Angelo Martins Junior has a BA in Social Science and a Masters’ degree in Sociology, both from the Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar/Brazil). PhD in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2017), where he also worked as Associate Lecturer (2016-2018). He is currently working as a Research Associate at the School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies (SPAIS), University of Bristol. Co-ordinator of the Research Challenge ‘Control, Conflict, Resistance’ at the Migration Mobilities Bristol Research Institute (MMB). Member of the Laboratory of Work, Professions and Mobility (UFSCar/Brazil). Co-editor of the on-line material of the journals Theory, Culture & Society and Body & Society. Regional editor of the Global Dialogue – International Sociological Association’s academic newsletter. Has conducted various academic projects relating to the labour market, Industrial Sociology, Mobility, Migration and Social Differentiation. Author of the books “Lives in Motion: Notebooks of an Immigrant in London” (2014) and ‘Moving Difference: Brazilians in London’ (Routledge, 2020). Currently working on the 5-year European Research Council (2018-2023) funded project,  ‘Modern Marronage: The Pursuit and Practice of Freedom in the Contemporary World’, developing research in Brazil and Europe.