Created in 2016 with the goal of analyzing the methodological rigor and potential impact of applied research projects from different units of FGV, the Research and Innovation Committee has been working to increase the institution's research production capacity. An essential component for the development and execution of multidisciplinary research projects with high social impact is the existence of an incentive structure focused on fostering such projects. In FGV's case, it is worth highlighting the creation of an internal fund to finance research projects supported by this Committee. This is the FGV Applied Research Fund (FPA FGV), which has funded over 270 research projects since 2014.
The selection process for the committee begins in the middle of each year, with notification to the institution's researchers, who are invited to submit their research project proposals. In the final months of the year, the submitted projects are evaluated by the Research Committee according to the following criteria:
- Clarity and objectivity of the research question the project aims to answer;
- Scientific and technical merit of the project, as well as methodological rigor;
- Innovation and originality of the project;
- The potential contribution of the project to the socio-economic development of Brazil;
- Estimated social impact of the study, contributing to the formation of public policies, development of new business management models, or creation of new applied methods;
- Interdisciplinary nature of the research team;
- Institutional support from public and private sector entities and companies for project development, such as access to databases, employee participation, or declaration of interest in utilizing the research results, among others;
- Involvement of young researchers from FGV’s programs and other research institutions.
The members of the Research and Innovation Committee are:
Antonio Carlos Porto Gonçalves
An Industrial and Metallurgical Engineer from the Military Engineering Institute (IME) in 1969, with a Master's and PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago (USA) in 1974. He was Head of the Economic Department at the Brascan Group from 1974 to 1978 and has been a permanent faculty member at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) since 1978. He is also a Full Professor of Economics at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) since 1981 and was a Full Professor at the Graduate School of Economics (EPGE) at FGV from 1983 to 1987. He held the position of Director at Banco Performance from 1985 to 1989, Executive Director at Pinto de Almeida DTVM SA from 1989 to 1993, Director of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) at FGV from 1998 to 2004, Executive Director of FGV’s Corporate Courses Program (FGV in Company) from 2004 to 2012, Full Professor of Economics at the FGV School of Law since 2004, and Director of New Business Studies at FGV from 2012 to the present.
Edson Hirokazu Watanabe
He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1975), a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from COPPE / UFRJ (1976), and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (1981). He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research focuses on Power Electronics applied to Power Systems, with expertise in Instantaneous Power Theory, Active Filters, FACTS, and Alternative Energy Sources (wind, wave, solar, and fuel cells). In 2005, he was admitted as a Commander in the National Order of Scientific Merit; in 2013, he received the IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award and was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2015, he became a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. In 2016, he was awarded the Navy's Amigo Medal and the InRio Personality of the Year Prize. In 2017, he was elevated to IEEE Fellow, received the Merit Diploma from the Consulate General of Japan in Rio de Janeiro, and was honored with the Merit Medal by the School of War. In April 2020, he was conferred the "Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette" by the Emperor of Japan. He has devoted energy to forming more professionals with an innovative mindset.
Eduardo Massad
Full Professor at the FGV School of Applied Mathematics (EMAp), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a Medical Doctor, Professor of Medical Informatics and Tropical Medicine, with a Bachelor's degree in Physics, B.Sc. (Honors) Psychology, FIMA, Chartered Mathematician (IMA-UK), Chartered Scientist (SciCoun-UK), FRSM. He is a retired Full Professor of Medical Informatics at the University of São Paulo and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of São Paulo. He is an Honorary Professor of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Visiting Professor of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. He is also a Professor of Statistics and Psychology at the University of Derby, UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM). His current research projects include being a Co-PI with Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith on the €12.5 million European Union ZIKAPlan project and a $999,781 project on the dynamics of Zika virus transmission and mitigation strategies, funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research.
José Eduardo Campos de Oliveira Faria
He entered the Law School of Largo de São Francisco in 1968 and advanced his academic career at the same institution, earning a Master's in 1977, a PhD in 1981, a postdoctoral degree in 1983-1984 at the University of Wisconsin (Fulbright Scholarship), and becoming a Full Professor in 1998. He is dedicated to studying the relationship between law and economics, legal education in Brazil, power, legitimacy, political discourse, and the crisis of governability. He has authored several books, including Law in the Globalized Economy (1997) and Legal Effectiveness and Symbolic Violence: Law as an Instrument of Social Transformation (1984). He worked as a financial executive at Banco Itaú, serving as an advisor to Olavo Stúbal from 1979. He has been a coordinator at the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), a representative at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and a postgraduate course evaluator at CAPES. He established the Tutorial Education Program (PET/CAPES) at the Law School of Largo de São Francisco in 1979, where he has been its tutor since then. He has been a Visiting Professor at the FGV Law School since 2004.
Lívio Amaral
Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD in Physics (1982) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), with postdoctoral research in Paris (1983-1985) and Amsterdam (1992). Full Professor in the Department of Physics at UFRGS since 1998, specializing in experimental physics: ion implantation and ion beam analysis techniques for studying various types of materials. Supervisor in graduate courses (UFRGS) in physics, materials science, and science education. Full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, having held several representative and administrative positions at UFRGS, in agencies of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), the Ministry of Education (MEC), and in the Board of the Brazilian Physics Society (SBF). In 2007, he received the FAPERGS/Copesul Award for Outstanding Researcher in Physics and Astronomy. He was awarded the Commendation (2006) and the Grand Cross (2009) of the National Order of Scientific Merit by the Presidency of the Republic. He served as Director of Evaluation (2009-2015) and Substitute President (2012-2015) of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) from 2009 to 2015. He currently holds the position of Director of the Casa do Brasil (CIUP) in Paris, France.
