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Fernanda Odilla Vasconcellos De Figueiredo

Ricercatrice a tempo determinato tipo a) (junior)

Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali

Settore scientifico disciplinare: GSPS-02/A Scienza politica

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • PhD in Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College London (Brazil Institute), 2015-2020

Thesis: ‘Oversee & Punish: Understanding the fight against corruption involving government workers in the federal executive branch in Brazil’. Supervisors: Professor Anthony Pereira (King’s Brazil Institute) and Dr Sónia Gonçalves (King’s Management School). Thesis examiners: Professor Timothy Power (University of Oxford) and Dr Mathew Taylor (American University).

  • MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice, King’s College London (School of Law), 2011-2012

Passed with distinction. Dissertation: ‘Big Fish Out of Water: The Unequal Fight Against Political Corruption in Brazil’. Supervisor: Professor Maurice Punch.

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Crime and Public Safety, UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), 2006

Passed with merit. Dissertation: ‘Segurança Privada: a terceirização do olhar no combate à criminalidade (Private Security: the “third eye” against crime)’. Supervisor: Professor Antonio Augusto Pereira Prates.

  • BA in Social Communication, major in Journalism, PUC-Minas (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais), Brazil, 1997-2000.

 

Scientific activities and research experience

Responsibilities: 1) Assist the Scientific Coordinator in the management of the project and in the coordination of the international consortium of 16 partners working on it; 2) Lead the WP 7 on Cross-border political corruption. coordinating qualitative, mixed-methods and quantitative research carried out by researchers from the University of Bologna, King's College London, University of Lisbon, CEU, Duisburg-Essen and the Anti-Corruption Action Center; 3) Coordinate the research tasks entrusted to Unibo, with related data collection and analysis; 4) Co-author the Charter of Ethics and related documents; the Data Management Plan; policy briefs; and create an online atlas of grassroots anti-corruption efforts; 5) Organize conferences and workshops related to the project.

  • August 2024 – up to know | Board Member of the Research Committee 20 on Political Finance and Corruption at the IPSA – International Political Science Association.

Responsibilities: - Conducting extensive data collection in Brazil and Uruguay and actively contributing to comparative data analysis throughout the entire project. - Assisting the BIT-ACT Principal Investigator, in 1) developing a secure database for sensitive data collected by the team, enabling collaborative data analysis; 2) collaborating in the development of ethics charter and risk assessment and data management plans; 3) managing the project’s promotion on social media and update its website at https://site.unibo.it/bit-act/en ; 4) co-organizing conferences, webinars, and workshops, to enhance project visibility and outreach; 5) helping to prepare grant proposals; 6) selecting team members, by integrating the selection board to select 7 country experts, one research assistant and one research fellow.

 

Grants and Awards

  • 2023 ECPR Bonus Fund Grant for the research project ‘When citizens (re)act? Democratic innovations for fighting corruption’ – £ 5,000 (with Dale Mineshima-Lowe, Birkbeck, University of London)
  • 2020/2021 UNDOC Education for Justice (E4J) for the workshop ‘Corruption and Anticorruption in Brazil & China’ – USD 20,000 (with Dr Konstantinos Tsimonis and Prof Anthony Pereira, King’s College London)
  • King’s Brazil Institute Research Fund Competition (for the international conference ‘Corruption in the BRICS Countries’) - £ 5,000
  • 2022 Best paper of the standing group ‘Social Control and the Fight Against Corruption’ at the 9th Brazilian Meeting of Public Administration.

 

Keynote Speeches, Invited Talks and Interviews (selected)

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