# Sobre Esta Pessoa Welcome to my website! ​ I am a [researcher](https://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/pessoa/beatriz-rey) at the University of Lisbon and the author of the book _[MyNews Explica: Congresso Brasileiro](https://altabooks.com.br/produto/mynews-explica-congresso-brasileiro/)_ (Almedina Brasil). I write [ModParl](http://modparl.substack.com/), a newsletter dedicated to legislative modernization developed in collaboration with the [POPVOX Foundation](https://www.popvox.org/), as well as my [own newsletter](https://beatrizrey.substack.com/), where I explore how we can better understand and reimagine politics.​  I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from Syracuse University and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the [Brazilian Policy Agendas Project](https://www.comparativeagendas.net/brazil) at the University of São Paulo, a Visiting Fellow at the [SNF Agora Institute](https://snfagora.jhu.edu/person/beatriz-rey/) at Johns Hopkins University, and a Senior Researcher at the [Center for Studies on the Brazilian Congress](http://necon.iesp.uerj.br/) at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. I also worked as a legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives as a 2021-2022 [APSA Congressional Fellow](https://www.apsanet.org/cfp). You can find me on [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/beatrizrey.bsky.social), [X](https://x.com/beatrizprey), and [Instagram](http://instagram.com/beatrizreypolisci). **:: Referência ::** [BEATRIZ REY - Home](https://www.beatrizrey.com/)