Irapuan has a PhD with an award-winning thesis in Sociology from the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil (2010), and he completed his Master's in Sociology at the same university (2004), having earned his Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the State University of Ceará (2002). He worked as a sociologist conducting research and providing public policy consulting at the municipal, state, and federal levels in Brazil, Among these experiences, he was a sociologist for the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Brazil, advising on the implementation of the Public Security with Citizenship Program (2009-2010), and he was a professor at the State University of Ceará (2010-2012) before joining the Department of Social Sciences at the Federal University of Ceará (2013), where he is a professor in the Graduate Program in Sociology and a researcher at the Laboratory of Studies in Politics, Education, and City (Lepec).

Research

• Youth and Youth Cultures
• Education
• Urban Sociology
• Urban Mobility