Elisa Reis jẹ Ọjọgbọn ti Sosioloji Oselu ni Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), ati alaga ti Nẹtiwọọki Iwadi Interdisciplinary fun Ikẹkọ Aidogba Awujọ (NIED).
O gba Ph.D. ni Imọ Oselu lati Massachusetts Institute of Technology, jẹ ọmọ ẹgbẹ ẹlẹgbẹ ti Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Awọn sáyẹnsì Brazil ati ọmọ ẹgbẹ ẹlẹgbẹ ti Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Awọn sáyẹnsì Agbaye (TWAS). O ti gba awọn sikolashipu lati ọdọ Igbimọ Iwadi ti Orilẹ-ede Brazil (CNPq.), Igbimọ Iwadi ti Ipinle Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Igbimọ Fulbright, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ti Ilu Italia, laarin awọn miiran, lati ṣe iwadii ni Ilu Brazil ati ibomiiran, ati ki o ni kan gun akojọ ti awọn jẹ ti ni Brazil ati ajeji periodicals. O ti kọ bi olukọ abẹwo ni University of California ni San Diego, Columbia University, MIT, ati Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Munich. Ni awọn ọdun ti o ti kọja o jẹ Igbakeji-Aare ti Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Awọn sáyẹnsì Brazil, Akowe ti Awujọ Sociological Brazil (SBS), ati Alakoso ti National Association for the Social Sciences (ANPOCS). Ṣaaju ki o to ṣẹda Igbimọ Imọ-jinlẹ Kariaye, Elisa Reis jẹ Igbakeji Alakoso ti Igbimọ Imọ-jinlẹ Awujọ Kariaye (ISSC).
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