Graziela Castello

Social Scientist and researcher with over 23 years of experience, currently Coordinator of Sectoral Studies and Qualitative Methods at the Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), a department of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br). From 2017 to 2022, she served as Managing Director of CEBRAP (Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning), where she also coordinated the Development Research Center. Her earlier roles include Senior Manager at Ipsos Public Affairs Brazil (2010–2015) and Researcher at CEBRAP (2001–2010). She was a Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, UK, in 2004 and 2008. In 2015, she lectured in Research Methodology for Market and Public Opinion at the postgraduate program in Marketing and Communication at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo.