Sociologist · Knowledge Engineer · Research Software Developer

PhD in Sociology · Research Collaborator, Offshore Technology Innovation Centre (OTIC)/University of Sao Paulo (USP) · Domain Architect · Creator of Synesis

I build tools and methods that sit at the intersection of qualitative research, formal knowledge representation, and computational infrastructure. My work addresses a structural problem in academic knowledge work: interpretive insight remains trapped in unstructured text, disconnected from the analytical ecosystems where it should operate.

My primary contribution is Synesis — a domain-specific language and compiler that transforms interpretive annotations into formally validated, machine-readable knowledge structures, exportable to graph databases, notebooks, and AI agents.

A plain-text, compiler-oriented knowledge language for qualitative research.

ITEM @autor2026
    text: Social acceptance determines sector viability
        beyond purely technological constraints.
    chain: Social_Acceptance -> DETERMINES -> Sector_Viability
END ITEM

Synesis provides:

• A DSL for declaring sources, interpretive excerpts, typed relations, and epistemic metadata
• A compiler that validates referential integrity before errors propagate
• A Language Server (LSP) with inline validation, autocompletion, and graph navigation in VS Code
• Export pipelines to Neo4j, Jupyter, MCP agents, REFI-QDA, CSV, and Excel
• Zotero integration — reference libraries become structured knowledge foundations
• Git-native — plain text, diff-friendly, every analytical decision auditable

→ Documentation · GitHub · Landing page

Energy Transition · Social Acceptance · Offshore Technologies
Visiting Collaborator, OTIC — Offshore Technology Innovation Center, USP

My empirical work applies the Synesis framework to the study of social acceptance of emerging energy technologies, using knowledge graphs to map causal factor structures across the literature.

Other domains: envoronmental epistemology, Reformed philosophy (Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven), biblical studies and computational hermeneutics, digital humanities.

Domain & Architecture: Synesis DSL · Neo4j · VSCode LSP · MCP · Zotero · Quarto

Implementation: MVP development with Python · TypeScript · Neo4j — AI-assisted

Background: Clipper · Delphi · Lazarus/Free Pascal — 15+ years professional software development

• PhD in Sociology — Federal University of Parana (UFPR)
• Translator of an important Dirk Vollenhoven's philosophical work into Portuguese (work in progress)
• Author of educational books
• Lattes CV: lattes.cnpq.br/2334832147379385