Luana Xavier Pinto Coelho
Biography
PhD in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies from the Center for Social Studies/Institute for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Coimbra. She has a bachelor in Law and a master in Urban Development and International Cooperation (IUG-UPMF, Grenoble/ France and TUD, Darmstadt/ Germany). She has conducted research and published in the fields of urban studies, critical race theory, human rights and urban law. Her current topic of interest is understanding urban racial segregation, especially the relationship between race, law and space.
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Latest Publications
Book
Xavier Pinto Coelho, Luana (2026), Raça e Direito da América Latina: racismo e antirracismo no Brasil e no Peru. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris
Article in Scientific journal
Xavier Pinto Coelho, Luana (2026), "Self-segregation dream: Postcolonial legacies of racial property regimes and urbanization in Nova Lima, Brazil", Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City, 1-18
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Xavier Pinto Coelho, Luana; Melgaço, Lorena (2025), "Precarious Settlement Upgrading and Racial Capitalism: Planning Authoritarianism and Its Crossroads for Democracy", Urban Planning, 10, 1, 22
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