Profile
Marcelo Piemonte Ribeiro

Marcelo Piemonte Ribeiro

PhD Researcher in International Economics
Research Fellow, Centre for Finance and Development
PhD Affiliate, Gender Centre
Spoken languages
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Areas of expertise
  • Political Economy
  • Development Economics
  • Corruption
  • Media Economics
Geographical Region of Expertise
  • Brazil
  • Europe

PhD Thesis
 

Expected Completion Date: September 2026

PhD Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle
 

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Marcelo is a Ph.D. candidate in Development Economics. He obtained his master’s degree in Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) in 2022, his master's degree in Social Sciences from Sorbonne Paris V in 2019, and his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

His main research interests lie in the intersection of corruption, media, and political economy. He is a research assistant at CompNet, working with European firm-level data. Further, he has worked for the IFRC, UNOG, and in the financial market in Brazil.
 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Gender
  • Development and Political Economy
     

AFILIATIONS
 

Centre for Finance and Development

Gender Centre