Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi | |
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| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Awards | Woodrow Wilson Prize (2001) |
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| Doctoral advisor | Adam Przeworski |
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| Discipline | Political science |
| Sub-discipline | Comparative politics |
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Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi is a Brazilian political scientist who was a member of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Social Sciences at the University of São Paulo (USP) from 1986 until 2018, and is now a professor in the São Paulo School of Economics at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas.[2]
He earned his PhD in political science at the University of Chicago in 1993,[2] where he worked with various political scientists like Adam Przeworski (his advisor) with whom he published several works. Returning to Brazil and to USP in 1992, he took on many responsibilities in the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning, and became one of the members of the Chamber of Researchers at the center.[3]
Limongi has provided commentary for newspapers on Brazilian politics. For example, in 2006, Limongi was challenged by the online publication IDG Now! to assess the Wikipedia articles of the candidates in the general election for Brazilian President.[4]