Guilherme Duque | Political Science

Profile

About Me

I am a PhD student in Political Science at the Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro — IESP-UERJ. I hold a Master's degree in Social Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora — UFJF, within the research line Culture, Democracy, and Institutions.

My research interests include local politics, distributive politics, associativism, clientelism, political brokers, and political theory. I currently study the strategies used by local executives to obtain resources and the dynamics of interest intermediation in Brazilian local politics.

I am a researcher at the Núcleo de Pesquisa em Política Local (NEPOL-UFJF) and Labortaório de Monitoramento e Avaliação de Políticas Públicas (MAPE-IESP), and have worked on projects related to representation, political brokers, public policy evaluation, local power, and subnational politics in Brazil and Latin America.

Publications

Research Projects

15+

Courses & Training

IESP

Current Institution

Academic Background

Education

2025 –
Present

PhD in Political Science

Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos — IESP-UERJ · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Research: Local executives strategies for obtaining resources and political brokers in local politics.

In progress

2023 – 2025

Master's Degree in Social Sciences

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora — UFJF · Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Research line: Culture, Democracy, and Institutions.

Thesis: Vozes Locais, Conexões Políticas: O Papel dos Presidentes de Bairros como Brokers Políticos — 2025.

Completed

2020 – 2024

Degree in Social Sciences

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora — UFJF · Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Completed

2018 – 2020

Bachelor's Degree in Humanities

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora — UFJF · Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Completed

Interests & Themes

Research

Brokers in Local Politics

Analysis of the role of political intermediaries — such as neighborhood association presidents — in representation dynamics and resource distribution within Brazilian municipalities.

Distributive Politics and Parliamentary Amendments

Investigation of the strategies adopted by mayors to secure parliamentary amendments, focusing on the relationships between local executives and the federal legislature.

Local Power in Brazil

Systematic mapping of studies on local power published in leading Political Science and International Relations journals over the last three decades.

Associativism and Clientelism

Study of forms of collective organization at the local level and their relationship with clientelistic practices, especially in small and medium-sized cities.

Research & Extension

Projects

Research Project · 2025 – Present

Caminhos da Ultradireita na América Latina: análise subnacional comparada

Comparative subnational research on far-right actors in Brazil and Argentina, focusing on institutional politics, agendas, networks, strategies, and governing practices.

Role: Research member.

Research Project · 2025 – Present

Laboratório de Monitoramento e Avaliação de Políticas e Eleições — MAPE

Research laboratory focused on producing scientific evidence for debates on democracy, public policies, elections, and the effects of government action on people's lives.

Role: Research member.

Research Project · 2023 – Present

Representação, dinâmicas de intermediação de interesses e brokers na política local brasileira

Project on political brokers and multilevel relations among Brazilian political actors, with attention to interest intermediation in local politics.

Role: Research member.

Research Project · 2022 – Present

Poder local no Brasil: três décadas de estudos

Analysis of studies on local power in Brazil, focusing on articles published in leading journals in Political Science and International Relations over the last three decades.

Role: Research member.

Research Project · 2021 – Present

Distributivismo, clientelismo e brokers na política local brasileira

Multimethod research on local power, distributive politics, clientelism, and the role of brokers connecting politicians, social leaders, organizations, and voters at the local level.

Role: Research member.

Extension Project · 2025 – Present

O Que Funciona — OQF

Extension and research initiative linked to MAPE/IESP-UERJ, focused on systematic reviews and meta-reviews about public policies in Brazil and abroad.

Role: Research member.

Extension Project · 2021 – 2024

Axios Empresa Junior das Ciências Sociais

Junior enterprise in Social Sciences at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora — UFJF.

Role: Member.

Additional Training