Brief Bio
Diogo R. Coutinho is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of São Paulo (USP), where he teaches economic law and political economy, and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). He holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from the University of Sao Paulo. At USP Diogo coordinates a group of undergraduate and graduate students interested in discussing the relationships existing between social rights (such as health, education and housing and public policies), social policies and the role of law in the development process. He is also involved in investigating constitutional case law and precedents at the Brazilian Society of Public Law (SBDP). Since 2007 Diogo is a researcher at the Law and the New Developmental State (LANDS) project, coordinated by Professor David Trubek (University of Wisconsin School of Law). In 2007 he has participated to the Cambridge Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (Cambridge, UK). Diogo R. Coutinho has written on regulatory reform, privatization, competition, distributive policies, law and development, and democratization in Brazil. |
