Joscimar Souza Silva

@ipol.unb.br

Political Science Institute
University of Brasilia

Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Political Science (IPOL) of the University of Brasília (UnB). Financial Director of the Brazilian Association of Electoral Researchers (ABRAPEL). Adjunct Coordinator of the Political Communication and Electoral Behavior in Latin America Group (LATICOM) of the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP). He coordinates the research group Public Information and Elections (IPÊ) and Politeia, an extension program that simulates, studies and researches the Brazilian legislature.

EDUCATION

He has a degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), a Master's degree in Political Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and a PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He was a visiting researcher at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Multidisciplinary
104

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

4

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Como avaliar programas de educação política? Um debate metodológico
    JS Silva, FHGC da Rocha
    Simbiótica. Revista Eletrônica 13 (1), 71-89 , 2026
    2026
  • Desinformação como estratégia eleitoral: como inocular os efeitos de narrativas que incentivam a descrença no sistema eleitoral?
    J Silva, CMCD da Silva, TA do Nascimento
    Ação Midiática–Estudos em Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura , 2026
    2026
  • «Nosso herói salvou a democracia» e agora? Intermediários digitais ea comunicação política no governo Lula 3
    JS Silva, CE da Silva Costa, I Rocha, IMV Júnior
    Más poder local, 73-97 , 2026
    2026
  • Evangelicals and the Far Right in Brazil: Political Attitudes and Voting Decisions
    S Krause, H Telles, J Souza Silva, JCL Camargos
    Revista Mexicana de Opinión Publica 39 (jul-dez 2025), 13-42 , 2025
    2025
  • O uso de Big Data e da Inteligência Artificial Generativa nas campanhas eleitorais
    J Silva, I Rocha
    Cadernos Adenauer 1 (2025), 31-48 , 2025
    2025
  • Religion and Dominionism: The Battle for God Against Evil in Brazilian Politics
    H Telles, HG Oliveira, RS Souza, L Ev
    Public opinion and turmoil in Latin American democracies, 281-316 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Remaining in Office Despite the Crimes: The Impeachment Resolutions Against Bolsonaro (Brazil) and Piñera (Chile)
    ALP Neto, T Olavarría, H Jofré
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 81-101 , 2025
    2025
  • When the Reality Imposes a Tipping Point: Denialism and Conspiracy Theories in the Evaluations of Bolsonaro’s Performance in Environmental Policies and Covid-19 Responses in Brazil
    L Veiga, N Lopes
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 255-280 , 2025
    2025
  • Right-Wing Convergence, Progressive Fragmentation, and Media Alignments. Deciphering the Limitations of the Second Peruvian Estallido
    O Coronel, N Chávez Angeles
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 135-161 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Population Aging and Dissatisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from a 2-Level Model in Latin America
    S Krause, JCL Camargos, R Fonseca
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 41-55 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Protests and Emergence of New Brazilian Right-Wing: Perception of Democracy, Ideologies and Anti-PT
    H Telles
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 103-133 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The Election of Outsider Deputies in Chile and Brazil
    A Codato, R Picussa, E Ribeiro
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 235-253 , 2025
    2025
  • The Polarized Public Opinion in Bolivia and Spain: Democratic Conflict or Political Intolerance?
    AR Castromil, MV Yañez
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 163-176 , 2025
    2025
  • “I Do Not Vote for Women Because…”: The Justifications that Latino People Give to Explain the Female Underrepresentation in Electoral Politics
    L Panke
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 177-193 , 2025
    2025
  • The 2023 Elections in Argentina, Mexico and Paraguay in Comparative Perspective
    JB Lucca, E Iglesias, J Aragón Falomir, M Pérez Talia
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 217-233 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Turmoil in Latin American Democracy and Changes in the Public Opinion
    JS Silva, H Telles, JCL Camargos, NR Garcia
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 1-40 , 2025
    2025
  • Race, Gender, and Class in Francia Márquez’s Electoral Campaign in Colombia
    ÉA Baptista, SA dos Santos, JS Silva
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 195-215 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Representation Crisis, Reconfiguration of Political Information Sources, and Digital Political Leadership in Brazil, México and Peru
    JS Silva, H Telles
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 57-79 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies
    H Telles, J Silva
    Springer Nature , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • in Colombia
    ÉA Baptista, SA dos Santos
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 195 , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Eleições municipais: novas ondas na política
    A Lavareda, H Telles
    Editora FGV , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 13
  • Surfando na crise de representação e nos valores: lideranças políticas emergentes e mídias sociais digitais na América Latina
    J Silva
    Tese de Doutorado em Ciência Política 1 (1), 284p , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 12
  • Valores e crise da representação na américa latina: podemos antever um personalismo político?
    JS Silva
    Cadernos de Campo: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 269-288 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 11
  • Partidarismos y personalismo como indicadores para comprender la crisis de representación en nuevas democracias: un aporte al caso de elecciones mexicanas 2018
    JS Silva
    Revista Agenda Política 8 (1), 202-221 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 10
  • Desconfiados, conectados e indignados: Atitudes políticas, mídias digitais e eleições no Brasil, México e Peru
    JS Silva
    Revista Debates 16 (1), 65-95 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Os mandatos da antipolítica: líderes políticos digitais e a representação política na América Latina
    J Silva
    Compolítica 13 (1), 171-196 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Ensino remoto emergencial em contexto de pandemia
    JS Silva
    Site da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 7
  • Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies
    H Telles, J Silva
    Springer Nature , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Crisis y junk news en las elecciones Presidenciales Brasileñas 2018: un análisis de la Primera vuelta
    J Silva
    Mas Poder Local 1 (36), 17-19 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 4
  • O ARREFECIMENTO DA POLARIZAÇÃO AFETIVA: análise dos discursos dos governadores no Twitter na campanha eleitoral de 2022
    S Viscarra, HD Almeida, T Silame, J Silva
    Caderno CRH 37, e024004 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Os Partidos E a Democracia Digital No Exercício Dos Governos
    JS Silva
    Debate, Belo Horizonte 7 (5), 17-46 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 3
  • Religion and Dominionism: The Battle for God Against Evil in Brazilian Politics
    H Telles, HG Oliveira, RS Souza, L Ev
    Public opinion and turmoil in Latin American democracies, 281-316 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Novas questões e tendências nos estudos de comunicação política e opinião pública: entrevistas com Fernando Azevedo, Vera Chaia e Mara Telles
    J Silva, M Alves, IMV Júnior
    Conexão Política 12 (2), 11-35 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • (Trans) gredindo a invisibilidade social rumo à representação política: cultura política, rechaça à democracia e sub representação de transexuais e travestis no Brasil …
    J Silva, HE Castro, R Fontes
    Deslocamentos/Déplacements: revista franco-brasileira interdisciplinar de … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • Eleições 2020: Análise da propaganda eleitoral nas capitais brasileiras
    ADC AZEVEDO JUNIOR, L GANDIN, L PANKE
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • Possibilidades de democracia digital em pequenos municípios do Nordeste brasileiro
    JS Silva
    IV Congresso CONSAD de Gestão Pública 1 (1), 1 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 2
  • Right-Wing Convergence, Progressive Fragmentation, and Media Alignments. Deciphering the Limitations of the Second Peruvian Estallido
    O Coronel, N Chávez Angeles
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 135-161 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Population Aging and Dissatisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from a 2-Level Model in Latin America
    S Krause, JCL Camargos, R Fonseca
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 41-55 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Protests and Emergence of New Brazilian Right-Wing: Perception of Democracy, Ideologies and Anti-PT
    H Telles
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 103-133 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The 2023 Elections in Argentina, Mexico and Paraguay in Comparative Perspective
    JB Lucca, E Iglesias, J Aragón Falomir, M Pérez Talia
    Public Opinion and Turmoil In Latin American Democracies, 217-233 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1