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Law
Book launched by FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School presents Federal Audit Court’s decisions on infrastructure regulation
A new book written by Bruno Dantas, a professor and Federal Audit Court justice, and Sérgio Guerra, a professor and the dean of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro Law School, presents a series of judgments by the Federal Audit Court. Topics that affect multiple infrastructure sectors (railroads, airports, highways, ports and energy) were...
Law
Report assesses human rights commitment of large companies operating in Brazil
The Human Rights and Companies Center (FGV CeDHE) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School, in partnership with the Human Rights Clinic at Paraná Catholic University, has published a report titled “What is the commitment of the largest companies operating in Brazil to human rights?” The publication evaluates companies’...
Public Policy
Webinar looks at public policy funding in Brazilian municipalities
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Public Policy and Government (FGV EPPG) will hold a webinar about public policy funding in Brazilian municipalities on September 1, at 6 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel. The aim of this debate is to present the government funding structure, point out challenges and opportunities in the current situation and talk...
Administration
New study examines innovation management performance at company level
For more than 50 years, Brazil has been trapped as a medium-income, medium-technology country and this is reflected in its slow economic growth. In this context, the country finds itself facing two challenges: on the one hand, its high production costs limit its competitive advantage against major exporting economies; and on the other hand, its...
Administration
Initiatives help family farmers adapt to climate change
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVCes) is looking for initiatives that help family farmers adapt to climate change, focusing on metropolitan regions in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. The aim is to shed light on success stories and inspire the construction of action plans to allow family farmers to adapt to...
Economics
FGV EPGE holds webinar to launch Minister Ernane Galvêas Awards
On August 13, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE) held a webinar to launch the Minister Ernane Galvêas Awards.
The aim of the awards is to recognize and encourage the production of excellent academic papers by FGV EPGE students, encompassing the school’s undergraduate,...
Law
New book analyzes cybersecurity regulations in BRICS countries
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro Law School, in partnership with German publisher Springer, has launched a book titled CyberBRICS: Cybersecurity Regulations in the BRICS Countries. Organized by Luca Belli, the book arose from the CyberBRICS Project, the first major attempt to carry out a comparative...
Economics
FGV DATASAN: platform permits access to 70 indicators in 10 basic sanitation areas in Brazil
Treated water supply and sewage collection and treatment services have improved people’s quality of life and, during the pandemic, more attention has been paid to them. To deepen knowledge about the reality of Brazil’s basic sanitation sector, on August 25, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE) and INTERÁGUAS...
Administration
MBA Live series debates corporate strategies, governance and careers
FGV Executive Education is holding a series of events about different business subjects, including industry 4.0, corporate strategy, management and governance, and careers.
The second event in the series will discuss “Why companies fail? Behavioral economics perspectives on governance.” The webinar will bring together...
Economics
Online seminar analyzes the future of monetary policy
Unlike in the years leading up to the pandemic, inflation is now becoming a notable threat. To discuss the recent behavior of monetary policy and possible future actions by the world’s central banks, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE), which is celebrating its 70^th anniversary this year, and the...
Administration
Innovation, technology and progress of Industry 4.0 are analyzed in webinar
Will autonomous vehicles dominate the highways? Will drones replace motorcycle couriers? Will smart factories not need any people? To answer these and other questions, FGV Executive Education will hold a webinar called “Logistics 4.0, the internet of things and unconventional transport modes: progress of Industry 4.0” on August...
Regulation
Webinar looks at electric mobility challenges in city of Sao Paulo
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Center for Regulation and Infrastructure Studies (FGV CERI) will hold a webinar called “Electric Mobility Challenges in the City of Sao Paulo” on August 25, at 10 am, on FGV’s YouTube channel. The event will present the results of a study carried out through a partnership between...
Law
International forum discusses key legal and political issues at global level
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo law schools, in partnership with the University of Chicago Law School, will hold the Chicago-FGV International Law and Economics Forum, a series of eight webinars, between August 24 and September 23. The aim of the Chicago-FGV International Law and Economics Forum is to present the...
Mathematics
Study on epidemiological modeling of malaria wins award from SBMAC
Felipe José Pinto Antunes, who has a master’s in mathematical modeling from Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Applied Mathematics (FGV EMAp), has received an Odelar Leite Linhares Master’s Dissertation Award from the Brazilian Society of Applied and Computational Mathematics (SBMAC) for his study titled “Fish...
Administration
Webinar looks at challenges faced by senior female executives
The Center for Organization and People Studies (FGV NEOP) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) will hold a free webinar on August 25, 2021, at 6 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel, titled “Walk the Talk – Challenges and Possibilities for Women on Companies’ Boards.”
The aim of the event is to...
Economics
GDP Monitor points to 0.3% drop in economy in second quarter of 2021
FGV’s GDP Monitor points to a 0.3% reduction in economic activity in the second quarter of 2021, compared to the first quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms, and growth of 1.2% in June, compared to May. Year-over-year, the economy grew 12.1% in the second quarter and 10.1% in June.
“In the second quarter, in...
Law
Human Rights and Companies Center launches report on socioeconomic context of BR-319 highway
In the first week of August, the Human Rights and Companies Center (FGV CeDHE) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School launched a report titled The Socioeconomic Context of BR-319, as part of a research project called “Promoting Regional Transparency and Governance in the Context of Highway Building in the Brazilian...
Economics
Federal Supreme Court Justice Luís Roberto Barroso discusses how to save the Amazon in webinar
On August 23, 2021, at 7 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EESP) will hold a webinar called Amazon Dialogues: How Can We Save the Amazon? The event is part of the Amazon Dialogues, a digital platform to discuss topics related to sustainable socioeconomic...
Economics
Webinar looks at climate change and acceleration of global warming
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) will hold a series of free webinars about the paths to be taken by Brazil in the run-up to the 26^th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The first episode will be on August 19, 2021, at 6 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel, to discuss the UN Intergovernmental...
Energy
Shell vice president discusses Brazil’s role in energy transition in webinar
On August 23, 2021, at 6 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel, FGV Energy will hold a webinar called Energy in Focus: The Energy Transition in Brazil. Where, Why, When and How? The aim is to discuss what paths the country ought to take to make the most of the fact that it has one of the world’s lowest-carbon energy systems.
The...