Professor Avelino is dedicated to comparatively researching the political aspects of public policies in general, and of social policies in particular. Recently, through the application of qualitative and quantitative methods, he has been concerned with distinguishing the effects of different institutional arrangements on public policies in several Latin American countries. He has authored several articles in specialized journals. And he has worked as a researcher at CPDOC (FGV-RJ) and at CEBRAP. He defended his doctoral thesis in Political Science at Stanford University. His fields of expertise at Stanford were Comparative Politics and Political Organizations. He is currently deputy coordinator of FGV-EAESP postgraduate programs, accounting for Master’s and PhD courses in Public Administration and Government.