Zilma Borges de Souza is Professor in the course of Public Administration and Business Administration of the Getulio Vargas Foundation - São Paulo. She is a member of the Collegiate in the Center for Studies in Public Administration and Government (CEAPG) andof  the Advisory Board of ANEPCP - National Association of Education and Research of the Public Field. She is an Administrator with a post-doctorate at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - EHESS (2015) and Université Paris Dauphine - Sorbonne IX (2014-2015 - Scholarship holder Capes). She has a doctorate degree in Social Sciences from PUC-SP (2009), Master in Administration in the area of Organizations and Human Resources/FGV-SP (2000). She is a researcher linked to CEAPG/FGV oriented to Collective Action and Public Action, Social Innovation and Urban Vulnerability, Territorial Dynamics and Local Development, Urban and Family Agriculture.