Paula Maio de Siqueira, MSc MA

About the Person

Paula Maio de Siqueira

Since June 2026 | Doctoral fellow, Doctoral College “Dynamics of Inequalities and Difference in the Age of Globalization,” at the University of Innsbruck.

Oct 2025 - Feb 2026 | Doctoral fellow, Doctoral College “Genders and Gender Relations in Transformation” at the University of Innsbruck.

Since 2025 | PhD candidate, Peace and Conflict Studies and Gender Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck. First supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Gundula Ludwig. Second supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Andreas Oberprantacher.

Since 2006 | Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and psychoanalyst. Individual, group, and community-based practice.

2022–2024 | Master’s degree (MA), Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Innsbruck. Master’s thesis: “Gender Violence in Knowledge Production: A Peace Feminist Inquiry with Brazilian Psychoanalysts’ Narratives in New Times of Capitalism.” Supervision: Assist. Prof. PhD Sladjana Lazic. (GenderFem Prize 2024)

June 2024 | Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology, validated by the University of Vienna.

2020–2021 | Postgraduate specialization diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies, Paz & Mente Institute - FAV, Brazil. Supervision: Assist. Prof. Dr. Paula Ditzel Facci. Final paper: “Voices of Oppression: From Analytical Speech-Listening to the Unfolding of Peaces” [Portuguese]

Since 2019 | Psychoanalytic training, Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro (SBPRJ), under the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).

2011–2017 | Training in Family Therapy, Iralem Institute, Rio de Janeiro.

2006–2015 | Training in Biosynthesis Psychotherapy, Escola de Biossíntese do Rio de Janeiro (EBRJ), recognized by the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).

2001–2005 | BSc and Training, Psychology, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. Thesis title: “Hysteria from the Perspective of Body-Oriented Psychology.” [Portuguese]

Doctoral Project

The World Health Order: Tracing Gendered Governance across Brazil and Austria

This project traces how the redefinition of gender in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) from “disorder” to “incongruence” influences the lives of people in Vienna and Brazil. This supposed progress reproduces European colonial notions of normality and universality, forcing marginalized, especially non-white persons, to adapt to official categories to access health care, asylum, or other rights. In Brazil, the situation of Black and gender-nonconforming populations is particularly precarious, with murder rates among trans persons the highest globally (data from ANTRA, Benevides 2025). In Austria, asylum procedures depend closely on diagnostic criteria (e.g., data from Queer Base), producing highly unequal outcomes under the same global standard.

The project enables a translocal approach, drawing on a “relational genealogy” inspired by Denise Ferreira da Silva and Black radical thought, which not only analyzes but also poetically and politically challenges colonial forms of knowledge. An analytic codebook is developed to study how global classificatory systems operate: which lives are rendered protectable, which are made vulnerable or disposable, and how these categories travel across transnational contexts.

The method enables a diagnostic reading across WHO classifications, Austrian asylum policies, and Brazilian advocacy archives (e.g., ANTRA, Public Health Ordinances), tracing whether and how liberal inclusion and authoritarian exclusion operate in tandem as part of a global health order, read through inseparable arrangements. By implicating Vienna and Brazil in an inseparable analysis, the project opens new avenues for peace and conflict research, health and gender policy, and demonstrates ways to think about equality beyond a racializing order in practice.

Research Interests

  • Peace Research
  • Gender Studies
  • World Health Order
  • Indigenous Resistance
  • Black Feminist Poethics
  • Feminist Philosophy
  • Trans* Population Migration Studies
  • Psychoanalysis

Publications

  • Siqueira, Paula Maio de. 2025. “Translation as Survival: Guarani-Kaiowá Women’s Claims and Translocal Feminist Solidarity.” International Feminist Journal of Politics. Special Issue: “Revisiting Global Feminist Solidarity amid Rising Planetary Threats.” Taylor & Francis online. [Forthcoming. Sole author]. Developed from the Master’s thesis.
  • Siqueira, Paula Maio de. 2023. “Gender Violence in Knowledge Production: A Peace Feminist Inquiry with Brazilian Psychoanalysts’ Narratives in New Times of Capitalism.” Master’s thesis, University of Innsbruck.
  • Siqueira, Paula Maio de. 2022. “How Do We ‘Shape’ Analysts?” Intervalo Analítico: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Psychoanalysis of Rio de Janeiro. 23 (4).
  • Siqueira, Paula Maio de. 2021. “Voices of Oppression: From the Analytical Speech-Listening to the Unfolding of Peaces.” Lato Sensu Thesis in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies. FAV. Brazil.
  • Siqueira, Paula Maio de. 2011. “Comfort Food: Psychoemotional Aspects.” Revista Mês, Curitiba, June 5, 2011. [Brazil]

Talks (Selection)

