Insurgent Utopia: A Means for Transformation | The Review of Democracy

Alexandre da Trindade, PhD, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (CLAREC co-founder) This post was originally published at The Review of Democracy As universities face increasing neoliberal pressures, they must choose between passive complicity or transformative action. By embracing Paulo Freire’s concept of inédito viável—untested viability—and the framework of insurgent utopia, inspired by movements like theContinue reading “Insurgent Utopia: A Means for Transformation | The Review of Democracy”

Alicia Garcia Montufar Miro Quesada

ag2420@cam.ac.uk | I am a Peruvian MPhil student in Education, Globalisation, and International Development at the University of Cambridge, with a Bachelor’s in Education and Learning Management from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. My research has focused on emotional education within the Peruvian curriculum. My current research interests are gender inequality, policy, and social justiceContinue reading “Alicia Garcia Montufar Miro Quesada”

Rocío Fernández Ugalde

rociofernandezugalde@gmail.com | I am a Chilean researcher, PhD at Cambridge, interested in educational policies and critical studies in education. I graduated as an educational psychologist from the University of Chile where I collaborated in research projects related to teachers’ work ant their autonomy in different school settings. I have also participated in governmental teacher educationContinue reading “Rocío Fernández Ugalde”

Magali Ramos Jarrin

mpr44@cam.ac.uk | I am an Ecuadorian PhD student with a B.A in Integrated Social Sciences from Jacobs University and Msc. in Social Policy from LSE. Worked as Undersecretary for Teachers Professional Development at the Ministry of Education of Ecuador and collaborated with the World Bank, Inter American Development Bank and RISE Programme Grants.Awarded UNESCO GEMContinue reading “Magali Ramos Jarrin”

María Fernanda Rodríguez

mfr32@cam.ac.uk | I am a Peruvian sociologist with a master’s degree in Education, Globalisation, and International Development. After working in educational research and public policy in Peru for the past years, I am now starting a Ph.D. in Education at Cambridge. My work has focused on researching educational topics from a sociological perspective, especially inContinue reading “María Fernanda Rodríguez”

Jáfia Naftali Câmara

jn473@cam.ac.uk | I am a British Academy Research Fellow in Education at the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the University of Cambridge. My main research interests centre on education, migration, mobilities, internal displacement, the politics of education and the intersections between racism(s), class, border regimes and integration discourse and policy. Dr. Jáfia Naftali Câmara isContinue reading “Jáfia Naftali Câmara”

Anna Maria Del Fiorentino

amd218@cam.ac.uk | I’m a PhD candidate investigating women’s sense of belonging at elite universities, focusing on first-generation students at Brazil’s Unicamp and the UK’s Cambridge University, where these historically exclusionary spaces, in different contexts, have only recently seen record numbers of state-school and BAME students. Additionally, I explore generational inequalities and the impact of aContinue reading “Anna Maria Del Fiorentino”

Heidy M. Perez-Cordero

hmp54@cam.ac.uk | I am a Puerto Rican doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. My research project explores the formation of the professional identity of the Heritage Language Teachers. The exploration was conducted through a series of applied drama workshops. My interests include poetic inquiry, drama as method, identities, teacher’s wellbeing, decolonizingContinue reading “Heidy M. Perez-Cordero”

Alexandre Da Trindade

ad988@cam.ac.uk | Currently undertaking a CAPES Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Institute of Science and Technology “Educational Policy and Teaching Work” (INCT-GESTRADO) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge (2024), supervised by Professor Susan L. Robertson. The thesis, titled Utopian Thinking in Higher Education and ItsContinue reading “Alexandre Da Trindade”

CLAREC – The new Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective

This post was originally published at Faculty of Education webpage. Just a few months after its official formation, Cambridge’s new Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) is attracting widespread interest and engagement – and not just from within Cambridge. Through a thriving programme of talks, research seminars and a reading group, the collective aimsContinue reading “CLAREC – The new Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective”