Team

Rudi is a graduate with master’s in economy by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and holds a PhD in Economy by the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ). Adjunct Professor at the Economics Department of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) for Quantitative Methods and Applied Econometrics. He is vice president of the Brazilian Econometrics Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria – SBE). He was an associate economist at the Institute of Labor and Society Studies (Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade – IETS) from 2003 to 2011 and associate researcher at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-RJ) from 2011 to 2012. He was awarded the Haralambos Simeonidis prize in 2012, for the best Brazilian doctoral thesis, with the theme “Empirical Essays on Human Capital and Development”.

Ariaster holds a Bachelor of Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, with a master’s degree and PhD by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Full Professor at the University of São Paulo with postdoc from the Columbia University, International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Ariaster functioned as assistant and associate professor at the Ohio University and is presently associated professor of Economics at the University of São Paulo. His teaching experience also includes courses conducted at the Columbia University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ariaster is a researcher focused on relations between economy, environment and development, with COA and empirical studies on themes such as economic growth and the environment, climate, tropical forests, energy and international trade. Ariaster has experience in studies, consulting and training for the Department of Energy of the United States, the government of the State of Minas Gerais, organs of the Brazilian and US government and the private sector.

Izabella was Minister for the Environment in Brazil. She is graduated in Biology by the University of Brasília (unbalance), holding a Master in Energy Planning and PhD in Environmental Planning by COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her career began as Special Secretary for the Environment and, subsequently, in the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (Instituto Brasileiro de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renováveis – IBAMA). She has acted in various managerial and directorial positions in the federal public administration. In 2013, she received the UN Champions of the Earth award for global political leadership in Environment. Izabella was a member of the UN High Level Panel on Sustainable Development Objectives and the 2030 Agenda. She headed the Brazilian Delegation at the conference of the UNFCCC Parties in Paris – COP 21. In 2017, she exercised the Co-Presidency of the UN Natural Resources Panel – Environment – IRP/UNEP. She is also a senior fellow for the environment and climate change of the Brazilian Center of International Relations (Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais – CEBRI).

Marcelo holds a bachelor’s in economics by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ – 1989), a master’s degree in Production Engineering from UFRJ (1994) and a PhD in Sociology from the University Institute for Research of Rio de Janeiro (2005). Marcelo presently acts as assistant professor at the Economics Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). From 2010 to 2012, he was a researcher at CNPq; was nominated Young Scientist of our State at FAPERJ and received the CAPES postdoc scholarship at the University of Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He was member of the UFRJ University board of directors from 2009 to 2012, in charge of coordinating the Economic Analysis Laboratory, Historical, Social and Statistics of Racial Relations (Laeser), created in 2006 and linked to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He conducts research activities in the field of ethnic-racial inequalities, labor relations in urban and rural areas, and the crisis in the world of labor. He teaches the disciplines of Political Economy, Labor Economics, Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Social Sciences, and Nation and Nationality. He is acting as visiting scholar at the University of Austin, Texas.

Founder and member of the Board of Directors of Instituto Escolhas, Marcos is the CEO at Insper with a PhD in Economy by the University of Pennsylvania (USA), with graduation and master’s degree from the federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Marcos was assistant professor at the Stanford University from 1996 to 1998; assistant professor at EPGE/FGV from 1998 and 2002; Secretary for Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy from 2003 to 2005; CEO of the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute (IRB-Brasil Re); and previously Marcos was VP at the Itaú-Unibanco bank until 2013.