Fernando Limongi

Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi is a Brazilian political scientist who was a member of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Social Sciences at the University of São Paulo (USP) from 1986 until 2018, and is now a professor in the São Paulo School of Economics at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

He earned his PhD in political science at the University of Chicago in 1993,

Limongi has provided commentary for newspapers on Brazilian politics. For example, in 2006, Limongi was challenged by the online publication IDG Now! to assess the Wikipedia articles of the candidates in the general election for Brazilian President.

Awards Limongi has received several awards: 1998: Gregory Luebbert Award for the Best paper in Comparative Politics from the American Political Science Association, given for the article: Adam Przeworski, Fernando Limongi, "Modernization: Theories and Facts", World Politics 49, No. 2 (January 1997): 155-183 1999: Prêmio ANPOCS/CNPq for the best empirical work in social science for the book Executivo e Legislativo na Nova Ordem Constitucional (co-written with Argelina Maria Cheibub Figueiredo)

Selected works Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo, Fernando Limongi (1999). Executivo e Legislativo na Nova Ordem Constitucional. Rio de Janeiro: FGV. 231 pages. Adam Przeworski (co-authors: Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, Fernando Limongi) (2000). Democracy and Development; Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. New York: Cambridge University Press. 336 pages.