Tassiana Moura de Oliveira, Ph.D.

I study how courts shape the lives of common citizens and how it impacts politics. With my research, I examine when judges protect rights such as health care, retirement benefits, and a safe environment, and when they side with governments instead. My current work looks at how courts and prosecutors respond to organized crime, police violence, and environmental harm in low-income neighborhoods. My research helps citizens, advocates, and policymakers understand when courts can be counted on to defend marginalized communities and democracy itself. Currently, I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University at Albany, SUNY, and a post-doctoral researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul under the project “Strategies for Addressing Large-Scale Environmental Crime: Institutional Capacity in Public Security and Justice Policies” (PI: Professor Lígia Madeira).