Danilo B. Medeiros

Political Scientist · UFMG

Danilo B. Medeiros

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a researcher at the Center for Legislative Studies (CEL) and the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). My research focuses on how institutions shape political behavior—and how political behavior, in turn, reshapes institutions. I use a range of quantitative methods to study legislative politics and critical moments in Brazilian and Latin American democracies.

Legislative Politics Political Polarization Coalition Presidentialism Constitutional Change Ideal Point Estimation Text-as-Data

Selected publications

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2026
Article

Partisan and Nonpartisan Models of Constitution-Making

Journal of Politics in Latin America — with Rodolfo de Camargo Lima

2021
Article

Government and Opposition in Legislative Speechmaking

Latin American Politics and Society — with Maurício Izumi

2020
Article

Vote Secrecy With Diverse Voters

Comparative Political Studies — with Daniel W. Gingerich