Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires
PhD in Public Policy and International Development with Post-Doctorate at Brown University and Foundation Nationale Des Sciences Politiques.
Researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA).
PhD in Public Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MIT (2009). Master in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2004) and graduated in Public Administration from Fundação João Pinheiro (2001). Researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), since 2009. Visiting researcher (postdoctoral) at the Center for Sociology of Organizations at Sciences Po (2015-2016) and at the Watson Institute Brown University (2015). Develops research on topics such as implementation of public policies, state capabilities, social participation and state-society relations. He is a professor of the Professional Masters in Public Administration at IDP.
Courses he teaches:
Professional Master's Degree in Public Administration
Featured works:
VERDI, DS; Pires, Roberto Rocha C. Between standardization and flexibility: the implementation of the federal Better at Home program, considering local diversity. PUBLIC SERVICE MAGAZINE (ONLINE), v. 73, p. 168-193, 2022.
LOTTA, GS; Pires, Roberto Rocha C. Categorizing -Easy- and -Difficult-Users: Everyday Practices of Public Policy Implementation and the Production of Social Differences. DADOS-JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, v. 63, p. 1-40, 2020.
PIRES, Roberto. The Organizational Basis of Rewarding Regulation: Contingency, Flexibility, and Accountability in the Brazilian Labor Inspectorate. Politics & Society, vol. 41, p. 621-646, 2013.
PIRES, Roberto. Beyond the fear of discretion: Flexibility, performance, and accountability in the management of regulatory bureaucracies. REGUL GOV, v. 5, p. 43-69, 2011.
LOTTA, GS; Pires, Roberto Rocha C. Categorizing -Easy- and -Difficult-Users: Everyday Practices of Public Policy Implementation and the Production of Social Differences. DADOS-JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, v. 63, p. 1-40, 2020.
PIRES, Roberto. The Organizational Basis of Rewarding Regulation: Contingency, Flexibility, and Accountability in the Brazilian Labor Inspectorate. Politics & Society, vol. 41, p. 621-646, 2013.
PIRES, Roberto. Beyond the fear of discretion: Flexibility, performance, and accountability in the management of regulatory bureaucracies. REGUL GOV, v. 5, p. 43-69, 2011.