Marcus V. A. B. De Matos

Marcus V. A. B. De Matos is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Brunel University London, affiliated with the Brunel Law School within the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. His career spans academia, legal consultancy, and human rights advocacy.

• PhD in Law, Birkbeck, University of London (2014) - CAPES Foundation Overseas Scholarship
• MRes in Human Rights and Arts, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB), UFRJ

His research critically examines sovereignty, law and humanities, human rights, and digital democracy. Key projects include Human Rights & Religion (2021-2022), Living Avatars (2021-2022), and Human Rights, Religion and the Cold War (BRIEF Award 2023/2024). Recent work explores human rights and religion, digital avatars, and visual genealogies of sovereignty.

His publications bridge law and film, sovereignty and aesthetics, and human rights in postcolonial contexts, with interdisciplinary focus on digital technology, religious movements, and historical memory. Notably, his 2021 monograph Imagens da América Latina (ABEU Prize winner) analyzes media and human rights in Latin America.

• BRIEF Award (2023/2024)
• HE Connects Grant (British Council)
• ABEU Prize for Best Monograph (2021)
• Honourable Mention (José Bonifácio Academic Foundation)

Dr. De Matos serves as Deputy Director of Equality and Diversity at Brunel Law School, co-leads the Human Rights, Society and Arts and Living Avatars research groups, and contributes to international networks including ABEP-UK and RECAP (Brazilian legal advocacy network). He reviews for top journals like Law and Critique and Law and History Review.