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Adriana Pilar Ferreira Albanus

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aferrei3@nd.edu

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Biography

Adriana Albanus is a PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame specializing in Comparative Politics and Methods. Her research at Notre Dame focuses on the relationship between populist leaders and their supporters in Brazil and in the United States. She is also a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-Brazil) with a specialization in Political Culture. Her dissertation at UFRGS explores the influence of political elites' attitudes on Brazil's foreign policy. Adriana is currently a Lucy Graduate Scholar, and a Research Assistant at the World Values Survey Brazil since 2016. From 2020 to 2021, she was a Research Visitor at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Adriana has a MA in Strategic International Studies and a Post-graduate Certificate in Strategy and Contemporary International Relations from UFRGS, and holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM-Brazil).

Areas of Interest

Populism, public opinion and elites, Brazilian politics, democratic regimes, quantitative methods