Research director

Digital Humanities Lab at UFBA

Salvador, BA, Brazil

Current - 2018

• PI in one investigation about far-right and disinformation through Telegram in Brazil. The project combines computational analysis based on the corpus linguistics (LC) approach and natural language processing (NLP) techniques with a mixed qualitative approach of discourse analysis and online ethnography.

Professor

Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

Salvador, BA, Brazil

Current - 2018

• Courses: Digital Sociology, Computational Social Science

Professor

University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony

São Francisco do Conde, BA, Brazil

2018 - 2016

• Courses: Epistemology of Social Sciences, Qualitative methodology, Digital Sociology, Digital Methods

Research Consultant

Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (FUNDAJ)

Recife, PE, Brazil

2014 - 2013

• Report with analysis on the implementation of affirmative action policies in Brazilian universities in the northeast region.

Research Consultant

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

2013

• Report with analysis of all articles published about crack users over ten years (2003-2013) of the main newspapers of national circulation in Brazil: Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo

Assistant Lecturer

Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA)

Salvador, BA, Brazil

2004 - 2003

• Courses: Workplace Mental Health, Sociology of Work and Employment, Sociology of Tourism

Lab Technician (Curricular Internship)

Carioca Chemical Products Company

Camaçari, BA, Brazil

1997

Weight stigma in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Journal of Eating Disorders

N/A

2022

• de Macêdo, P.F.C., Nepomuceno, C.M.M., dos Santos, N.S. et al.

Demarcating Patriotic Science on Digital Platforms: Covid-19, Chloroquine and the Institutionalisation of Ignorance in Brazil

Science as Culture

N/A

2022

• Paulo F. C. Fonseca, Barbara E. Ribeiro & Leonardo F. Nascimento

Sociologia digital: uma breve introdução (Book in Portuguese)

UFBA Press (EDUFBA)

N/A

2020

• Nascimento, Leonardo F.

Digital History: reflections from the Brazilian Digital Hemerotheque and the use of CAQDAS in the re-elaboration of historical research

Revista Estudos Históricos

N/A

2020

• Brasil, E & Nascimento, Leonardo F.

Poder oracular e ecossistemas digitais de comunicação: a produção de zonas de ignorância durante a pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil

Revista Fronteiras

N/A

2019

• Fernandes Nascimento, Leonardo; Castro Fonseca, Paulo de Freitas; Pereira de Jesus, Juciane; Batista de Oliveira, Jéfte

Novas fronteiras metodológicas nas ciências sociais (Book in Portuguese)

UFBA Press (EDUFBA)

N/A

2018

• Alves, Paulo Cesar Borges & Nascimento, Leonardo F.

Postdoctoral Position

Faculty of Arts - University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Current - 2022

• Desinformation in far-right groups on Telegram

Postdoctoral Position

Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities – Federal University of Bahia (FFCH/UFBA)

Salvador, BA, Brazil

2016 - 2014

• Digital Sociology and Digital Methods

Joint PhD in Sociology

Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP/UERJ) and École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) - Graduate Program in Sociology

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil and Paris, France

2013 - 2009

• Thesis: Sociology of trauma: sociogenetics and psychogenetics elements Advisor: João Feres Júnior

Master in Sociology

University of São Paulo (FFLCH/USP) - Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences - Graduate Program in Sociology

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2007 - 2005

• Dissertation: From civilization to civilized conduct: the civilizing process and psychoanalysis Advisor: Leopoldo Waizbort

Bachelor degree in Psychology

Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities – Federal University of Bahia (FFCH/UFBA)

Salvador, BA, Brazil

2003 - 1998

Technical Studies in Chemistry

Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA)

Salvador, BA, Brazil

1997 - 1994