March, 25th

- 10:00-10:15: Opening session

Marta Arretche (CEM Director)

Nadya Araujo Guimarães (INCT Director)

Paula Montero (CEBRAP President)

- 10:15 am-12:00: Session 1: Jobs in metropolitan regions

Chair: Marta Arretche (CEM)

Alvaro Comin (USP/CEM): City and economy: changes in Sao Paulo metropolitan context

Nadya Araújo Guimarães (USP/CEM): Access to Jobs: Metropolitan Dynamics

Kate Purcell (University of Warwick): Flexible employment, student labour and the changing structure of the UK labour market in university cities

- 12:00-1:30 pm: Lunch time

- 1:30 pm-3:30 pm: Session 2: Public Policies in metropolitan regions

Chair: Argelina Figueiredo (IUPERJ/CEM)

Vera Schattan P. Coelho (CEM), Alexandre Ferraz (CEM), Fabiola Fanti (CEM): Fighting inequalities in the access to health services: A study of the role of decentralization and participation

Jefferey Sellers (USC): Place, Inequality and Metropolitan Governance: A Framework for Comparative Analysis

Marta Arretche (USP/CEM): Territorial Justice and Governance: Inequality in Brazilian Metropolitan Regions

- 3:30 pm-4 pm: Coffee break

- 4 pm-6 pm: Session 3: Poverty, region, and voting behavior

Chair: Eduardo Marques (CEM/USP)

César Zucco (Princeton University): Cash transfers and voting behavior: Poorest voters vs poorest places

Charlie Jeffery (University of Edinburgh): Why do voters vote differently in regional as compared to national elections? Evaluating competing explanations

March 26th:

- 10:00 am-12:00: Session 4: Race, inequality, and Social inclusion

Chair: Nadya Araujo Guimarães (CEM/USP)

Antonio Sergio Guimarães (USP/CEM): Social inclusion in Brazilian universities

Marcia Lima (USP/CMS): "Race" and Class Dynamics in Metropolitan Contexts

Edward Telles (Princeton University): New Findings on Race and Ethnicity in Latin America

- 12:00-1:30 pm: Lunch time

- 1:30 pm-3:30 pm: Session 5: State, social ties, and public policies

Chair: Celi Scalon (UFRJ)

Adrian Gurza Lavalle (USP/CEM) e Natália Salgado Bueno (CEM): Political institutions and civil society organizations in two Latin American metropolis

Eduardo Marques (USP/CEM): Social networks, poverty and neighborhoods in two Brazilian cities

Patrick Heller (Brown University): Democratic Deepening in Brazil, India and South África: Towards a comparative framework

- 3:30 pm-4:00 pm: Coffee break

- 4:00 pm-5:30 pm: Conclusion session

- 6:00 pm: Happy hour (at CEBRAP)