The IRIBA Research Directors are:
- Dr. Ed Amann, Professor of Brazilian Studies, Leiden University Institute for History
- Prof. Armando Barrientos, Professor of Poverty and Social Justice at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Our international research team includes:
- José Roberto Afonso, Brazilian Institute of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation (IBRE/FGV), Brazil
- Eliane de Araújo, State University of Maringá, Brazil
- Carlos Bacha, University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Werner Baer, University of Illinois, USA
- Lindsey Carson, Johns Hopkins SAIS, USA
- Leandro Vinicio Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- André Canuto Coelho, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
- Dario Debowicz, Swansea University, UK
- Paulo Figueiredo, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil
- Stephan Klasen, University of Göttingen, Germany
- Marcus Melo, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
- Bernardo Mueller, University of Brasília, Brazil
- Charles Mueller, University of Brasília, Brazil
- Mariana Mota Prado, University of Toronto, Canada
- Alysson Luiz Stege, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Tom Trebat, Columbia University’s Global Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Ernani Torres, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Carlos Villalobos, University Göttingen, Germany
- Ingrid Woolard, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Juan M. Villa, University of Manchester and Inter-American Development Bank
- Rodrigo Zeidan, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil
Our advisory panel of leading experts is chaired by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia).
Other panel members include Prof. Ernest Aryeetey (Ghana), Tendai Biti (Center for Global Development), Prof. Victor Bulmer-Thomas (London), Prof. João Carlos Ferraz (BNDES), Prof. Albert Fishlow (Columbia) Prof. Augustin Fosu (Ghana), and Prof. Riordan Roett (Johns Hopkins).
The International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development.
