Forattini, F. M. (2026). The contingency of mobilization: The social contexts of Operation Lava Jato in Brazil. In A comparative historical sociology of corruption (pp. 214-230). Cambridge University Press.
Publications
Selected writing.
A selected list of academic writing, organized by research line and followed by books and edited books.
For a fuller list of publications, see Google Scholar.
25 selected publications and books
Research line 01
Governance, corruption, and institutional transformation
Work on corruption, institutional reform, state capacity, public services, opacity, and governance failures.
Forattini, F. (2026). Beyond “best practices”: A historical-sociological critique of privatization, decentralization, and anti-corruption reforms in 1990s Brazil. American Behavioral Scientist.
Forattini, F. (2026). The rise and evolution of anti-corruption impulses in the United States and Brazil. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. MIT Press.
Forattini, F., Gillanders, R., Connolly, R., & Aja-Eke, D. (2026). Fighting sexual corruption in public services: Lessons from women’s experiences in Brazil. In Anti-Corruption Policy for Female Empowerment and Gender Equality. Palgrave Macmillan.
Connolly, R., Forattini, F., & Gillanders, R. (2026). Corruption and SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities. In R. Gillanders & C. K. Jha (Eds.), Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals. Routledge.
Forattini, F. M. (2024). Corruption consolidation in local governments: Networks, opacity, and governance failures. Journal of Public Governance and Policy: Latin American Review, 91-113.
Forattini, F., Gillanders, R., & Connolly, R. (submitted). Anticipatory deterrence and sexual corruption in public services: Silence, withdrawal, inequality. Public Administration.
Research line 02
Inequality, identity, and social classification
Work on racial categories, Indigenous recognition, inequality, social data, vulnerability, and environmental politics.
Forattini, F., & Miranda Braga, B. (2026). The weight of the “pardo” category: Official statistics and the deracialization of Indigenous peoples. In Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context. Oxford University Press.
Forattini, F. M., & Clarete, L. (2023). Production and reproduction of social inequalities related to COVID-19 expressed on social networks. Cronos, 24(1), 38-66.
Forattini, F. (2020). Piripkura: The plight of Indigenous people, environment, and Brazilian identity. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, (110).
Forattini, F. (under review). Environmental warfare in the Brazilian Amazon: Militarized development and human and environmental destruction in Brazil. Leiden University Press.
Research line 03
Technology, society, and sociotechnical governance
Work on responsible AI, digital public services, care ethics, gender-focused technology, sextortion, and information systems.
Forattini, F., & Connolly, R. (2026). Prometheus ambition, Zeusian order: Why leaps in information systems require structurally aware ethical frameworks. Information Systems Management.
Forattini, F., & Connolly, R. (2026). From design to policy: Embedding care ethics and STEM institutional insights in gender-focused technology. ACM SIGMIS Database: The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems.
Forattini, F., Connolly, R., & Joshi, K. D. (2025). Breaking boundaries: Advancing gender and technology research to combat sextortion. ACM SIGMIS Database: The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 56(1).
Forattini, F. M. (2025). Gender-focused technology design and care ethics integration: Addressing social and practical challenges. In Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Forattini, F., & Connolly, R. (under review). When Promethean leaps meet institutional power: Designing digital public services through a care-ethical lens. European Journal of Information Systems.
Forattini, F., Connolly, R., & Almeida, J. (submitted). When stronger configurations are not enough: Auditing AI agents in gender-sensitive public service encounters. In 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Research line 04
Political history, culture, and repertoires of contestation
Work on political culture, media, liberalism, cultural repertoires, humor, and the institutionalization of authoritarian power.
Forattini, F., & Longhi, C. R. (2023). Liberty and liberalism: tensions and disputes in the context of the 1940 Brazilian Writers’ Congresses. Projeto História.
Forattini, F., & Andreotti, B. (2023). Superman and Reagan’s conservative turn: A reflection on the heroic imaginary in United States political culture (1978-1986). Domínios da Imagem, 17(33).
Forattini, F. (2020). Humor in times of cholera: humor as a discourse of resistance to the coup. Letras & Letras.
Forattini, F. (2020). The institutionalization of the 1964 coup through an analysis of Institutional Act No. 1 and the mainstream media. Captura Críptica.
Books
Books
Authored books listed in the CV.
Forattini, F. (2020). Demystifying the Castelo Branco government and its relationship with the mainstream media. Brazil Publishing.
Forattini, F. (2020). It was a coup! Humor as resistance to the military coup and its legitimating discourses. Ape’Ku.
These books are held in leading university and public libraries worldwide, including The British Library, U.S. Library of Congress, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, among others.
Edited books
Edited books
Edited volumes listed in the CV.
Forattini, F. (Ed.). (2021). Essays on corruption. Bordô-Grená.
Forattini, F. (Ed.). (2020). Corruption: what it is, how it affects us, and ways to fight it. Brazil Publishing.