Elizangela Valarini (EN)

Dr. Elizangela Valarini

Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie
Universität Heidelberg
Bergheimer Str. 58
69115 Heidelberg
Room: 02.003

Phone: +49 (6221) 54 2970
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Jota column: Corporate Crime Stories

Career

2019–2022 - DFG-funded temporary position for principal investigator - "Organizational Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil", Max-Weber Institute of Sociology.
2018–2019 - Maternal- and parental leave.
2016–2018 - Research Associate - Research Center for Distributional Conflicts and Globalization of the Excellence Initiative, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.
2015–2016 - Doctoral researcher assistant - The fight against corruption and manipulation, funded by VW Foundation, Max-Weber Institute of Sociology.
2013–2015 - Research assistant - International Management Studies, Coordination of the Subproject "Career patterns and action orientations of top managers in Brazi", Max-Weber Institute of Sociology.
2011–2013 - Student assistant - Chair organizational sociology, Prof. Dr. Markus Pohlmann.

Education

2014–2016 - PhD in Sociology (Dr. rer. pol.) Faculty of Economics and Social, Heidelberg University.
2010–2014 - Master of Arts in Sociology, University of Heidelberg.
1998–2002 - Bachelor and licentiate in Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM).
2002–2003 - Psychotherapeutic Education, Unity for applied psychology, University of Maringá (UEM).

Fields of Research Interests

Organizational, Management and Economic Sociology, Globalization, Digitalization, Corporate Crime, Corruption and Themen about Brazilian development

Research Projects

Publication

Books and Special Issues

2021 - Political Corruption and Organizational Crime. The Grey Fringes of Democracy and the Private Economy. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann und Subrata Mitra.
2020 - Bribery, Fraud, Cheating. How to Explain and to Avoid Organizational Wrongdoing. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann und Gerhard Dannecker.
2018 - Management in Brasilien. Karriereverläufe und Handlungsorientierungen im Zuge der Globalisierung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
2019 - Organisierte Regelverletzungen – Jenseits der Moral. In Journal of Self-Regulation and Regulation, Special Issue, v. 5. https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/josar/issue/view/4965/882, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann, Gerhard Dannecker und Kristina Höly.
2018 - Pensamento Social Alemão. Revista em Tese. Special Issue, 15(2). https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/emtese/issue/view/2670, zusammen mit Marcio Carvalho.