  • 13. Jan. 2026 | Lecturer: “Utopian poethics: Feminist Enunciative Practices Toward the Collapse of Modernity.” Lecture series: Gender Studies as an Analytical Tool for Current Debates: Political Tipping Points. Feminist Perspectives on Contemporary Processes of Authoritarianism and Fascization.
  • 2025 | Gendered Violence in Knowledge Production: Peace Feminist Research with Narratives of Brazilian Psychoanalysts in New Times of Capitalism. Round Table, International Symposium on Education and Sexualities, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. [Talk in Portuguese]. Extended summary published in the symposium proceedings. The presentation was developed from the Master’s thesis.
  • 2021 | Prazeres, Lorena, and Siqueira, Paula. “Being in Analysis: The Infantile.” Estar em Análise, SBPRJ video channel, July 8, 2021. Talk in Portuguese, published on YouTube.
  • 2004 | Siqueira, Paula Maio de; Abreu, A. R. G.; Tizzi, G. S.; Júnior, M. C. S.; Nakamura, T. S. Theatre with the Deaf: A Proposal for the Voice That is not Heard. 2nd Symposium: Education Made Special, Maringá. Talk in Portuguese. Extended summary published in the symposium proceedings.
  • 2004 | Siqueira, Paula Maio de; Vieira, L. F. “The Influence of Interpersonal Styles on Sports Cohesion.” 8th International Journey of Psychology, Umuarama. Talk in Portuguese. Extended summary published in the congress proceedings.
  • 2004 | Siqueira, Paula Maio de; E. A. Tomamik; K. Karigyo. “A Study of Hysteria from the Perspective of Body-Oriented Psychology.” 8th International Journey of Psychology, Umuarama. Talk in Portuguese. Extended summary published in the symposium proceedings. The presentation was developed from the Bachelor’s thesis.
  • 2004 | Siqueira, Paula Maio de; Vieira, L. F.; Cesnik, C. C. “Analysis of Interpersonal Relationships in a High-Performance Futsal Team.” 11th Brazilian Congress and 4th International Congress of Sport Psychology. Talk in Portuguese. Extended summary published in the symposium proceedings.

Memberships

  • Since 2018 | Psychoanalyst Candidate, Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro (SBPRJ), member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).
  • 2022 | Representative, International Psychoanalytic Studies Organization (IPSO), SBPRJ (IPA).
  • 2021–2022 | Member, Public Relations and Social Media Department, SBPRJ (IPA).
  • 2012–2017 | Team coordinator and member, Movimento Constelar, an initiative for conflict resolution and Internal Family Systems work, focused on reconciliation.
  • 2006–2012 | Psychotherapist, Escola de Biossíntese do Rio de Janeiro, affiliated with the International Foundation for Biosynthesis (IFB), based in Switzerland, and recognized by the European Association of Body-Psychotherapy (EABP) and the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).
  • 2004 | Member, research team, Grupo Pró-Esporte, an interdisciplinary, CNPq-registered research group at Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Research on health in childhood and youth, motor skills, and psychological aspects of movement and sport.
  • 2003–2004 | Member of the research team À Mente Primitiva: A Study of Psychoanalytic Production in Brazil, a CNPq-registered research group at Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Research on the conceptual and textual production of psychoanalysis in Brazil and abroad.

Teaching

  • 2026 (Feb–May) | Adjunct Professor, Psychology of Peace and Conflict PSY 2850 - (BA Psychology and International Relations), Webster Vienna Private University (29 students).
  • 2014–2020 | Lecturer for quarterly workshops on conflict transformation through systemic and somatic approaches, Maringá, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Berlin (Germany).
  • 2012–2018 | Group coordinator, systemic team approaches, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • 2015 | Co-lecturer, “Introduction to Family Systems,” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Awards and Scholarships

  • Jan 2026 | Shortlisted for the DOC Fellowship (Austrian Academy of Sciences).
  • 2024 | GenderFem Prize 2024 at the University of Innsbruck (MA thesis “Gender Violence in Knowledge Production”).
  • 2024 | ÖH Vienna funding for feminist, queer, and anti-racist research (MA Thesis Grant, “Gender Violence in Knowledge Production”).
  • 2003 | Scholarship, PADEQ-BR, Psychotherapy for Persons with Chemical Dependency (Outreach Project).
  • 2003 | Scholarship, PADEQ Psychosocial Support (State University of Maringá, Outreach Project).
  • 2001 | Scholarship, Center for Applied Psychology - NPA (UEM-BR, Outreach Project).

Organization (Selection)

  • 2023 | Representative member for SBPRJ, International Psychoanalytic Studies Organization (IPSO); editorial collaborator at Intervalo Analítico.
  • 2021–2022 | Co-founder of “Psychoanalysis & Art, Community, and Culture,” focused on the inclusion and diversity of BIPOC trainees.
  • 2021–2024 | Psychotherapist, Escuta Ética Project, collective care for women in situations of domestic and social vulnerability in Brazil.
  • 2020–2022 | Co-founder and host, podcast “Afteranálise,” covering Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Society.
  • 2021 | Group psychoanalyst, Travessia (group dynamics with teachers from public schools).
  • 2007 | Institutional psychologist, Jardim Panorama School (staff support, inclusive classrooms).
  • 2013–2017 | Conference organization, Quarterly Family Systems workshops, organized and led, Paraná and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [National Workshops].
  • 2009 | Conference organization, Siqueira, Paula Maio de; Maio, Elizabeth; Figueiredo, G.; Wolf, R.; Polsaque, G. V. Somatic Psychology and Psychodrama Workshop [International Congress].
  • 2004, 2008 | Conference organization, Siqueira, Paula Maio de; et al. Body-Oriented Psychology Workshop [National Congresses].
  • 2001, 2003 | Conference organization, Siqueira, Paula Maio de; et al. International Symposium on Body-Oriented Psychology [International Congress].

Contact

Email: paula.maio-de-siqueira@student.uibk.ac.at

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