Elizabeth Oliveira
AMAZON RJF GRANTEE
Rainforest
Journalism Fund
Amazon
Elizabeth Oliveira is a journalist and researcher specialized in socio-environmental issues and with an interdisciplinary academic background. She holds a doctorate from the Post-Graduate Program in Public Policy, Strategy and Development (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas, Estratégias e Desenvolvimento — PPED) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's Economics Institute (Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro — IE/UFRJ) and a master's in Community Psychosociology and Social Ecology through Programa EICOS at at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's Psychology Institute (Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro — IE/UFRJ). As an academic researcher, she is part of the Governance, Environment, Public Policy, Inclusion, and Sustainability Research Group (Grupo de Pesquisa Governança, Ambiente, Políticas Públicas, Inclusão e Sustentabilidade — GAPIS) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she has worked to deepen understanding of the role of the media in addressing the key socio-environmental challenges of today.