Thamy Pogrebinschi is Professor of Political Science at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and Senior Researcher at the Social Sciences Research Center Berlin (WZB). Currently she is also Alfred Grosser-Gastprofessur für Bürgergesellschaftsforschung at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Her areas of specialisation are democratic theory and comparative politics, with focus on democracy and participatory governance in Latin America.
