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The Colapso research group focuses on strengthening Geography as a scientific branch that integrates the physical and human dimension, the insertion and consolidation of this Geography in the Brazilian and international context. Promote dialogue between epistemic, scientific, identity and traditional knowledge. Contribution to academic training with an emancipatory bias. Expansion and Consolidation of the public, free, inclusive and socially referenced university.
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Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia (Brazilian Journal of Geomorphology): 25 Years of Evolution and New Directions in Geomorphological Research
Bibliometric analysis reveals 25 years of evolution, challenges, and opportunities of Brazil’s leading geomorphology journal. The Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia (RBGeomorfologia) celebrates 25 years as the main scientific platform for geomorphological research in...
Decoding Luminescence Ages through Pedogenesis: Vertisols under Investigation at NWLDW 2025
The COLAPSO Research Group participated in the New World Luminescence Dating Workshop 2025 (NWLDW), held at the Institute of Geosciences of the University of São Paulo (USP), with the presentation of the work “Decoding luminescence ages through pedogenesis: Vertisols...
Trapped in the forest: how soil shapes an unusual grassland in the Atlantic Rainforest
Amid the dense Atlantic Forest of the Serra do Mar in southeastern Brazil, a herbaceous-shrubby grassland stands out in an otherwise forested landscape. Surrounded by lush ombrophilous forest, the Campo do Veludo defies the region's environmental logic. Why does the...
Meet our team
We return to face-to-face meetings in 2023, our meeting schedule is available here link.
The meetings are open and we discuss topics related to our research and geographic methodologies. Anyone interested in researching with us can attend meetings and talk to us to indicate the possibilities, which involve Scientific Initiation, Voluntary Scientific Initiation, Course Completion Work and Master’s degrees, subject to the university’s availability and calendar.