KARLA MARIA LIMA FIGUEIREDO BENE BARBOSA

@uefs.br

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Until January 2019, I held the position of Technical Advisor for Institutional Relations at the State University of Feira de Santana. I coordinated the Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration at UAB/UEFS from 2023 to 2025. From 2001 to 2015, I worked as a Professor and Coordinator of the Administration, Information Systems, and Accounting Sciences courses at the Faculty of Technology and Sciences - FTC. During this period, I coordinated the MBA in Human Resource Management postgraduate course and participated in the implementation and coordination of the Entrepreneurship Sector of the Technological Innovation Center - NITFTC at the Faculty of Technology and Sciences - FTC. My research interests include: entrepreneurship, human development, university life, student affiliation, academic mobility, and the internationalization of higher education.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Psychology from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), in the research area of ​​"Developmental Transitions and Educational Processes". Member of the Student Life Observatory Research Group - OVE (UFBA/UFRB), Assistant Professor at the State University of Feira de Santana, Professor in the Multi-Institutional Postgraduate Program in Knowledge Dissemination at UFBA, and University Analyst at the Special Advisory Office for Institutional Relations at UEFS. Holds a degree in Administration from the State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS) (1997), a specialization in Business Management from the State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS) (1999), a specialization in Management of Higher Education Institutions from the Faculty of Technology and Sciences (FTC) (2007), and a Master's degree in Integrated Organizational Management from the State University of Bahia (2003). Currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in Organizational Psychology at the PUCRS.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Business, Management and Accounting, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Marketing, Strategy and Management