The Center for Critical Imagination (CCI) was created within the scope of the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) in São Paulo with support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF).

A member of the Emerging Political Economies (EPE) network, the objective of CCI/Cebrap is to collaborate collectively in the formulation of alternatives to the neoliberal paradigm based on the Brazilian reality.

Using interdisciplinary approaches, the CCI/Cebrap will map current global development trends and critically analyze proposals for overcoming the neoliberal paradigm, dialoguing, above all, with proposals originated by members of the EPE network.

Among its main research areas are:

• Economics and Neo-extractivism: Contributing to the construction of a fairer and more sustainable economic model, considering the dilemmas of the Global South.

• Inequalities and Rights: Developing new forms of social protection, focusing on care as a right, tax justice, and the challenges of the world of work.

• Politics and Democracy: Investigating transformations in politics, religion, and media with the goal of strengthening democracy.