Permanent members
Paula Menezes
General Coordinator
Professor at the Faculty of Education of UFRJ and Consultant to the Ministry of Education in AI and digital education. PhD in Sociology (UFRJ), with a post-doctorate in Technopolitics of Education (UNICAMP). She is a consultant for MEC/UNESCO in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Education. She has experience as a teacher and researcher in Basic and Higher Education. She also holds a post-doctorate in urbanism and work (ENTPE, France). Specialist in the topic of educational technologies and the platformization of education and work. Member of the Labtec (UFRJ) and Elico (France) Laboratories.
Flora Ariza
Project Coordinator
PhD student in Sociology at FFLCH/USP, graduated in Social Sciences from Unicamp. Researcher and member of the DESEDUCA group - Research in Education and Social Inequalities. Coordinator of the education front of the U.A.I. (Understanding A.I.) initiative of IEA USP. Researches public educational policies that adopt the use of AI-based platforms in basic education, focusing on their relationships with the production and reproduction of educational inequalities. For 20 years, she has worked as an educator, teacher trainer, translator, and project and educational process manager with education departments, the third sector, and the private sector.
Danielle Sanches
Researcher
Pedagogue and education activist. Master in Development and Social Management (EAUFBA/PDGS). Specialist in Digital Education (UNEB) and Project Management (ESALQ/USP and Project DPro/PM4NGOs. Manages Atairu – Gestão & Inovação Social, a social impact business specialized in knowledge management, social innovation and sustainability. Developed a methodology which encourages collaboration in the design and implementation of innovative initiatives aimed at technological integration in public education.
Fabricio Cruz
Project Coordinator
Pedagogue and education activist. Master in Development and Social Management (EAUFBA/PDGS). Specialist in Digital Education (UNEB) and Project Management (ESALQ/USP and Project DPro/PM4NGOs. Manages Atairu – Gestão & Inovação Social, a social impact business specialized in knowledge management, social innovation and sustainability. Developed a methodology which encourages collaboration in the design and implementation of innovative initiatives aimed at technological integration in public education.
Livia Carolina Vieira
Researcher
Professor in the Education area at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Southern Minas Gerais - Poços de Caldas Campus, working in the Professional Master's Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT). Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Letters at IFSULDEMINAS. PhD in Education from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). Researcher in Education at the Alfredo Bosi Chair of IEA/USP, and in the EDUCA+AI Group. She worked as a researcher in the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Group (2023/2024) of the Oscar Sala Chair (IEA/USP). Her research focuses on the following themes: educational technologies, platformization of education, and artificial intelligence.
Diogo Duarte Rodrigues
Researcher
PhD in Communication and Culture (UFRJ) and Master in Information Science (IBICT/UFRJ). Works professionally as an academic manager in Higher Education, focusing on the design of teaching and learning experiences. Research interests lie in the intersections between Education and Technology, encompassing design and scientific methodologies, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Design Science Research, Media and Information Literacy, and digital literacies.
Amanda dos Santos Machado
Technical and media support
Master's student in "Adult Education and Innovative Pedagogies" at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France. Graduated in Information and Communication from the Université Lumière Lyon 2, also in France, with a focus on Organizational and Institutional Communication and Digital Media. Completed the last year of her undergraduate degree on a university exchange in Belgium.
Afrânio Silva
Researcher
Post-doctorate in Political History (PPGH/UERJ). PhD in the Postgraduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society - CPDA/UFRRJ. Master in Political Science - UFRJ. Graduated (bachelor and graduate) in Social Sciences - PUC-Rio. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at UERJ and Colégio Pedro II. Consultant and professor at IBAM. He is the author of books in the area of sociology and technical publications in the area of municipal management.
Kelly Pedroza
Researcher
PhD in Sociology from IESP-UERJ and Master in Sociology from Iuperj. He has a bachelor's degree and full degree in Social Sciences from UERJ. He teaches at the Department of Sociology at Colégio Pedro II and coordinates the Degree course in Social Sciences at the same institution.