Research 

Research interests    

Economics of Science, Public Policy, Development Economics, and International Scientific Mobility. 

Publications

1. From brain to bridges: The role of internationally mobile PhD students in linking non-mobile with foreign scientists (with Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan, and Fabiana Visentin, 2025).  You can find the paper here. 

   • Accepted at the Journal of Development Economics. 

Policy papers 

1. Connecting the dots: The role of internationally mobile PhD students in linking non-mobile with foreign scientists (with Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan, and Fabiana Visentin, 2024). You can find the paper here. 

   • The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has funded this research. 

Work in Progress 

1. The effect of foreign-educated researchers on non-mobile peers' performance (with Fabiana Visentin, Robin Cowan, Diego Chavarro, and Tommaso Ciarli). 

   • The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is sponsoring this research. 

2. The effect of foreign-educated researchers on non-mobile peers' novel knowledge access and production (with Fabiana Visentin, Robin Cowan, Diego Chavarro, and Tommaso Ciarli). 

   • The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is sponsoring this research. 

3. The nature of collaboration between the Brazilian scientific diaspora and researchers based in Brazil (with Ana Maria Carneiro). 

Other forms of research dissemination 

1. IDB blog on the connection dots policy paper (2024). You can find it here. 

2. United Nations University post on my PhD research presented at a workshop on Latin America. You can find it here. 

3. VoxDev post on the Journal of Development Economics paper (2025). You can find it here.