SHORT
BIOGRAPHY
Bruno Milanez is an industrial engineer with a PhD in Environmental Policy from Lincoln University in New Zealand. He is an Associate Professor at the Juiz de Fora Federal University in Brazil, where he teaches at the Engineering School as well as the Geography Graduate Programme. He also coordinates the Politics, Economy, Mining, Environment and Society Research Group (PoEMAS), comprising researchers from six Brazilian universities. Finally, his research includes mining policies, institutional strategies of mining corporations in Brazil, environmental conflicts linked to extractive projects, and impacts of mineral extraction on the energy transition.
SHORT
BIOGRAPHY
Bruno Milanez is an industrial engineer with a PhD in Environmental Policy from Lincoln University in New Zealand. He is an Associate Professor at the Juiz de Fora Federal University in Brazil, where he teaches at the Engineering School as well as the Geography Graduate Programme. He also coordinates the Politics, Economy, Mining, Environment and Society Research Group (PoEMAS), comprising researchers from six Brazilian universities. Finally, his research includes mining policies, institutional strategies of mining corporations in Brazil, environmental conflicts linked to extractive projects, and impacts of mineral extraction on the energy transition.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT
Bruno Milanez’s stay as a fellow at Extractivism.de will provide the project with essential empirical evidence about the coalition political dynamics in the mining sector in Brazil. He is working on how alliances are built, and politics of interests are made within the sector, assessing the politics of scale and the complexity of the current power relations, particularly in the Amazon region.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
Milanez, B., & Garcia, A. (2023). “Extractive economies and public policies: critical perspectives from Latin America.” In Handbook on Critical Political Economy and Public Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, pp. 159-175. VIEW PUBLICATION
Milanez, B., Ali, S. H., & de Oliveira, J. A. P. (2021). “Mapping industrial disaster recovery: lessons from mining dam failures in Brazil.” The Extractive Industries and Society, Vol. 8, N°2, 100900. VIEW PUBLICATION
Milanez, B. (2021). “Climate crisis, critical minerals extraction and their effects in Brazil.” Diálogo dos Povos, Sinfrajupe, Movimento pela Soberania Popular na Mineração (MAM) and Grupo Política,Economia, Mineração, Ambiente e Sociedade (PoEMAS). VIEW PUBLICATION
Milanez, B., & dos Santos, R. S. P. (2019). “Embedded corporate strategies and power: The case of Vale SA in Itabira, Brazil.” The Extractive Industries and Society, Vol. 6 N° 3: 889-896. VIEW PUBLICATION
Milanez, B., & Santos, R. S. P. D. (2018). “Extraction minière, stratégie d’entreprise et flexibilisation de la réglementation environnementale au Brésil: le cas du projet Minas-Rio. Brésil (s).” Sciences humaines et sociales, Vol. 13. VIEW PUBLICATION