Papers and Book Chapters

2022 - Biografia e trajetória de uma elite judicial. Os profissionais anticorrupção brasileiros. Revista de Ciências Sociais (RCS), v. 53, n. 2, pp. 61-105, zusammen mit Maria Eugenia Trombini und Mario Jorge.
2022 - A case study of systemic corruption in the state health bureaucracy. In Wolf, S. und P. Graeff (eds.), Corona und Korruption. Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Analysen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, zusammen mit Maria Eugenia Trombini, Mario Jorge und Markus Pohlmann.
2022 - Scrum in der Lehre. Von Praxen und Projekten: Berichte aus der soziologischen Praxis. In Onnen, C. et al. (eds), Organisationen in Zeiten der Digitalisierung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, zusammen mit Friederike Elias.
2021 - Führungsbeziehung in der digitalen Transformation. In Arbeit 30(3), pp. 239-259, zusammen mit Friederike Elias.
2021 - ‘Culture’, Criminality and Collective Mindset: Political Financing in Brazil. In Valarini, E., Pohlmann, M. und S. Mitra (eds.), Political Corruption and Organizational Crime. The Grey Fringes of Democracy and the Private Economy. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
2021 - Populist grammar, politicians and judges: a case study of political corruption in Brazil. In Mendilow, J. and E. Phelippeau (eds.), Populism and Corruption – The other side of the coin. Elgar Editor, zusammen mit Maria Eugenia Trombini.
2021 - Interview mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schluchter. In Bachmann, U. und T. Schwinn (eds.), Theorie als Beruf. Festschrift für Wolfgang Schluchter. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
2019 - Systemic Corruption in Brazil: An Autopsy of the Odebrecht Case. In: Journal of Self-Regulation and Regulation, v. 5, pp. 55-78, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann, Elizangela Valarini, Maria Trombini und Mario Jorge.
2019 - Organizational crime and corruption in Brazil a case study of the “Operation Carwash” court records. In International journal of Law, Crime and Justice, v. 59, pp. 100340, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann.
2018 - A história da sociologia alemã e sua recepção no contexto brasileiro. Revista em Tese, v. 15, n. 2, pp. 7-18, zusammen mit Marcio Carvalho.
2018 - Entrevista com Prof. Dr. rer. pol., Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schluchter: O pensamento de Max Weber na Sociologia contemporânea. Revista em Tese, v. 15, n. 2, pp. 221-234.
2016 - Há um novo espírito capitalista na conduta de vida dos executivos brasileiros? Revista de Teoria da História, v. 16, n. 2, pp. 30-59, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann.
2015 - The neoliberal capitalist spirit in Latin America. The role of the finance market orientation in Argentina and Brazilian large companies, Revista PLURAL, v. 22, n. 2, pp. 37-80, zusammen mit Friederike Elias und Markus Pohlmann.
2014 - The analysis of collective mindsets: Introducing a New Method of Institutional Analysis in Comparative Research, Revista de Sociologica e Politica, v. 22, n. 52, pp. 7-25, zusammen mit Stefan Bär und Markus Pohlmann.
2013 - Elite econômica no Brasil: discussões acerca da internationalização da carreira de executivos brasileiros. Rev. de Sociologia e Politica. v. 21. n. 47, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann.

