Maria Hermínia Brandão Tavares de Almeida

Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida is Emeritus Professor of Political Science of the University of São Paulo, researcher at Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP) , and senior researcher at the National Council for Research (CNPq). At USP has been dean of the Institute of International Relations. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences (1969) and a Ph.D. in Political Science (1979) from the University of São Paulo and has done post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley (1984). As a political scientist, she conducted research on public policies and Brazilian political institutions, and more recently on public opinion and foreign policy in Brazil. Published the books Economic Crisis and Organized Interests (Edusp), The Golden Years -Essays on democracy in Brazil (Horizontes, 2019), and Gian Luca Gardini Latin American responses to the rise of Brazil (Palgrave,2016) and around 100 articles in academic journals and books. She has been Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London (1992); Tinker Visiting Professor, Stanford University (1996); Visiting Professor, Latin America Program, Ortega y Gasset Institute (1999, 2000 and 2002); Visiting Professor, Political Science Department, Université de Montréal (2006) and visiting scholar at the Brazil Institute, Kings College, University of London (2012). She has served as a member of the Latin American Studies Association's Executive Committee (2001-2004), of the International Political Science Association's Executive Committee (2006-2009), as President of the Brazilian Political Science Association (2004-2008) and as President of the Latin American Studies Association- LASA (2010-2012). She has been member of the World Bank Chief Economists Council of Eminent Persons (2013-2016) and of the Advisory board of of the Academic Council of the European UnionLatin America and the Caribbean Foundation (EU-LAC Foundation). She is currently member of the Latin American Programs Advisory Council and of the Brazil Institute Advisory Council at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, and of the European Institute of International Studies (EIIS)'s Internacional Scientific Committee.She holds the National Order of Scientific Merit (2006) and received the Academic Excellence Award in Political Science granted by the Social Sciences Graduate Programs Association-ANPOCS, Brazil (2013). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)