Reminder: DeepLab Visiting Researcher Seminar this Thursday
Contested Amazon with Felipe Schaeffer Neves & Telma Bemerguy
🗓 Thursday, 2 April, 2026
🕒 3–4:30pm
📍 E003A Newman + Zoom
Followed by wine reception 🍷
📩 deeplab@ucd.ie (indicate via zoom or in-person) @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
Visiting Researcher Seminar: Contested Amazon
Felipe Schaeffer Neves +Telma Bemerguy on:
– Conservation & livelihoods in the Xingu
– Far-right politics in the Brazilian Amazon
📅 2 April | ⏰ 3pm
📍 UCD (Hybrid)
🍷 Wine reception after
📩 deeplab@ucd.ie
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
DeepLab PhDs Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva and Miguel Paolo Rivera are currently visiting Oxford’s Latin American Centre, contributing to DeepLab’s research agenda and building international collaborations.
Read more @ labdeep.com/news-and-eve...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ox.ac.uk
Reminder: Tomorrow | Deep Thoughts Seminar
Dr @jamesfitz2.bsky.social (DCU)
Silencing Disinformation Research(ers) in Times of Autocracy
26 Feb | 3pm GMT | Hybrid | Wine reception
Register: deeplab@ucd.ie
@deeplab.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Join us on 26 Feb for our next Deep Thoughts Seminar with Dr James Fitzgerald (DCU): Silencing Disinformation Research(ers) in Times of Autocracy.
Hybrid | 3pm GMT | Wine reception to follow
Register: deeplab@ucd.ie
(in person or Zoom)
@jamesfitz2.bsky.social
DeepLab PhD researcher Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva recently presented his research at the University of Oxford, exploring Instagram, aspiration, and platform labour among personal cleaners in Brazil and the Philippines.
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
#DeepLab #DigitalLabour
New lab news: @cristianorodrigues.bsky.social (Federal University of Minas Gerais) at DeepLab discussing gender, race & far-right politics in Brazil.
Read the full story on our website labdeep.com/news-and-eve.... 🌍📖
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Reminder:
Deep Thoughts Seminar with @cristianorodrigues.bsky.social (UFMG) this Thursday at 3pm (hybrid).
Gender, race & sexual politics under Brazil’s far right, followed by a small wine reception.
Register: deeplab@ucd.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Deep Thoughts Seminar with Cristiano Rodrigues (UFMG) on gender, race, and sexual politics under Brazil’s far right.
🗓️ 5 Feb | 3pm | Hybrid
Followed by a small wine reception. Register: deeplab@ucd.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @cristianorodrigues.bsky.social
We’re delighted to welcome Sthéfani Luane and Raylon Álvares to DeepLab as part of the Abdias Nascimento Fellowship Programme! 🌍
Raylon is the first student to join us from the Federal University of Pará!
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social #DeepLab #AbdiasProgramme #Brazil #ResearchExchange
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the launch of New Consumers in the Global South at UCD, a thoughtful discussion with the authors on class, consumption, and everyday life across the Global South. @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @pinheiromachado.bsky.social @marinafrid.bsky.social
📚Join us tomorrow (4 Nov, 3:30 PM) at UCD D101 or online for the launch of New Consumers in the Global South!
Featuring authors Anna Cristina Pertierra, @pinheiromachado.bsky.social & Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu all welcome! EMAIL DEEPLAB@UCD.IE to register @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #
📚 Book Launch at UCD!
Join us on Nov 4, 3:30 PM (Newman D101) for New Consumers in the Global South — exploring class & consumption beyond “poor” and “middle class.”
