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Flávio Eiró de Oliveira is an Assistant Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research primarily focuses on political ethnography, exploring state-citizen relations, political landscape influences, and policy impacts through ethnographic methods. Flávio began his exploration of state-citizens relations during his PhD in Sociology at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he examined the Bolsa Família welfare program from the perspective of frontline workers. His work highlights representations of deservingness and insecurity affecting program recipients. He also engages in critical theorizing of politics and policies, contributing to an understanding of how citizens navigate state interactions. Flávio supervises PhD candidates on projects addressing themes such as policy displacement and urban marginality. In addition to his research, he coordinates the Bachelor in Anthropology program and teaches various courses including Ethnographic Research Methodology and Sociology of Development. He has received accolades for his work in academia and is active in editorial and conference organizing roles within the anthropology community.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • Amsterdam, Netherlands
Research and teaching in Social and Cultural Anthropology, focusing on political ethnography and state-citizen relations.
University of Groningen • Groningen, Netherlands
Taught in the Faculty of Arts, focusing on minorities, multilingualism, and development studies.
Radboud University Nijmegen • Nijmegen, Netherlands
Engaged in an ERC-funded project on participatory urban governance and democracy.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.