F.H. (Flávio) Eiró de Oliveira, PhD

politics, poverty, conditional cash tranfers, policy implementation, racism, minorities, diversity, development anthropology/sociology

Dr Flávio Eiró (he/him) is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts (Minorities & Multilingualism), University of Groningen. He is also Director of Studies of the University Minor Development Studies.

Since 2012, he has conducted ethnographic research on electoral politics and conditional cash transfers in Northeast Brazil. Flávio has published widely on issues surrounding politics, poverty and anti-poverty policies, policy implementation, and climate change adaptation, with a special focus on Brazil.

Flávio teaches and researches issues related to politics of diversity and minorities, with a focus on race and racism.

Director of Studies – University Minor Development Studies
Board Member of the Young Arts Research Network (YARN)
Member of the Research Centre for the Study of Democratic Cultures and Politics
Member of the The Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG)
Open Access Ambassador – University of Groningen Library
Secretary, Programme Committee BA Minorities & Multilingualism
Member of the Illicit Trade Group (ITG)