I am an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the São Paulo State University (UNESP). I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of São Paulo, and a Master's Degree in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Program (UNESP, UNICAMP and PUC-SP). I obtained my Habilitation (or Livre-Docência) at the International Relations Institute at the University of São Paulo. The defense of the Habilitation thesis, which includes oral and written exams, is a requirement to become an Associate or Full Professor in many Brazilian and European Universities.
My research is in comparative political economy, with a substantive focus on developing countries. I have employed experimental and quasi-experimental methods with large or novel databases to answer relevant
empirical questions related to racial bias and income inequality regarding political representation, social programs and child labor, and the size of legislatures and welfare. I have also conducted comparative studies on international trade and public health. I started my research career as a qualitative researcher, focusing on Brazilian foreign policy. My research appeared or is forthcoming in leading social science journals, such as American Journal of Political Science (2X), Political Analysis, World Development, International Political Science Review, among others.
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Forthcoming. Mignozzetti, Umberto, Cepaluni, Gabriel, and Freire, Danilo. Legislature Size and Welfare: Evidence from Brazil. American Journal of Political Science.
2022. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Dorsch, Michael T., and Kovarek, Daniel. Mobility and Policy Responses During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Public Health, 67(1604663), p. 1-8.
2022. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Chewning, Taylor K., Driscoll, Amanda, and Faganello, Marco A. Conditional Cash Transfers and Child Labor. World Development, 152 (105768), p. 1-15.
2021. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Dorsch, Michael T., and Branyiczki, Réka. Political Regimes and Deaths in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 37 (1), p. 27-53.
2020. Cepaluni, Gabriel, and Fernandes, I. F. United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Coalitions in the GATT/WTO negotiations. International Political Science Review, 43 (4), p. 1-17.
2018. Driscoll, Amanda, Cepaluni, Gabriel, Guimarães, Feliciano D. S., and Spada, Paolo. Prejudice, Strategic Discrimination, and the Electoral Connection: Evidence from a Pair of Field Experiments in Brazil. American Journal of Political Science, 62 (4), p. 781-795 (lead article).
2016. Cepaluni, Gabriel, and Hidalgo, F. Daniel. Compulsory Voting Can Increase Political Inequality: Evidence from Brazil. Political Analysis, 24 (2), p. 273-280.
2007. Vigevani, Tullo, and Cepaluni, Gabriel. Lula's Foreign Policy and the Quest for Autonomy through Diversification. Third World Quarterly, 28 (7), p. 1309-1326. (An expanded version appeared in Portuguese in Contexto Internacional, 2007.)
2023. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Dorsch, Michael T., Kovarek, Daniel, and Moise, Alexandru D. From the street to the ballot box? The BLM protest movement and voter turnout.
2023. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Dorsch, Michael T., and Civitarese, Jamil. Land Invasions and Contemporary Slavery. submitted.
2023. Cepaluni, Gabriel, and Driscoll, Amanda. Can Conditional Cash Transfer Interrupt the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty? Lessons from a Large Administrative Data Set. submitted.
2023. Cepaluni, Gabriel, and Civitarese, Jamil. Modern-Day Slavery and the Trade of Small Weapons. submitted.
2022. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Dorsch, Michael T., and Dzebo, Semir. Populism, Political Regimes, and COVID-19 Deaths. revision submitted to a Routledge's book chapter on Populism.
2010. Vigevani, Tullo, and Cepaluni, Gabriel. Brazilian Foreign Policy in Changing Times: The Quest for Autonomy from Sarney to Lula. MD: Lexington Books. (Foreword by Prof. Philippe C. Schmitter). Portuguese edition from Editora da Unesp (São Paulo), 1st edition, 2012; 2nd edition, 2016. Chinese edition from Social Sciences Academic Press (Beijing), 2015.
2019. Cepaluni, Gabriel, Mariano, Karina L. Pasquariello, and Mariano, Marcelo Passini. ``Preserving Domestic Autonomy: Weak Migration Laws and the Mercosur Strategy of Limited Integration". In: César Álvarez Alonso; José Ignacio Hernández. (eds.). Latin American Geopolitics, London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 83--107.
2013. Vigevani, Tullo, and Cepaluni, Gabriel. ``Brazil: Global Power-To-Be?". In: Ryan K. Beasley; Juliet Kaarbo; Jeffrey S. Lantis; Michael T. Snarr. (eds.). Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: Domestic and International Influences on State Behavior. 1ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, p. 265-290.
Politics and Public Policy (Graduate).
Experimental Approach to Public Policy Evaluation (Graduate).
Research Design (Undergraduate and Graduate).
Analysing the Policy Process (Undergraduate).
Foreign Policy and Regional Integration (Undergraduate).
International Trade (Undergraduate).
Introduction to International Affairs (Undergraduate).
International Negotiations (Undergraduate).
Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (Undergraduate).
Brazilian Politics: Modern Methods and Approaches (Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate).
The Political Economy of Coercive Relations in Latin America (Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate).