Political Scientist · UFMG
Danilo B. Medeiros
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
I study political institutions, legislative politics, political polarization, coalition presidentialism, and constitutional change in Brazil and Latin America. My work combines quantitative methods, text-as-data approaches, and comparative institutional analysis to explain how political actors structure competition and policy-making.
Legislative Politics
Political Polarization
Coalition Presidentialism
Constitutional Change
Text-as-Data
Brazilian Politics
Recent 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