In 2019, PUCRS welcomed 22 professors from universities from overseas for lectures and seminars
2019 was marked by the visit of 22 professors from overseas who served as Visiting Professors in Brazil on Institutional Project of Internationalization (PUCRS-PrInt). The professors delivered lectures, seminars and met students interested in their lines of research. Their visit to PUCRS reinforced institutional relations, paved the way for the development of new projects and advanced the internationalization of students and researchers.
Research in this area addresses the clinical, psychosocial and educational aspects associated with the different stages of human development, in an integrated way. Investigations are developed in four sub-areas: child development, neglected diseases, adult health and neurodegenerative diseases. Find out more about studies in the area.
Cassia Trojahn dos Santos – Université de Toulouse 2 – Jean Jaurès, France
Cooperation project: Development of innovative health technologies and processes Maximiliano Agustin Wilson – Université Laval, Canada
Cooperation project: Study of the neuropsychology of aging and molecular mechanisms associated with neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly population
Michel Koole – KU Leuven, Belgium
Cooperation project: Development of innovative technologies and processes in health.
Patrizio Blandina – Università degli Studi di Frienze, Italy
Cooperation project: Biopsychosocial aspects associated with the health of individuals in adult life
Hector Morbidoni – Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Cooperation project: Advances in drug development, diagnosis and epidemiology of neglected diseases
María del Carmen Tatay – Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Spain
Cooperation project: Study of the neuropsychology of aging and molecular mechanisms associated with neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly population
Wilson Montanez – Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Cooperation project: Assessment of environmental aspects, life habits and pathological conditions in child development
Research in this area addresses how society adapts to the rapid changes of the modern world. Aspects associated with social and economic development, migration, violence and human rights, as well as the use of technology without violating the ethical aspects and individual privacy rights are some of the issues that are addressed. Find out more about studies in the area.
Sue Robson – Newcastle University, UK
Cooperation project: Human development: knowledges and practices for a world in motion.
Rui Dang – University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul The Apostle”, North Macedonia
Cooperation project: Macro and microeconomic aspects associated with economic, social, human and environmental development.
Christian Rode – Universitat Bonn, Germany
Cooperation project: Migrations: Historical and conceptual Perspectives and Analysis of Contemporary Phenomena
Manuel Jesús Sabariego Gómez – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Cooperation project: The hidden matrix of Violence in Contemporary Times: Crisis of Otherness, Morality and Ethics.
Juana Maria Sancho Gil – Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Cooperation project: Human development: knowledges and practices for a world in motion.
Roland Scholz – Danube University Krems, Austria
Cooperation project: Macro and microeconomic aspects associated with economic, social, human and environmental development.
Ruby Roy Dholakia – University of Rhode Island, USA
Cooperation project: Macro and microeconomic aspects associated with economic, social, human and environmental development.
Antonio Miras – Universidade de Granada, Spain
Cooperation project: Technology and Society in a globalized world in crisis.
Research in this area studies how new technologies can contribute to the advancement of the study of biodiversity and the environment. It also analyzes how these technological advances can assist in the development of materials, products and processes that allow the rational use of natural resources with low impact on the environment. Find out more about studies in this area.
Fernando Lopes Pedone – University of Lugano, Switzerland
Cooperation project: Extracting knowledge from Big Data
Joe Daniel Taylor – University of Salford, UK
Cooperation project: Genomic Advances and their impacts on the study of Biodiversity.
Gabriele Mencagli – University of Pisa, Italy
Cooperation project: Extracting knowledge from Big Data
Marcel Toulemonde – CIMAP (Université Caen Normadien), France
Cooperation project: Technology, Energy and Natural Resources: New Paths to Sustainability
Victor Champac – Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Mexico
Cooperation project: Technological Advances for the Development of an Interconnected World.
Damien Biau – Arts Et Métiers ParisTech, France
Cooperation project: Technology, Energy and Natural Resources: New Paths to Sustainability
Jörg Nolt – Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Cooperation project: Technological Advances for the Development of an Interconnected World.
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