I am an Associate Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at the Getulio Vargas Foundation’s School of Business and Public Policy (EBAPE) in Brazil. From 2026 to 2028, I will be at Columbia University, first as a Tinker Visiting Professor at the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), and subsequently as a Visiting Professor jointly appointed to the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

I am a Research Associate at the Laboratory of Geopolitical Studies of the Legal Amazon (LEGAL), a member of the Working Group on Global (Dis)Order (a joint initiative of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the British Academy), and of the Working Group on Global Challenges to Democracy (Toda Peace Institute, Japan).

Previously, I was an Associate Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (2021–2022), a CAF Visiting Fellow at St. Antony’s College, and a Research Fellow at Nuffield College and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford (2017–2018). I also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (2009–2013).

My research and teaching explore the intersection of politics and economics, focusing on how economic internationalization shapes domestic politics in emerging democracies. I am the author of The Politics of Market Discipline in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and co-author of The Volatility Curse (Cambridge University Press, 2020). My current book project examines the politics of climate policy in Brazil. Before entering academia, I worked as a business consultant at Accenture, a sell-side financial analyst at BTG Pactual, and a project manager for the Rio de Janeiro state government, overseeing initiatives financed by international financial institutions.