Felipe Lauritzen

Felipe Lauritzen is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Sciences Po Paris, since 2022. Alongside his doctoral studies, he holds affiliations as a researcher with the National Observatory of Women in Politics at the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and serves as a research assistant for the CEPR Media Plurality Research and Policy Network (RPN). He is a recipient of a Young Researcher grant from the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP).
His research focuses on electoral finance and representation policies, with a particular emphasis on empirical analysis within the context of Brazil. He is also engaged in investigations regarding media plurality, regulation, and their intricate connections with democracy in emerging economies. In these academic pursuits, he is supervised by Professor Julia Cagé.
Besides this, Felipe has a policy career in international development organisations, comprising +6 years at OECD, UNESCO, UNDP, and AFD. In 2019, he co-founded the non-profit association Pour le Brésil, which advocates for economic, social, and environmental justice in Brazil.