Editorial: Transições em tempos de policrise

Fabio Vinícius de Macedo Bergamo

doi:10.22481/ccsa.v22i3.18379

Authors

Fabio Vinícius de Macedo Bergamo Southwest Bahia State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-2519

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22481/ccsa.v22i3.18379

Keywords:

Polycrisis. Transitions. Development. Global South. Labour and regulation.

Abstract

This editorial advances polycrisis as a lens to interpret post-pandemic development in a
world where shocks no longer arrive as isolated events but as interacting, cascading pressures.
Polycrisis is defined as an interdependent regime in which geopolitical tensions, cost-of-living
inflation, debt constraints, climate extremes, food insecurity, displacement, and digital
vulnerabilities mutually amplify one another, with disproportionate consequences for the Global
South. Under such conditions, development is reframed as an agenda of transitions—systemic
sociotechnical reconfigurations across urban life, productive sectors, and labour relations—often
pursued through experimentation and multi-level governance. Building on this frame, the
editorial introduces the issue’s six articles, spanning smart mobility and quality of life,
interdisciplinary urban thought and intervention, local development via tourism indicators,
Brazilian coffee competitiveness (1960–2019), labour rights in e-sports, and debates on
exploitation and superexploitation. Together, they invite readers to examine how development
paths are collectively reorganized amid polycrisis.

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Author Biography

Fabio Vinícius de Macedo Bergamo, Southwest Bahia State University

é doutor e mestre em administração. Leciona disciplinas na área de comunicação e pesquisa científica no Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas na UESB. Também é coordenador do Observatório de Marketing da UESB, laboratório onde desenvolve pesquisas sobre Marketing e Decolonização. Além disso, é professor dos cursos da área de gestão do Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo, onde também coordena o GESTAR –Grupo de Pesquisa em Tecnologias Emergentes para Administração e Responsabilidade Corporativa.Dr. Bergamo é um dos editores-chefes dos Cadernos de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas

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