Roxana Cavalcanti
Staff
contact:
Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
Email: R.Cavalcanti@brighton.ac.uk
Profile
Roxana has taught criminology and worked as a researcher at the University of Brighton since 2009. She started her ESRC funded PhD at the Brazil Institute, King's College London in September 2012.
She graduated in Criminology and Psychology in 2010 (first class honours) and completed her Masters in Criminology in 2011 (distinction) at the University of Brighton. Her current research examines urban violence in Brazil and aims to explore the relations of violence within which young people are often trapped. Roxana is concerned with citizenship and human rights issues. Roxana is interested in understanding young people's gendered, classed and 'racialised' experiences of violence in Recife – a city that has one of the highest homicide rates in Brazil. She also intends to examine how the issues young people face are understood and dealt with by authorities (e.g. police) and by those working with young people (e.g. community and education workers).
Publications
CAVALCANTI, ROXANA, Goldsmith, Carly, MEASOR, LYNDA and SQUIRES, PETER (2012) Riotous connections? Criminal Justice Matters, 87 (1). pp. 34-35. ISSN 0962-7251
Cavalcanti, Roxana, Goldsmith, Carlie, Lea, John, Measor, Lynda, Squires, Peter and Wolff, David (2011) Connected communities. Youth and community: connections and disconnections Arts & Humanities Research Council (Connected Communities Programme), Brighton.
Conference papers
Goldsmith, C. and Cavalcanti, R. (2012). The Politics of Precarity: Mutuality, Resistance and Organisation in Britain and Latin America. Paper Presented at the University of Brighton, Exploring the "Precariat": An Interdisciplinary Conference. 12 September 2012.
Squires, P., Cavalcanti, R., Goldsmith, C. and Measor, L. (2012). Young People – Connections, Contexts and Disaffections. Paper presented at the University of the West of Scotland, Youth in Crisis and Community Interventions Conference. 21-22 February 2012.
Educational background
Brazil Institute – King's College London, ESRC funded PhD, September 2012 – September 2015. Working title: 'Young people, violence and advanced marginality: A qualitative study in Recife – Brazil'.
University of Brighton – England, Criminology MA (Distinction 75%), September 2010 – December 2011. Dissertation title: 'Drugs, Violence and Possibilities for Social Change: The role of non-governmental organisations in overcoming marginality and crime in Brazil'. Supervisor: Professor John Lea.
University of Brighton – England, BA (Hons) Criminology and Applied Psychology (First Class Honours), September 2007 – July 2010. Dissertation title: 'Gun Control, the Politics of Fear and Neoliberal Governance: A Case Study of the Brazilian Referendum'. Supervisor: Professor Peter Squires.
University of Cambridge (ESOL), CELTA – Certificate in English Language Teaching (Enhanced grade), September 2006 – February 2007.
Stevensons College Edinburgh – Scotland, HNC Accounting (Merit Pass), September 2004 – June 2005.
Research roles
Research Officer – Daphne III: Child to Parent Violence and Abuse. University of Brighton, February – March 2011. Successful EU bid (£970K).
Research Officer – AHRC project, University of Brighton, March 2011 – November 2011
Project Co-ordinator – ESFRS in partnership with the University of Brighton, June 2010 – September 2010
Interviewer, University of Brighton, June 2009 – September 2009
