Dr Bianca Vasquez Pistorio

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SBS: Faculty Office / IT / International

Personal statement

I am Researcher Associate in the Department of Work, Employment and Organization at Strathclyde Business School, where I am also PhD Candidate.

I hold a Master of Science and a PhD in Collective Health from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil. I also hold an MBA in Project Management and People Management in Organisations, and a degree in Psychology.

I am Brazilian, leaving and working in UK since 2021.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Teaching Excellence Awards (TEAs): Recipient; 20/5/2025
Student Excellence Award (SEA) Studentship: Recipient; 1/10/2021

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Publications

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Publications

A determinação social do trabalho escravo contemporâneo na comunidade quilombola de Chumbo, Mato Grosso: Pistorio Bianca Vasquez, Garvey Brian, Sambajee Pratima; Direitos Humanos no Brasil 2026. (2026) (2026)
Índice de território saudável e sustentável rural : uma proposta de vigilância em saúde, ambiente e trabalho: Soares Mariana Rosa, Coutinho Kesley Gabriel Bezerra, Machado Jorge Mesquita Huet, Beserra Lucimara, Pistorio Bianca, Corrêa Márcia Leopoldina Montanari; Promoção de Territórios Saudáveis e Sustentáveis em Mato Grosso (2026) (2026)
Indicadores socioambientais e sanitários relacionados ao agronegócio em Mato Grosso: Soares Mariana Rosa, Coutinho Kesley Gabriel Bezerra, Pistorio Bianca, Beserra Lucimara, Corrêa Márcia Leopoldina Montanari, Machado Jorge Mesquita Huet; Promoção de Territórios Saudáveis e Sustentáveis em Mato Grosso (2026) (2026)
A dimensão da escravidão contemporânea na determinação social da saúde dos trabalhadores quilombolas e do bem viver da comunidade de Chumbo – MT: Pistorio Bianca Vasquez, Pignati Wanderlei Antonio, Neves Maelison Silva; Promoção de Territórios Saudáveis e Sustentáveis em Mato Grosso (2026) (2026)
A dimensão da escravidão contemporânea na determinação social da saúde dos trabalhadores quilombolas e do bem viver da comunidade de Chumbo, MT: Pistorio Bianca, Pignati Wanderlei, Garvey Brian, Neves Maelison, Sambajee Pratima; XVIII Reunião Científica Trabalho Escravo Contemporâneoе Questões Correlatas 2025 XVIII Reunião Científica Trabalho Escravo e Questões Correlatas, pp. 116 (2025)
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

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Research

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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
XVIII Reunião Científica Trabalho Escravo e Questões Correlatas: Participant; 15/10/2025
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

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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
Porous boundaries of forest system governance: territory and tribulation in the Amazon: Garvey, Brian (Principal Investigator) Vasquez Pistorio, Bianca (Researcher); 20-Jan-2026 - 19-Jan-2028
Accelerating the protection of territory and rights in the Amazon: Garvey, Brian (Principal Investigator) Owens, Steven Robert (Co-investigator) Torres, Mauricio (Co-investigator) Loures, Rosamaria (Principal Investigator) Vasquez Pistorio, Bianca (Researcher); This project addresses illegal gold mining and deforestation in Brazil’s Crepori National Forest and the territories of Munduruku and Montanha & Mangabal communities. Integrating geospatial data, legal timelines, and community narratives from previous field visits and recent workshops, we expose unlicensed operations on Indigenous lands: constitutionally prohibited yet aided by municipal-level licensing loopholes; 01-Jan-2025 - 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