Imagination & life projects
Doctoral research into how we imagine possible lives—and how culture, signs and relationships shape what can become.
A joint PhD (cotutelle) in Psychology between UFBA and Universidad Alberto Hurtado, funded by CAPES, studying imagination, human–AI interaction and the reconfiguration of life projects. Through cultural-semiotic psychology, imagination is approached not as an escape from reality, but as a process through which people give form to their futures. Life projects connect personal meaning with the social worlds in which possibilities emerge.
Conceptual axes of the inquiry
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Cultural-semiotic psychology
The research is approached through cultural-semiotic psychology, attending to how signs, culture and relationships take part in shaping what can become.
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Imagination as meaning-making
Imagination is approached not as an escape from reality, but as a process through which people give form to their futures.
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Life projects in context
Life projects are understood as connecting personal meaning with the social worlds, relationships and signs in which possibilities emerge.
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Human–AI mediation
The inquiry studies human–AI interaction and how it may take part in the reconfiguration of life projects and possible futures.
LifeProject — research environment
LifeProject is an online environment connected to this research. It is not a completed study or a publication.
Visit LifeProjectRelated research writing
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Manuscript
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Where this connects
/01Potential Imagination
An initiative at the intersection of imagination, life projects and AI. Making room for futures that are not yet visible.
Writing, Ideas & Thought
An evolving field of writing and inquiry: conceptual constructions, interpretations and research developments that move between scholarship, practice and public reflection.
Practice as a field of inquiry
Organizational development, talent management and higher education. Professional experience becomes a source of questions—not a separate biography.