Divided Cities: Rio de Janeiro

The Digital Humanities Summer Scholars Program, through the Lafayette College Libraries engages its participants to utilize digital technology and tools to complete and present a research project on a topic of their choosing.

For the 2025 Summer Scholars program, Moira Humphrey ’26, an Economics and Mathematics Major, explores her interests of urban spaces, using the formal and informal neighborhoods of Rio De Janeiro as her research topic.  Her research topic and results can be found at the link below.

Divided Cities: Spatial Inequality and Economic Outcomes in Rio de Janeiro’s Formal and Informal Neighborhoods

Title image from Divided Cites Project
A view of the Favelas of Rio De Janeiro