Talks in Cogresses and Confenferences

Korruption und Antikorruption in Brasilien, Konferenz: Making rules, breaking rules: Law, Crime and Society, Juni, 2022.
Rational Executives and Selfish Politicians: the Cultural Repertoires of Legal Experts, Webinar: Closing Seminar of the Binational Research Project “Corporate Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil, February, 2022.
Corrupção e Anticorrupção no Brasil: Desafios e chances / Korruption und Korruptionsbekämpfung in Brasilien: Herausforderungen und Chancen, Universität Heidelberg, Januar, 2022. Online available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0PPbsgRNA&ab_channel=UniHeidelberg.
Scrum in higher education. Opportunities and Challenges, SAP, October, 2021.
The blind spot in law enforcement anti-corruption strategy. IPSA 26th World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon, July, 2021.
‘Cultura’, criminalidade e padrão interpretativo: Uma amostra da interação entre a elite econômica e política brasileira, Workshop Empresas, Empresariado e Sociedade (WEES), University of São Paulo (USP), Juni, 2021.
Anti-corruption fight seen by law enforcers: learning, training and collective mindset, LASA 2021, Vancouver, Mai, 2021.
The Mindsets behind Anti-Corruption Policies. The Case of Brazil’s Judiciary, Academia against corruption in the Americas (ACA), Monterrey, Mai, 2021.
A luta anticorrupção vista pelos agentes da justiça: aprendizagem, treinamento e padrão interpretativo, ANPOCS, Social Sciences Research Association, 44th Annual Meeting, São Paulo, December, 2020.
Führungsbeziehung in der digitalen Transformation, German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA) – Aktuelle Herausforderungen und Entwicklungsperspektiven der Arbeitsbeziehungen unter den Bedingungen von Digitalisierung und sozial-ökologischer Transformation, Heidelberg, October, 2020.
Narrativas sobre a corrupção: identificando padrões de interpretação coletivos, Webinar Corporate Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil, October, 2020.
Ein neoliberaler „Geist des Kapitalismus“? Eine empirische Studie über die Finanzmarktorientierung der brasilianischen ökonomischen Elite. Tagung Weber2020: Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft mit Leidenschaft und Augenmaß, Darmstadt (online Vortrag, aufgrund Corona-Pandemie), July 2020.
Collective mindset and the narrative of corruption: International benchmark and Brazilian practice, zusammen mit Maria Eugenia Trobini; XXXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association Congress, LASA2020 / Améfrica Ladina: vinculando mundos y saberes, tejiendo esperanzas (online Vortrag, aufgrund Corona-Pandemie), April 2020.
Deutungsmuster digitaler Organisation, zusammen mit Dr. Friederike Elias. Arbeitskreis: Organisation und Digitalisierung in der Sektion Organisationssoziologie der DGS. Workshop „Theoretische und empirische Grundlagen einer soziologischen Digitalisierungsforschung“, Berlin, Mai, 2018.
Korruption in Brasilien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Januar, 2018.
Globalisierung, Management und die Rolle des Staates. Eine Analyse der Handlungsorientierung von argentinischen und brasilianischen Topmanagern, zusammen mit Dr. Friederike Elias, Heidelberg University, November 2016.
Globalização neoliberal e recuo do papel do Estado? Uma analise da orientação da ação de executivos argentinos e brasileiros em perspectiva comparada, zusammen mit Dr. Friederike Elias, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil, Oktober 2016.
Global management? Uma analise da orientação da ação de executivos argentinos e brasileiros em perspectiva comparada, zusammen mit Dr. Friederike Elias, Federal University of ABC, Brazil, Oktober, 2016.
Corruption and Cheating in Germany and Brazil, zusammen mit Prof. Markus Pohlmann, University of Sao Paulo; Federal University of Parana (UFPR) and Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, Oktober, 2016.
Globalization and its effects on career patterns and action orientations of top managers in Brazil, Max-Weber-Institute für Soziologie, Heidelberg Universität, Juni, 2015.
Economic Elite in Brazil: social background, career patterns and action orientation, at the IX Workshop: Enterprises, Entrepreneurs and Society, Niterói, Brazil, September 2014.
Methods to Research on Economic Elites - The research design of the project International Management Studies, University of Vila Velha, Brazil, August 2014.
The Analysis of Social Interpretation Patterns - Introducing new methods in comparative research, zusammen mit Dr. Stefan Bear at the conference Elites em diferentes escalas, Teoria e metodologia no estudo de grupos dirigentes, Curitiba, Brazil, September 2013.
Biographie und Karrieremuster von brasilianischen Topmanagern. IX Workshop: Enterprises, Entrepreneurs and Society, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brasilien, Mai 2012.

Organization of Workshops und Conferences

Webinar: Closing Seminar of the Binational Research Project “Corporate Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil, IEAD, University of Sao Paulo (USP), zusammen mit Wagner Mancuso, February, 2022.
Webinar: Crime Corporativo e Corrupção Sistêmica no Brasil, IEAD, University of Sao Paulo (USP), zusammen mit Wagner Mancuso, October 2020. Online available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwR0r4pvgc
Organisierte Regelverletzungen: Jenseits der Moral, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann. Ringvorlesung an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, SoSe 2018 und WiSe 2018/2019.
How to Analyze and Prevent Corporate Crime? The Failures of Regulation and Self-Regulation, zusammen mit Markus Pohlmann. Internationale Konferenz am Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Dezember 2016.
Collective Mindset Analysis. Workshop at the Federal University of Santa Catariana (UFSC), Oktober 2016.
Max Weber and the New Spirit of Capitalism: Self-regulation and corporate governance in a Global Economy, zusammen mit Jivanta Schöttli. Internationale Konferenz am Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Dezember 2014.
How to Interpret Interviews: Making use of the collective mindset analysis in the interpretation pattern of Brazilian magazines. Workshop at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), September 2014.
Intercultural Leadership and Organization: Corporate governance in Brazilian Enterprises. Workshop by Audi AG, August und Oktober 2014.