German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Pedro Costa

Former GIGA Team member

Short CV

Since 2022: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies; DFG-funded project Latin American Courts Going Public
2017 - 2022: Ph.D. in Political Science by the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil
2018 - 2022: Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA Doctoral Programme, sponsored by the DAAD Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees
2019-2020: Lecturer at the University of Hamburg
Since 2015: Associate at the DOXA Laboratory for Electoral Studies, Political Communication and Public Opinion, State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ)
Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); B.A. in Social Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Teaching Degree in Social Sciences at the University Candido Mendes

Current Research

Social policies
Poverty and welfare
Comparative political institutions
Legislative powers in Latin America
New democracies

Countries and Regions

Brazil
Mexico
Latin America

Dissertation

The Overlooked Role of the Brazilian Congress in Shaping the Bolsa Família Program: A New Approach to the Policy-making of Conditional Cash Transfers

Dr. Pedro Costa

Former GIGA Team member

Bulletin of Latin American Research | 08/2023

Between Renewal and Stability: Party System Change from a Multi-Level Perspective in Brazil (1998–2018)

The growth of the far right and election results in Brazil are often associated with national or large-scale events. The multi-level features of these developments, namely party competition at the sub-national level, are overlooked in the literature.

Jayane Maia

Dr. Pedro Costa

Dr. Thaís Cavalcante Martins

Matheus Hebling

Chapter in Edited Volume | 2019

Qual o futuro do Bolsa Família?

Dr. Pedro Costa

Former GIGA Team member

Congress annals, 41st Congress of the National Association of Postgraduate and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS), Caxambu, Brazil | 2017

A contribuição do Fome Zero na consolidação da política brasileira de segurança alimentar

Dr. Pedro Costa

Former GIGA Team member

Congress annuals, 9th Congress of the Latin-American Political Science Association (ALACIP), Montevideo, Uruguay | 2017

A redução da fome e o programa Bolsa Família: desenvolvendo um modelo de estimação do impacto da transferência de renda sobre a insegurança alimentar

Dr. Pedro Costa

Former GIGA Team member

Conference | 04/09/2023 - 08/09/2023

Latin American Courts Going Public: A Comparative Survey Assessment of Ten Democracies 

ECPR General Conference 2023, Charles University, Prague Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker), Dr. Pedro Costa (Speaker)

Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber presents her paper "Latin American Courts Going Public: A Comparative Survey Assessment of Ten Democracies" (co-authored by Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos and Dr. Pedro Costa) at the ECPR General Conference 2023 in Prague. The presentation is part of the panel "Courts and Communication", chaired by her and co-chaired by Prod. Dr. Mariana Llanos.

Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Dr. Pedro Costa

Conference | 24/05/2023 - 27/05/2023

Latin American Courts Going Public: A Comparative Survey Assessment of the Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae

Lasa 2023, Vancouver Organisers: Latin American Studies Association Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos (Speaker), Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber (Speaker), Dr. Pedro Costa (Speaker)

Over the last two decades, Latin American high courts have been opening themselves to the public through a variety of institutional innovations for social participation in the judicial decision-making process, such as public hearings and the acceptance of amicus curiae briefs. This paper explores such court behaviour through the analysis of an expert survey designed and implemented by the authors in ten Latin American countries during 2022.

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber

Dr. Pedro Costa

Conference | 31/07/2019 - 03/08/2019

Political Coalitions and Social Policy Design: The Overlooked Role of the Brazilian Congress in Shaping the Bolsa Família Program

Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política, Monterrey Organisers: Latin American Political Science Association Dr. Pedro Costa (Speaker)

Dr. Pedro Costa

Former GIGA Team member

Dr. Pedro Costa

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Dissertation

Dr. Pedro Costa

Publications

Between Renewal and Stability: Party System Change from a Multi-Level Perspective in Brazil (1998–2018)

Qual o futuro do Bolsa Família?

A contribuição do Fome Zero na consolidação da política brasileira de segurança alimentar

A redução da fome e o programa Bolsa Família: desenvolvendo um modelo de estimação do impacto da transferência de renda sobre a insegurança alimentar

Lectures

Latin American Courts Going Public: A Comparative Survey Assessment of Ten Democracies

Latin American Courts Going Public: A Comparative Survey Assessment of the Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae

Political Coalitions and Social Policy Design: The Overlooked Role of the Brazilian Congress in Shaping the Bolsa Família Program

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