Reflections from a research study on the impact of the pandemic from a transatlantic perspective based on the ICOLMA Project in São Paulo

Authors

  • Sandra (San) Momm Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)
  • Thais Tartalha do Nascimento Lombardi Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)
  • Luciana R. F. Costa Travassos Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)
  • Silvana Maria Zioni Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36942/dialogossocioambientais.v8i24.1452

Keywords:

COVID-19, pandemic, feminist research, mobility, livelihoods, city of São Paulo

Abstract

The article reports on the experience of a transatlantic research project - Brazil-Germany-South Africa - on the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of a research group at the Planning Laboratory (LaPlan) at UFABC, which developed the ICOLMA Project in partnership with social organizations in the city of São Paulo. The focus was to understand how mobility and livelihoods were impacted in contexts of vulnerability, especially among women (cis and trans) in the Central Region of São Paulo and in Cidade Tiradentes. The results were collected through interviews, roundtable discussions, and master's theses, highlighting the impact of the pandemic on income, mobility, health, access to services, and solidarity.

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Author Biographies

Sandra (San) Momm, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), PhD in Environmental Science from the Graduate Program in Environmental Science (PROCAM) at the University of São Paulo (USP), and postdoctoral training at the Faculty of Spatial Planning of the Technische Universität Dortmund (TU Dortmund). Was a visiting researcher at IRI-THESys – Humboldt University of Berlin. Associate professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) and permanent faculty member in the Master’s and Doctoral Program in Territorial Planning and Management (PGT/UFABC). Coordinator of the Territorial Planning Laboratory (LaPlan) and former coordinator of the ICOLMA and PROPASP (Brazil) projects.

Thais Tartalha do Nascimento Lombardi, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)

Assistant Professor in the Bachelor’s Program in Territorial Planning at UFABC and Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Social Sciences (PPGCS) at IFCH–Unicamp. She holds a PhD in Demography (Unicamp), with a research period at the London School of Economics (LSE), and a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Social Anthropology. She is a researcher at Ceres/Unicamp and LaPlan/UFABC and a member of GPOP and Eco.t/LabJuta. Her research focuses on the Brazilian Amazon, with an emphasis on sociobiodiversity, traditional populations, forced displacement, and large-scale projects, articulating territorial planning, demographic anthropology, and political ecology.

Luciana R. F. Costa Travassos, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)

Assistant professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), teaching in the Bachelor’s Program in Territorial Planning and in the Graduate Program in Territorial Planning and Management. Researcher at LaPlan. She is an architect and urban planner (FAU-USP) and holds a PhD in Environmental Science (PROCAM-USP).

Silvana Maria Zioni, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)

Associate Professor at the Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), where she teaches in the Bachelor’s Programs in Science and Humanities and in Territorial Planning, as well as in the Graduate Program in Territorial Planning and Management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (USP), a master’s degree in Urban Spatial Structures (USP), and a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of São Paulo (USP). She has also taught at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

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Published

2025-12-23

How to Cite

MOMM, Sandra (San); TARTALHA DO NASCIMENTO LOMBARDI, Thais; R. F. COSTA TRAVASSOS, Luciana; ZIONI, Silvana Maria. Reflections from a research study on the impact of the pandemic from a transatlantic perspective based on the ICOLMA Project in São Paulo. Diálogos Socioambientais, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 24, p. 28–35, 2025. DOI: 10.36942/dialogossocioambientais.v8i24.1452. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufabc.edu.br/index.php/dialogossocioambientais/article/view/1452. Acesso em: 14 mar. 2026.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 24 (2025): Before and beyond the pandemic

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Conjuntura

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