Jacinto Cuvi
Associate Professor / Lecturer in Sociology and Development Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
I obtained my PhD in Sociology in 2017 from the University of Texas at Austin, with a dissertation titled *"Selling the City: Trade, Planning, and Politics on the Streets of São Paulo."* I have been the Director of the Center for the Study of International Cooperation and Development (CECID) at the Université libre de Bruxelles since March 2022.
For several years, I have conducted qualitative research on informal economies, particularly street trade, and I study the dynamics between informal workers and the state. I am also interested in the personalization of bureaucratic power. My research focuses on Latin America — especially Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina — though I have also published work on Vietnam. I teach courses on development and the sociology of globalization at ULB.
Languages : Spanish, French, English and Portuguese
Associate Professor / Lecturer in Sociology and Development Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Main research areas
- Informal work and street markets
- Personalization of bureaucratic power
Most recent publications
Cuvi, Jacinto & Javier Auyero. A paraître. “Taming Informal Market Violence: Clashes and Structure in the Making of La Salada and Other Gray Marketplaces” in The Other Garment Industry: Politics, Marketplaces and the Informal Production of Fashion in Latin America, dirigé par Matías Dewey. University College London Press.
Cuvi Jacinto. (2024). “Informalité,” in Dictionnaire politique de l’Amérique latine dirigé par Marie-Hélène Vilas Boas, Hélène Combes, Marie Laure Geoffray et Camille Goirand, pp. 312-317. Éditions de l’IHEAL.
Cuvi, Jacinto. (2021). Compte rendu de Globalizing Issues dirigé par Erik Neveu et Muriel Surdez. Revue Française de Science Politique, 71 (2-3).
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