PRESENTATION
The Space and Politics Laboratory (LEP), an institutional unit linked to the Postgraduate Program in Urban Development, was created in 2017 and brings together researchers (professors, doctoral, master’s and undergraduate students) interested in discussing the theme of geopolitics and its relationship to uneven development. The Space and Politics Laboratory (LEP), an institutional unit linked to the Postgraduate Program in Urban Development, was created in 2017 and brings together researchers (professors, doctoral, master’s and undergraduate students) interested in discussing the theme of geopolitics and its relationship to uneven development. It works actively through its two research groups, CILITUR and SOPAPO, and also through extension activities, through the extraMUROS project.
On the homepages of the research groups CILITUR and SOPAPO, you will find information about completed and ongoing research projects. You will also find a section with filters that will help you get more information about the related publications and productions.
The fixed team at LEP-UFPE is composed of the following researchers:
RESEARCH TEAM:

Cristina Pereira de Araujo
Architect, master and doctor by FAUUSP, associate professor of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Pernambuco (coordinator of LEP).

Izabella Galera
Architect, master and doctor from FAUUFMG, adjunct professor of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Pernambuco (vice-coordinator of LEP).

Adauto Gomes Barbosa
Geographer, master in geography from UFPB and doctor in geography from PPGEO UFPE, professor at the Federal Institute of Technological Education, Recife Campus (IFPE)

Adriana Carla de Azevedo Borba
Architect, master and doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism from UFRN, adjunct professor of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Pernambuco.

Ilana Barreto Kiyotani
Bachelor in tourism, doctorate in tourism from UFRN and master in geography from UFPB, professor of the Bachelor in Tourism at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB).

Luciano Muniz Abreu
Architect, Master by ProArq/UFRJ and doctor by IPPUR/UFRJ, Adjunct Professor, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro.

Lutemberg Francisco de Andrade Santana
Economist, master in administration and rural development from UFRPE, doctoral student at MDUUFPE, professor at the Federal Institute of Technological Education, Paulista Campus/PE (IFPE).

Otávio Augusto Alves dos Santos
Geographer, master and doctor in Urban Development from UFPE, adjunct professor in the geography area of the History Department of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE).
Contact
- E-mail: contato@lep-ufpe.com.br
- Space and Politics Laboratory - Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)