Bernardo Lewgoy

Biography

He holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1988), a master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1992) and a Ph.D. in Social Science (Social Anthropology) from the University of São Paulo (2000). He is currently a professor at the PPG / Social Anthropology of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He was honored in the 1st EDUSC / ANPOCS contest for works in social sciences in 2002. He was President of the Research Chamber of UFRGS (2012-2014) and member of the UFRGS Ethics Committee (2013). Member of the Deliberative Council of the Latin American Institute of Advanced Studies of UFRGS Coordinates the Animal Mirror Research Project: Anthropology of Human-Animal Relations (CNpq research group) It is leader of the Interdisciplinary Research Network Animalia - studies on humans and animals (ILEA edict 2013). He is a PQ 2 researcher at CNPq, currently developing the Paths of Interspecies Altruism project. An anthropology of animal protection in Porto Alegre

Research Interest

He has experience in Anthropology, with emphasis on Anthropology of Religion, working mainly on the following subjects: Anthropology of Religion ), Anthropological Theory, Anthropology of Human-Animal Relations.