Professional Affiliation

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil

Expert Bio

Daniela Campello is an associate professor of Politics and International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in Brazil. In 2018 she was Oxford-CAF Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. Campello received her Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA and was formerly an Assistant Professor at Princeton University. Her research lies at the frontier of international and comparative political economy, with a particular focus on the consequences of globalization to democracy and redistribution in emerging economies. 

Prior to entering academic life, Campello worked as a business consultant in Accenture, as a sell-side financial analyst at BTG Pactual, and also for the Rio de Janeiro state government, where she managed projects funded by international financial institutions. Campello's work appears in top political science journals; she is the author of The Politics of Market Discipline in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2015), and co-author of The Volatility Curse (CUP, 2020).

Expertise

• Democracy
• Economics and Globalization
• International Development
• Latin America

Wilson Center Project

Ideology, Xenophobia or Interests? The Politics of the Anti-China sentiment in Brazilian Foreign Policy

Project Summary

 

The Chinese presence in international trade has grown exponentially in the past decades, producing important redistributive effects in partner countries. Even considering the enormous effect Chinese growth had on world markets, the Brazilian case stands out. Since China's accession to the WTO, in 2001, bilateral trade has grown exponentially between the two countries. Surprisingly, studies of China-Brasil relations to date have basically focused on the economic consequences of trade shocks from China. This project, to be advanced while at the Wilson Center, explores the so far overlooked political responses to these shocks, which are key to undertanding the future of the countries' bilateral relations. It examines whether and through which channels winners’ and losers’ from trade with China influence the anti-China sentiment that characterizes Brazilian foreign policy under president Bolsonaro, focusing on three lines of research: public opinion, Congress and foreign policy bureaucracy.

Major Publications

• The Politics of Market Discipline in Latin America
• The Volatility Curse
• Voter and Legislator Responses to Localized Trade Shocks from China in Brazil