Dulce Maria Pereira

Dulce Maria Pereira is an architect, professor and researcher at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), coordinator of the Environmental Education and Research Laboratory (LEA: AUEPAS) at UFOP, specialised in environmental education and public policy diplomacy. She post-graduated in engineering and material sciences and in law and development. Currently, she is dedicated to a second doctorate in connected history at the Federal University of Maranhão, researching a mining-affected territory in the Amazon. Afro-eco-feminist and activist of the Unified Black Movement, she actively advocated for the end of the military dictatorship in Brazil and Latin America. Prior to coming to HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, Prof. Pereira was serving at federal level, with full delegation from UFOP, the government of President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva at the Ministry of Women, where she held the positions of Chief of Staff, Coordinator of the International Relations Department and Ministerial Cabinet Advisor.