Laboratory for Studies on Violence Against Children and Adolescents). Her research focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Psychology, Schema Therapy, cognitive development, metacognition, health, clinical psychology, and prevention and intervention in child and adolescent violence.
Professor Luciene de Fátima Rocinholi is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRRJ. A specialist in Neuropsychology (CEPSIC – USP), she holds a Master’s and PhD in Psychobiology, a Postdoctoral degree in Clinical Medicine from USP Ribeirão Preto, and a Postdoctoral degree in Neurosciences from PUC-Rio. Her research focuses on Psychobiology, Neuropsychology, and adolescent health in school settings.
