I am a legal scholar with a strong interdisciplinary background in sociology and political philosophy. My academic journey is rooted in legal comparisons, science and technology studies, and postcolonial theory. Through my research and teaching in law and the social sciences, I strive to bridge the gap between these disciplines and connect law to broader societal discussions.
My academic journey began with a Bachelor of Laws (2009–2014) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), where I studied sovereignty and constitutional theory in the context of political philosophy. I then pursued a Master of Laws (2015–2017) at the same university, focusing on the intellectual roots of Brazilian political thought and the influence of Carl Schmitt in Sérgio Buarque de Holanda’s Raízes do Brasil. These studies sharpened my interest in constitutional law, political theory, and postcolonial perspectives.
In 2018, I moved to Germany to begin my Doctoral Studies in law at the University of Hamburg (2018–2025). My dissertation compares how constitutional courts in Germany and Brazil regulate party financing. Beyond the substantive findings, this project has been an opportunity to develop analytical skills in legal comparison — from theoretical foundations to methodological approaches, and from practical case analysis to reflections on how to frame the very object of comparison. In this sense, I see comparative law not only as a tool but as a critical lens for understanding how courts shape democratic practices in diverse political and cultural contexts.
Alongside this legal training, my research has been strongly influenced by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and postcolonial theory, which I use to investigate how law interacts with expertise, innovation, and global inequalities. These perspectives informed my work in the research project RechTech (2021–2024), where we explored reflexive legal counseling for technological innovation, and continue to guide my studies on AI regulation, digital agriculture, and decolonial legal design.
While law is my foundation, my teaching experience spans sociology and socioeconomics at the University of Hamburg, where, since 2022, I have offered courses on law and society, expertise, collective action in digital societies, and public administration. In all of these contexts, I encourage students to see law not as a closed system, but as a practice embedded in social transformations and cultural debates.
Bringing together my three fundamental areas of focus — legal comparison, STS, and postcolonial theory — my work seeks to understand how law is both shaped by society and capable of shaping more democratic and inclusive futures.