Professor at the State University of Maringá (Paraná, Brazil). Ph.D. in Public Administration and Government, Fundação Getulio Vargas - SP, FGV-SP, Brazil. Graduate at Administração from State University of Maringá (2001) and master's at Geography from State University of Maringá (2004). Has experience in Administration, working mainly with the following subjects: metropolitan governance, territorial associations, urban network, public policy, public administration, development, inequality and labor.