DIGITAL IMPOLITENESS
 

Prof. Dr. Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira, a researcher in the Impolidez Digital project, participated in the Forschungsdialog promoted by the Department of Educational Sciences and Social Sciences at Universität Münster, Germany. The event, titled “Controversial Topics in (Digital) Public Spheres – What is fueling debates today, and what role does academia play in this?”, was held on June 25, 2026, and brought together researchers to discuss the topics shaping contempo

The text “Sobre la teoría del marco ritual que indica expresiones: una conversación con Juliane House y Daniel Kádár, discutiendo las ideas de Goffman”, by Carolina Abritta and Krícia Barreto, has been published in the Revista Iberoamericana de Comunicación. Carolina Abritta, professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ and member of the Impolidez Digital project, co-authors the publication with Krícia Barreto. The work, presented as an academic interview, featu

Programe available at link 🔗. Researchers Tímea Drinóczi and Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira participated in the Annual Law and Language Workshop 2026, promoted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies — School of Advanced Study, University of London. Held online on June 23, 2026, the event focused on the theme “Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language” and brought together researchers from different international institutions to discuss the relation

Prof. Dr. Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira, a researcher in the Impolidez Digital project, participated in the International Lecture Series promoted by Universität Paderborn, Germany. The researcher contributed to the series “Cultural Perspectives on Gender” with the lecture “Culture, Gender and Online Aggression”, presented on April 29, 2026. In her presentation, Ana Larissa discussed the relations between culture, gender, and online aggression, addressing how practices

Researchers Monique Miranda and Ana Larissa Oliveira, members of the Impolidez Digital project, participated in the Sixth Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation - HEPP6, held at the University of Helsinki, Finland. At the conference, Ana Larissa Oliveira also served as a session chair/organizer and presented the paper Law, Linguistics and the Far Right: International Perspectives on Verbal Attacks on Vulnerable Groups, which discussed the relations between

A collaborator of the Digital Impoliteness project, Professor Lucas Willian Marciano supervised a study developed by undergraduate students Alice Lima Domingos de Paula, Gabriella Siqueira de Carvalho, and Isabella Moussa Macedo as part of the course Introduction to Scientific Research at FALE/UFMG. The research examined attacks directed at the STF (Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court) following the trial of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, investigating discursive dynamics and user b

Prof. Dr. Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira, a researcher in the Impolidez Digital project, will take part in the International Lecture Series organised by Universität Paderborn, in Germany. The researcher will be one of the invited speakers in the series “Cultural Perspectives on Gender” , delivering the lecture “Culture, Gender and Online Aggression” on April 29, 2026. The event brings together scholars from different countries and disciplines, fostering interdiscipl

Source: Image posted on Lisbon Public Law Research Centre' s Instagram. 🔗 Professor Dr. Tímea Drinóczi (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania), a researcher associated with the Digital Impoliteness project, will participate as a keynote speaker at the II Crystal Clear Conference: Law, Democracy and Human Behaviour – From Text to Crystal-Clear Understanding , which will take place on May 14–15 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (FDUL). The event brings together

Professor Giovana Perini, a member of the Digital Impoliteness Project, coordinated the development of the Scientific Initiation project carried out by 11th-grade students at Balão Vermelho, a school located in Belo Horizonte (MG, Brazil). The project also benefited from the contribution of Professor Ana Larissa Oliveira, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), who is also a member of the same project. While analyzing data on online offenses and investigating the

Researcher Tímea Drinóczi, a member of the Impolite Digital project, will participate in the international conference Women, Gender and Constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe, which will take place on February 27, 2026, at the Central European University (CEU). The event brings together international researchers to discuss discursive disputes, gender, and constitutionalism in contexts marked by democratic tensions—themes directly related to the project's interests, e

The National LGBTI+ Alliance +, a non-profit civil society organization dedicated to promoting and defending the human rights and citizenship of the LGBTI+ community in Brazil, has launched the LGBTI+ Rights Handbook, a free guide that compiles the main laws, guidelines, and legal instruments to support the exercise of these rights in practice. The initiative reinforces the Alliance's commitment to connecting people and organizations in the fight against discrimination and fo

Professor Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira presented the work “Linguistic inclusiveness and equality: Discursive struggles over gender and LGBT+ rights in Brazil” at the event Language, Gender and Democracy: Perspectives from Galicia and Brazil in Dialogue, held at the Romanisches Seminar of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, in Germany. The presentation was part of an international dialogue on language, democracy and rights, focusing on discursive disputes sur