Henrique is a Brazilian social scientist and legal scholar focusing on legal institutions, state-society relations, and democratic governance. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz’s Zukunftskolleg, Department of History and Sociology, and the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”. He earned his Bachelor of Laws and Ph.D. in Law and Political Economy from the University of São Paulo (USP).
His academic journey includes international experience, such as serving as a Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center during his doctoral studies, and postdoctoral research at FGV Direito SP. His empirical work appears in journals like Political Studies and Law & Social Inquiry, and he co-organizes the Law and Political Economy network at the Law and Society Association (LSA).
His research centers on labor regulations and enforcement. His Konstanz project examines rural Brazilian unions in global value chains, and he is completing a book with Cambridge University Press titled Keeping a Seat at the Table on labor union political inclusion in South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, and Slovenia.