Featuring authors Pertierra, @pinheiromachado.bsky.social Pinheiro-Machado & Saloma-Akpedonu 🍷 @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Reminder 🔔 Our next Deep Thoughts Seminar is today! Join Dr. Camila Rocha (CCI/Cebrap, Brazil) for Work and Politics in Brazil — exploring how work and employment shape political views and voting. 🗓️ 28 Oct | 3:30–5PM (Hybrid, UCD D101 & Zoom) 👉 labdeep.com
| deeplab@ucd.ie
Join us for our next Deep Thoughts Seminar with Dr. Camila Rocha on Work and Politics in Brazil — exploring how employment shapes political views and voting. 🗓️ 28 Oct, 3:30–5PM (Hybrid, UCD D101 & Zoom)details at labdeep.com | deeplab@ucd.ie @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
Dr. Rodrigo Campos (King’s College London) joined our Deep Thoughts Seminar to discuss evangelical activism in Brazil’s military police. He reminds us: “We need to be compassionate with the figure of the police officer who is themselves a victim of the system.” @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
🚨 Our social data scientist @jessicamatheus.bsky.social was featured in O Dia discussing how young Brazilians are turning away from formal work and embracing influencer-led entrepreneurship. Read the full piece here: odia.ig.com.br/economia/emp...
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“I’m not Anitta, nor Madonna”: Sex Influencers and Their Political Action on Social Media by Gianluca Oliveira-Soares
📷 Photo by Ezequiel Aguilera ft. Fernando brutto
Read piece here labdeep.com/takeaways/
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformPolitics #DeepLabTakeaways
📢 Coming up 23 June!
Join us for a double lecture on religion, resistance & far-right politics in Brazil 🇧🇷
🗣️ Rodrigo Campos + Winnie Bueno
📍 UCD & Zoom | 2:30–4:30PM
🍷 Wine reception after!
👉 Email deeplab@ucd.ie to register!
@winniebueno.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
📢 Join us on 23 June for a Deep Thoughts Seminar on religion, resistance, and far-right politics in Brazil 🇧🇷. Featuring Rodrigo Campos and @winniebueno.bsky.social , live at UCD and on Zoom! @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
Dr. Marina Frid spoke at the Reaction(ary) Media symposium on how digital marketing coaches influence Brazil’s freelance beauty workers, drawing on WorkPoliticsBIP research into platform labour and social media in low-income contexts. @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @marinafrid.bsky.social
Our PhD Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva is back in Dublin after completing fieldwork in Metro Manila, where he explored political dynamics ahead of the elections and gave a talk at Ateneo. 🇵🇭✈️🇮🇪
#PhDLife #DeepLab #Fieldwork #PoliticalResearch @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
“The CLT worker can’t catch a break!”
New DeepLab takeaway unpacks memes, labour precarity & the digital hustle dream. Read here labdeep.com/takeaways/
Image source - © Brenda Rocha Blossom via Canva.com #DigitalLabour #CLT #DeepLab @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @jessicamatheus.bsky.social
🗳️ On 12 May, millions voted in the Philippines to elect senators, reps & local leaders. DeepLab’s Miguel P Rivera cast his vote (note the inked finger!) while Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva observed similarities with Brazil’s process.
#PhilippinesElections @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
📢 Deeplab is delighted to host our next Visiting Researcher Seminar on 13 May featuring talks on gendered disinfo & educational inclusion.
🔗 Details: deeplab@ucd.ie | #DeepLab @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #ResearchSeminar #DigitalPlatforms #Inclusion
DeepLab’s Dr. Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva is featured in Rest of World, offering key insights on Brazil’s booming child influencer economy. His research shows how social media became informal work for vulnerable youth.📖 Read the full article: restofworld.org/2025/brazil-child-influencers-legal
In April, we welcomed Dr. Ianaira Neves to the Philippines for a research immersion with DeepLab scholars, exploring the lives of food delivery riders in PH and Brazil. From fieldwork to local culture, meaningful exchange of insights, stories, and community. @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
WhatsApp calls in India, podcast activism in Brazil—platform workers are finding solidarity across borders. Read DeepLab's Miguel Paolo Rivera, Rashmi Guha Ray & Wagner Alves da Silva’s reflections from fieldtrip in Rio labdeep.com/takeaways/ #DigitalLabour@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
In March Wagner Guilherme Alves de Silva carried out further fieldwork in Metro Manila: interviews with domestic workers, deep dives into digital politics, and a research talk at Ateneo. Labor, tech, and activism in motion. 🇵🇭📱
#DomesticWorkers #DigitalPolitics #ERC #UCD #MetroManila
#ThrowbackThursday to the amazing visiting researchers who visited DeepLap this past year — thanks for the insights, memories, and collaboration! 🙌 #DeepLap #TBT #ResearchCommunity#erc #ucd