Distributive politics
How the geographic allocation of political resources creates effects beyond the places that receive them.
Political Science · Public Policy · Latin America
Researching how politics shapes policy outcomes.
Postdoctoral Research and Policy Associate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, studying public policy, subnational and multilevel politics, legislative studies, and research transparency.
01 — About
Olá, tudo bem? :)
I am a Postdoctoral Research and Policy Associate for the Lemann Foundation Programme at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Federal University of Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil).
My research sits at the intersection of public policy, subnational and multilevel dynamics, and legislative studies. I am especially interested in the conditions under which politics can drive collective outcomes in policy, with Latin America — and Brazilian municipalities in particular — as my primary region of interest.
I also work on transparency and reproducibility in social science. I am a catalyst for the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) and a member of the Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research (TIER) Network.
02 — Research
Questions I work on
Public policy
How political incentives, institutions, and policy design shape variation in public-sector outcomes.
Transparency & reproducibility
Building practical norms, tools, and teaching around transparent and reproducible social research.
03 — Métodos em Pauta
Making research methods more open and accessible.
Métodos em Pauta is a student-led initiative founded in Recife with Rodrigo Lins to democratize conversations about research methods, transparency, and reproducibility in Brazilian political science.
The initiative brought together students and researchers through round tables, talks, workshops, and the PodMétodos podcast, creating a practical space for exchange around rigorous and transparent social science.
About Métodos em Pauta04 — Selected publications
Recent work
2024
“Mapping the bacon: on the spatial allocation of pork barrel politics in Brazilian municipalities”
In Instituições, Políticas e Governo. Forthcoming.
2021
“How many could have been saved? Effects of social distancing on COVID-19”
Brazilian Journal of Public Administration. With Matheus Cunha, Virginia Rocha and Marcus Torres.
2019
“More than good intentions: Quantitative and qualitative techniques in impact evaluation of public policies”
Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais. With Mariana Batista.
05 — Teaching
Teaching & methods
My teaching experience includes public policy, statistics for social scientists, and electoral systems, as well as workshops and initiatives focused on transparent and reproducible research.
Teaching record06 — Contact
Let’s connect.
For research, policy, teaching, or collaboration enquiries, please use the professional links below.