Archival methods and historical thinking applied to a project with a curious title: “Financial markets from cradle to grave: chronicling the economic, political and social costs of life.” This was the mission that Luisa Carneiro, a student in the 6th semester of the undergraduate program in Law from Insper, received between June 9th and July 19th, while attending the Summer Institute in Social Research Methods from the University of Chicago. The program lasted ten weeks and she attended part of it remotely.

 

Born in Uberlândia (MG) 22 years ago, resident of the capital of São Paulo, Luisa learned about the partnership between the two schools in an institutional email from Insper. She followed the recommendation of Professor Ivar Hartmann and decided to enroll in the program.

 

She sent a motivation letter written in English, which was evaluated along with other criteria, such as participation in scientific research. “Once this assessment was carried out by the professors, and the applicants were approved in the first phase, the University of Chicago contacted Insper students via email to carry out an oral English proficiency assessment,” she recalls.

 

Luisa was among the five Insper students selected to attend the summer program, which recently began accepting students from educational institutions in other countries (the other four Insper students selected were Carolina Bromfman, Júlio Mugnol, Victor Quadros and David Schwartsman). The North American school has 130 years of history, more than 18 thousand undergraduate students and among its professors and students, there are 97 Nobel Prize winners. The partnership with Insper had financial support from the Haddad Foundation.

 

Research skills

 

Conducted by Patricia Posey, a postdoctoral researcher focusing on political science, the project in which the student participated is part of an initiative aimed at examining the effects of North American economic policies throughout life, especially at the time of birth and death of people in the United States, relating these effects to social and structural issues linked to racism, for example.

 

“The certainty of financial markets in everyday life has eclipsed even the promise of death and taxes,”argues the professor in her research project. “Markets and the financial institutions that mediate them infiltrate points across one’s life course, shaping health equity from birth to death and everything in between. Racial capitalism links these markets to our private lives, obfuscating the role of the state and producing varied health outcomes based on the logic of supply and demand.”

 

Professor Patricia’s proposal was to strengthen the Brazilian student’s research skills, including archival research and bibliographic work. “The program was very rich. The university environment is very favorable and stimulates the incessant search for knowledge, and this was certainly the most valuable aspect of my experience,” says Luisa.

 

“Through the infrastructure of libraries, study environments and classrooms, as well as the atmosphere created by students and professors, I felt the desire to explore different subjects and engage in enriching debates.”

 

Getting to know Chicago                   

                

There was also time to get to know the surroundings of Chicago, says the student. “I had the opportunity to try dishes in several restaurants in the Hyde Park area, where the University of Chicago is located,” she says.

 

“Lunches for program participants took place in conjunction with workshops and field trips, in which students had the opportunity to learn more about the practice of science research by talking to professors, as well as engaging in conversations with other students.”




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