Tinker Postdoctoral Fellow

Tinker Postdoctoral Fellow, Academic Year 2025-26

Clara Bicalho (she/ela/ella) received her PhD in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines topics in comparative politics, land governance, and political participation. Specifically, she is interested in understanding what leads to greater political inclusion in Latin America. Focusing on afrodescedent communities known as quilombos in Brazil, her dissertation work draws on original survey data and in-depth interviews to study the social and political factors that explain why and how some communities succeed in formalizing their rights to collective land. Clara's research employs a multi-method approach with an emphasis on causal...