Maria Tereza Sadek
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1969), a Master's degree in Social Sciences from the same university (1977), a PhD in Political Science from the University of São Paulo (1984), and postdoctoral studies at the University of California and the University of London. She is currently a collaborator at Fundação Getúlio Vargas RJ, Senior Researcher and Director of Research at the Brazilian Center for Judicial Studies and Research, and a full professor at the University of São Paulo. She has expertise in Political Science, with an emphasis on Political Theory, focusing mainly on the following topics: Judiciary, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Public Defender's Office, access to justice, constitution, justice, and democracy. She was a member of the High Studies Commission on Judicial Administration and a member of the Interinstitutional Advisory Board of the São Paulo State Court of Justice. She has also held the following positions: Councilor of the National Council of Advertising Self-Regulation, member of the Research and Electoral Studies Board of the Superior Electoral Court, under Minister Gilmar Mendes, Executive Director of the Judicial Research Department of the National Justice Council from 2016 to 2018 under the presidency of Minister Carmen Lucia, and member of the Research and Innovation Commitee at Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
Pedro Luiz Valls Pereira
He holds a Livre Docência degree from the University of São Paulo (1990), a PhD in Economics (Statistics) from the London School of Economics (1983), a Master's degree in Statistics from the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (1978), and a Bachelor's degree and Teaching License in Mathematics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1974). He is currently a full professor and Coordinator of the Quantitative Economics and Finance Study Center at EESP-FGV, a member of the Research and Innovation Commitee at FGV, an IA researcher at CNPq since 2004, and a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo. At EESP, he was the coordinator of the academic master's and doctoral programs from 2011 to 2012. At Insper, he was a full professor, Research Coordinator, Coordinator of the Professional Master's in Economics, and Coordinator of the Finance Lab. At IME-USP, he was an associate and assistant professor. At IMPA, he was an associate researcher, and at IMPES-IPEA, he was a senior researcher. He also served as an Academic Visitor at NOVA-SBE Lisbon-Portugal, CREATES; Aarhus University; INET; University of Oxford; Department of Economics and Finance; Queen Mary College; Department of Statistics and Department of Economics at the London School of Economics; Department of Economics at the University of Cambridge; and Department of Finance at Cass Business School. He was an Associate Member of Nuffield College, University of Oxford. He was the executive secretary of the Brazilian Econometrics Society (SBE) from 1986 to 1988 and assistant executive secretary from 1984 to 1986. He was CSO of Vortex Fund. He has consulted for Banco do Brasil, Banco Itaú, Unibanco, Banco Safra, Banco Garantia, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Advisor Asset Management. His research areas include Forecasting, Empirical Finance, Computational Methods in Finance, Financial Econometrics, and Time Series Econometrics.
Ricardo Simonsen
He holds a PhD in Economics from FGV EPGE (1992), a Master's in Economics from FGV EPGE (1988), and an engineering degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) in 1985. He has been the technical director of FGV Projetos since 2003, the technical advisory unit of Fundação Getúlio Vargas, responsible for evaluating the technical quality of the unit's work in the areas of economics, finance, and administration, in both the public and private sectors. Among the works he supervised are socio-economic impact evaluations, contract rebalancing analyses, project evaluations, sectoral economic analyses, financial analyses, organizational structure development, and strategic planning. From 1999 to 2003, he was the head of the Economic Studies Center at the Brazilian Institute of Economics at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV IBRE). From 1994 to 1998, he worked at Banco Pactual in the Corporate area, handling mergers and acquisitions. From 1989 to 1993, he worked at Banco Liberal and Banco Graphus, in the capital markets and economic areas, respectively. He was a member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee of Vale between 2003 and 2017, and a member of the Board of Directors of Light in 2008 and 2009. He is currently a professor in the economics and business context course of the master's in business management at FGV EBAPE. Previously, he was a professor in the corporate finance course at the undergraduate economics program at FGV and in the business master's program at FGV EPGE.
Sérgio Ribeiro da Costa Werlang
PhD in Economics from Princeton University (USA), 1986. Advisor to the President of FGV and professor at FGV EPGE. He is a member of the Research and Innovation Committee at FGV, Chairman of the Board of IMPA, a member of the Senior Advisory Board at Oliver Wyman, and Chair of the Technical-Scientific Committee at FGV EMAP. He is also a partner at Tiba Assessoria Empresarial LTDA. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Itaú Unibanco SA and as a director at the Central Bank of Brazil.
João Luiz Becker
Full Professor of Technology and Data Science at FGV-EAESP. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from UFRGS, a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from UFRGS, a Master's in Applied Mathematics from IMPA, and a PhD in Management Science from UCLA, USA. He participated in the Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning at Harvard Business School, USA, and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at UPMF, France. He was a Full Professor at UFRGS for over 40 years, where he coordinated the PPGA, served as Pro-Rector of Planning, Vice-Director, and Director of the School of Administration. He was a member of FAPERGS's Economics and Administration Committee, Coordinator of the Administration, Accounting, and Tourism area at CAPES, and a member of the advisory committee for Economics, Administration, and Law, as well as the advisory committee for Technological Development and Innovative Extension at CNPq. He is a Senior Researcher at CNPq, where he coordinates the Group of Studies on Information Systems and Decision Support, focusing on his Decision and Modeling Laboratory.