Sérgio Adorno

Sérgio França Adorno de Abreu holds a degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1974), a PhD in Sociology from the University of São Paulo (1984) and has been Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre de Recherches sur le Droit Sociologiques et les Institutions Penales, CESDIP, France. A professor of Sociology, he is currently Director of USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences (FFLCH-USP). He is also the Scientific Coordinator of the Center for the Study of Violence (NEV / USP). His area of research lies in the field of Political Sociology, acting on the following topics: violence, human rights, urban crime, social control, social conflicts, justice, and democracy. He has authored and co-authored 79 articles in scientific periods (nationally and internationally), 2 books and 52 chapters in books (nationally and internationally). He has been the training supervisor to 24 professors, 21 doctors and 2 postdocs. He is a Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit from the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology.