About the Journal

The Brazilian Journal of Sociology - RBS is the scientific journal of the Brazilian Society of Sociology. Launched in 2013 as a semi-annual journal, it became quarterly in 2017 and, in 2024, adopted rolling submission and publication, with a single annual volume. The journal aims to disseminate and improve Brazilian and international sociological production resulting from original and unpublished research in the field of Sociology and Social Sciences on contemporary societies. RBS is aimed at a specialized academic and scientific audience, as well as a broader public interested in sociological debate.

The scope of the Brazilian Journal of Sociology includes articles of an academic and didactic nature, presenting original theoretical reflections and results of empirical research on topics relevant to contemporary sociology.

Announcements

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS TO THE DOSSIER BRAZILIAN SOCIAL THOUGHT

14-01-2026

The Brazilian Journal of Sociology (RBS) invites researchers to submit contributions that explore continuities and inflections in Brazilian social thought, its internal tensions, and its capacity to keep pace with and question the changing world.

Selected works will be published in the dossier “Pensamento Social Brasileiro” organized by Lucas Correia Carvalho (UFF) and Fabio Mascaro Querido (Unicamp).

Submissions to the dossier will be accepted until April 20, 2026.

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Current Issue

Vol. 14 (2026): Volume único
Published: 06-02-2026

Artigos

  • Crítical narrative analysis (CNA) in sociological perspective

    Frederico Salmi, Lorena Cândido Fleury, Monika Dowbor
    e-rbs.1007

    Visualizações: 217
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1007

  • Between Catastrophe and Registration bureaucratic rationality in access to protection during the floods in Rio Grande do Sul (2024)

    Stefany Ferraz Sousa, Barbara Gabriela Santos Oliveira, Letícia Maria Schabbach, Alexandre Magalhães
    e-rbs.1153

    Visualizações: 256
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1153

  • Causality, common sense and generalization in Anthony Giddens’s structuration theory

    André Lucas Maia de Brito, Fabrício Monteiro Neves
    e-rbs.1019

    Visualizações: 139
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1019

  • Sustainability and colonial modernity some contributions from the political ontology

    Gustavo Rovetta Pereira
    e-rbs.966

    Visualizações: 139
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.966

Programas de Pesquisa em Sociologia

  • For the sociological study of political phenomena Guidelines for a research agenda

    Igor Gastal Grill, Eliana Tavares dos Reis
    e-rbs.1199

    Visualizações: 206
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1199

  • For the sociological study of political phenomena Guidelines for a research agenda

    Igor Gastal Grill, Eliana Tavares dos Reis
    e-rbs.1093

    Visualizações: 256
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.1093
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