Entrevista com Amir Antônio Martins de Oliveira Júnior - Chapa Mudar para Transformar

On April 1st, the first round of the informal consultation for the Rectorship of the Federal University of Santa Catarina 2026–2030 will be held. Three slates are registered: Change to Transform (41), composed of Amir Antônio Martins de Oliveira Júnior as candidate for rector and Felipa Rafaela Amadigi, vice-rector; United UFSC (52), formed by Irineu Manoel de Souza, candidate for rector, and Rodrigo Otávio Moretti-Pires, vice-rector; and Knowing is Transforming (63), composed of João Luiz Martins, candidate for rector, and Luana Renostro Heinen, vice-rector. The Apufsc-Sindical Press team interviewed the three competing slates for an interview in which they discussed the challenges facing the university, budgetary issues, concerns of the teaching staff, and presented their projects for UFSC. All candidates received the same invitation: to participate in a video interview with the candidate for rector and/or vice-rector, to be broadcast on the union's YouTube channel, lasting up to 45 minutes, recorded at the union headquarters in the Max & Flora Building, between March 16 and 20, 2026. Each slate answered five questions. In this video, watch the full interview with Amir Antônio Martins de Oliveira Júnior, from slate 41 – Change to Transform.