Dr. Romulo Paes de Sousa was the Vice Minister for Social Development in Brazil. He has had a distinguished career as a policymaker in Brazil and has made some important contributions to academic debates around health inequalities, social development and social policy monitoring and evaluation in Brazil.

Romulo joins IDS as a Senior International Associate for the next few years. He will be working with a number of Fellows and staff, primarily located within the Rising Powers programme, co led by Alex Shankland and Lizbeth Navas-Aleman.