Research Fields
social movements
civil society
contentious politics
public policies
protest
CV
Dr.
Britta
Baumgarten
is
a
sociologist,
researcher
at
the
Centre
for
Research
and
Studies
in
Sociology
(CIES-UIL)
and
invited
professor
at
IPPS
Lisbon.
She
works
about
Brazilian
social
movements
in
the
defense
of
social
rights
and
on
Portuguese
social
movements
against
austerity.She
leads
the
project
cooperation:
"New
modes
of
political
participation"
between
CIES-UIL
and
the
Federal
University
of
Santa
Catarina/
Brazil. She
is
consulting
editor
of
"Social
Movement
Studies"
and
member
of
the
editorial
committee
of
"Sociologia,
Problemas
e
Práticas".
Educational Qualifications
Projects
Recent Publications
Comunications
