Edemilson Paraná
E-mail: edemilsonparana@ufc.br
Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6484218588053121
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3487-9677
Research Line: POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication – University of Brasília, UnB (2011)
Master’s Degree in Sociology – University of Brasília, UnB (2014)
PhD in Sociology – University of Brasília, UnB (2018)
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies – University of Brasília, UnB (2019)
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Political Economy – University of Brasília, UnB (2020)
About
Edemilson Paraná is a professor in the Department of Social Sciences at LUT University, Finland. He taught at the University of Brasília (UnB) and the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), where he is affiliated with the Graduate Program in Sociology and coordinates the Center for Studies in Economics, Technology, and Society (NETS). He is a researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development, University of Groningen, Netherlands. He served as a research fellow at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA, Brazil) and as an associate researcher at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD). He holds a master’s and doctorate in Sociology from UnB. He teaches and publishes in the areas of Political Economy, Economic Sociology, and Social Theory. His research interests include the Digital Economy, Digital Finance, Financialization, and the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence.
Ongoing Research Projects
Ongoing Teaching Projects
2023 – Current
Finnish-Brazilian Joint Multidisciplinary Training Program for Technical Aspects and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and (beyond) 5G networks
