Biography

Marcos Antonio Batista da Silva is a psychologist with a master's degree in educational Psychology and a doctorate in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil. He participated as a postdoctoral researcher in the POLITICS project - "The politics of (anti)racism in Europe and Latin America: knowledge production, political decision-making and collective struggles" (ERC-Consolidator Grant, 2017-2023). He is a collaborating researcher on the project "The presence of women in legal education in Brazil from a gender and race perspective (2001-2021)". University of Brasília (UnB/CNPq). His areas of interest include the study of ethnic-racial relations: (anti)racism, Black youth, anti-racist education, curriculum, and football. He develops training and thematic anti-racist workshops aimed at formal education (schools, university institutes) and non-formal educational contexts (football clubs). He also collaborates in teaching, research, and outreach activities at universities in Latin America and Portugal. Currently developing an individual post-doctoral project on racism, football and digital platforms (Mar. 2025 - Aug. 2026).