Publications

Determinantes sociais da escravidão contemporânea

Pistorio Bianca, Garvey Brian, Sambajee Pratima

Direitos Humanos no Brasil 2026. (2026) (2026)

ĺndice de território saudável e sustentável rural : uma proposta de vigilância em saúde, ambiente e trabalho

Soares Mariana Rosa, Machado Jorge Mesquita Huet, Coutinho Kesley Gabriel Bezerra, Pistorio Bianca Vasquez, Beserra Lucimara, Corrêa Márcia Leopoldina Montanari

Revista Brasileira de Saude Ocupacional Vol 50 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-6369/11924pt2025v50eddsst9

Confronting the degradation of labour and the nature in agro-industrial commodity chains in Brazil : the 'quilombolas' resistance

Pistorio Bianca, Garvey Brian, Sambajee Pratima

International Labour Process Conference (2024)

Contemporary slave labour on the Amazonian frontier : the problems and politics of post rescue solidarity

Portes Virginio Francis, Garvey Brian, Leão Luís Henrique da Costa, Pistorio Bianca Vasquez

Globalizations Vol 19, pp. 937-954 (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2022.2035946

A reforma agraria : um caminho para a terra de trabalho

Pistorio Bianca, Garvey Brian

Direitos Trabalho e Política Social Vol 8, pp. 216-241 (2022)

https://doi.org/10.56267/rdtps.v8i14.13228

Exploração do trabalho e escravidão de imigrantes haitianos em Mato Grosso, Brasil

Pistório Bianca Vasquez, da Costa Leão Luís Henrique

Amazônia em Fluxo Território, Tensões e Trabalho (2021) (2021)

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Research Interests

My doctoral research was developed in partnership with the Postgraduate Programme in Collective Health at UFMT, within the scope of the project Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Territories, funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Labour.

My research investigates the persistence of contemporary slavery in traditional communities historically affected by colonial slavery. Through participatory and community-engaged approaches, the study seeks to strengthen community empowerment and to systematise pathways for breaking the intergenerational cycles of labour exploitation.

The research is grounded in the understanding that territories free from slavery must also be healthy and sustainable. This involves environmental protection, cultural preservation, health promotion, access to land and water, poverty reduction, food sovereignty and access to education.

For this reason, my work adopts a transdisciplinary perspective, collaborating with scholars from different fields to develop integrated approaches to healthy and sustainable territories. Ultimately, the research aims to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

My main research interests include contemporary slavery, rural labour, workers’ health, environmental health, sustainability, and agribusiness.

Professional Activities

The materiality of the supposed energy transition II

Chair

31/5/2026

The materiality of the supposed energy transition

Participant

2/5/2026

The materiality of the supposed energy transition

Participant

23/3/2026

Moral economy at the crossroads of history and social science: finding customs in common?

Chair

12/3/2025

Cultivating Sustainable Research Cultures Programme: a series of five workshops

Participant

1/1/2025

Journal of Rural and Community Development (Journal)

Peer reviewer

7/2024

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Projects

Fostering Inclusive Academic Cultures: Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Wellbeing, Teaching and Research Culture

Vasquez Pistorio, Bianca (Project Lead) Baracho Wanderley, Barbara Evelyn (Co-investigator) Gherghina, Gabriela Loredana (Co-investigator) Rani, Misbah (Co-investigator) Fergus-Allen, Cameron (Co-investigator) Garvey, Brian (Academic) Remnant, Jennifer (Academic) Werkmeister, Astrid (Academic) Taylor, Yvette (Academic)

This project seeks to co-produce an inclusive, interdisciplinary network that strengthens a supportive teaching and research culture, bridges gaps between postgraduate researchers and academic staff across SBS, Engineering, and HASS to address the challenges of navigating academic culture.

16-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026

Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Territories in Mato Grosso (Original title: Promoção de Territórios Saudáveis e Sustentáveis em Mato Grosso)

Vasquez Pistorio, Bianca (Researcher) Corrêa, Márcia Leopoldina Montanari (Principal Investigator) Pignati, Wanderlei (Co-investigator) Neves, Maelison (Co-investigator) Soares, Mariana Rosa (Researcher) Machado, Jorge Mesquita Huet (Researcher) Coutinho, Kesley Gabriel Bezerra (Researcher) Beserra, Lucimara (Researcher)

This research project is coordinated by researcher Professor Marcia Leopoldina Montanari Corrêa, from the Collective Health Institute (ISC), at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) - Brazil, with resources from the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) of Mato Grosso-Brazil.
This project investigates the relationship between the process of production and social reproduction in the productive context of agribusiness in Mato Grosso-Brazil, and its effects on the epidemiological profile of populations, based on the characterization of occupational and socio-environmental risks of production chains in the territory.
The researcher Bianca Pistorio is a partner of this project, where she is devoloping her thesis as a part of this big umbrella project.
This project had Ethical approval in Brazil by CEP/CONEP on 02/26/2021.

26-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2025

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