My research examines how business actors shape democratic politics and infrastructures — from water to data and AI systems — and how participatory processes can help communities confront social inequalities. Current projects explore the politics of urban water financialisation in Brazil, the emergence of sustainable finance, and data activism against gender-based violence.

As co-lead of Data Against Feminicide, we have co-developed AI-based tools that support activist monitoring of feminicide across contexts. Our work received an Honorary Mention from the European Commission’s 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize, which recognises innovation at the intersection of society, technology, and the arts.

I am a Senior Lecturer in Business Politics and Development at Queen Mary University of London, with a PhD in Political Economy, Development and Planning from MIT.

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Finance and water politics

Data activism & participatory AI against feminicide

Impact investing in Brazil

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At QMUL, I am a member of the Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production (CLaSP) and co-edit the CLaSP Blog. I am also part of Borderlines and of the Steering Committee of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CRoLAC). I am a research affiliate with the Data + Feminism Lab at MIT, and previously I was a research fellow at the Institute for Applied Economic Research in Brazil, where I worked on projects on democratic institutions and public participation.

In addition to the PhD, I hold a Master in City Planning from MIT, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Brasília. At MIT, I was a Presidential Fellow, a Fellow of the Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability (2019-2020), and recipient of the Graduate Student Council Teaching Award (2019) for excellence in teaching.

“Reimagining Data Work: Participatory Annotation Workshops as Feminist Practice”, CHI'26 - ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

“A ‘COP da Verdade’ e as finanças verdes”, Outras Palavras, Nov. 2025.

“Capitalism in Latin America: Varieties, Models, and Dependencies," in Handbook of Comparative Political Economy, 2025

“Securing financial returns in politically uncertain worlds: Finance and urban water politics in Brazil”, EPC: Politics and Space

“Geographies of missing data: Spatializing counterdata production against feminicide,” EPD: Society and Space