Lucas Melgaço was a post-doctoral fellow at the Surveillance Studies Centre from 2011-2012. He is also affiliated with the Department of Criminology of Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Belgium. He has a doctorate degree in a joint supervision program from the University of Sao Paulo and the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne. His PhD dissertation, entitled "Securitizing the Urban: from psycho-sphere of fear to techno-sphere of security", focused on various architectural changes that have happened in Brazil due to the fear of violence. More specifically he paid attention to the privatization of public spaces through the creation of gated communities and deterrent architectures in the city of Campinas. Lucas also has a master's degree in Human Geography from the University of Sao Paulo and a bachelor's degree in Geography from the State University of Campinas, Brazil.
His teaching and researching experiences include one year as an invited professor and post-doctoral researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and also a four-year stay at the Department of Geography of the Catholic University of Campinas. His main scientific interests are in the domains of urban planning; surveillance and security in educational spaces; surveillance of youth in public spaces; epistemology of Geography; and the relations between the new technologies of information and security. Recently he has also worked in introducing the theory of the Brazilian geographer Milton Santos to the English speaking community.
Melgaço, Lucas (2012) Estudantes sobre controle: a racionalização do espaço escolar através do uso de câmeras de vigilância. O Social em Questão, year XIV, n. 27, p.193-212. ISSN:1415-1804.
Melgaço Lucas (2012) A cidade de poucos: condomínios fechados e a privatização do espaço público em Campinas. Boletim Campineiro de Geografia, issue 1, vol. 2, pp. 81 - 105.http://agbcampinas.com.br/bcg/index.php/boletim-campineiro/article/download/20/2012-1_melgaco_v2
Melgaço, Lucas (2011) The injustices of urban securitization in the Brazilian city of Campinas. Justice spatiale | spatial justice 5. http://jssj.org/media/dossier_focus_vt7.pdf
Melgaço, Lucas (2010) A cidade e a negação do outro. Com Ciência 118. http://www.comciencia.br/comciencia/?section=8&edicao=56&id=709.
Melgaço, Lucas, Souza, Filho, Carlos, Roberto, Michael, Steinmayer (2007) Constatar não é compreender: limitações do Geoprocessamento enquanto instrumental analítico de representação da realidade. Annals of the XIII Brazilian Symposium of Remote Sensing, Florianopolis: INPE: 5373 -5380. http://marte.dpi.inpe.br/col/dpi.inpe.br/sbsr%4080/2006/11.14.17.11/doc/5373-5380.pdf
Melgaço, Lucas (2005) Por uma ciência do atrito: ensaio dialético sobre a violência urbana. Revista do Departamento de Geografia do Instituto de Geosciências da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. 1(1): 98 - 110. http://www.cantacantos.com.br/revista/index.php/geografias/article/viewArticle/63
Melgaço, Lucas (2008) Territorio em Atrito: a violência sob o olhar da complexidade dialética. In: SOUZA, Maria Adélia de (ed). A Metrópole e o Futuro: refletindo sobre Campinas, Edições Territorial. pp. 447 - 469.
Melgaço Lucas (2007) Da psicoesfera do medo à tecnoesfera da segurança. In: Sá, Alcindo José de (ed). Por uma Geografia sem cárceres públicos ou privados, Recife: Os Autores. pp. 213 - 233.
Melgaço Lucas (2003) Uso do Território pela Violência. In: Souza, Maria Adélia de (ed), Território Brasileiro: usos e abusos, Campinas: Edições Territorial. pp. 524 - 533.
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