FUNDACAO GETULIO VARGAS

Their core work

Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) is one of Brazil's most influential policy research universities, known globally for its law, economics, public administration, and international relations schools based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Through its research centers, FGV produces applied policy analysis on taxation, governance, human rights, and sustainable development, and regularly advises Brazilian government bodies and international organizations. In EU collaborations, it serves as a "Global South" policy anchor — bringing BRICS and Latin American perspective into European research on tax fairness, mega-event governance, and digital transformation. Their value to European partners is access to Brazilian institutional data, legal scholarship, and emerging-economy case studies.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015–2019, FGV's H2020 footprint centred on tax law, fiscal governance, and gender dimensions of taxation via the FairTax consortium. From 2018 onwards the focus broadened sharply toward human rights, diversity and inclusion (EventRights), and then toward digitalisation, sustainability and the 2030 Agenda in emerging economies (PRODIGEES). The trajectory moves from narrow fiscal-law scholarship toward wider governance questions about how emerging powers handle digital transformation and social inclusion.

FGV is positioning itself as Europe's preferred Brazilian partner for governance research on digital transformation, sustainability, and inclusion in emerging economies — a good bet for consortia needing a credible Global South voice.

How they like to work

FGV always joins as a participant or third party, never as coordinator — they are consistently the non-European anchor invited into EU-led consortia for regional expertise. They operate comfortably in medium-to-large consortia (34 partners across 17 countries in total) and rotate partners between projects rather than sticking with a fixed clique. Expect them to contribute comparative Brazilian/Latin American data and policy analysis rather than project management.

Connected to 34 unique partners across 17 countries through just three projects, indicating genuinely international reach rather than repeated partnerships. Consortia span European universities alongside other emerging-economy institutions, consistent with FGV's role as a Global South bridge.

What sets them apart

FGV is one of the very few Latin American institutions regularly embedded in H2020 social-science consortia, which makes it a rare asset for any EU project that claims global relevance on taxation, sports governance, or digital transformation. Unlike purely academic partners, FGV has direct policy traction with Brazilian ministries, the judiciary and multilateral bodies, so its contributions feed back into real policymaking. If you need a credible BRICS partner with both scholarly depth and institutional access, there are few substitutes.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PRODIGEES
  MSCA-RISE staff exchange explicitly built around emerging powers — FGV is one of the reasons this consortium can claim genuine BRICS coverage.
• EventRights
  Draws directly on Brazil's lived experience hosting the World Cup and Olympics, making FGV's participation substantively essential, not symbolic.
• FairTax
  Rare case of a Brazilian institution contributing to EU fiscal policy redesign, including the under-researched gender dimension of taxation.