Barbara Goulart is a Professor of Social Sciences at FGV EPGE and a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP/UERJ). Previously, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Graduate Program in Sociology and Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGSA/UFRJ). She holds a PhD in Sociology from PPGSA/UFRJ, with a visiting period at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France. She also holds a Master’s degree from PPGSA/UFRJ and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from FGV CPDOC.