Nayara Albrecht

Nayara Albrecht

Political scientist with extensive experience in teaching, research, and data analysis for policymaking.

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portfolio

Bureaucratic politics - Extensive literature review

Compilation of bibliography on the public bureaucracy, focusing on politicisation and political connections of bureaucrats. The repository contains the collections with selected texts, content analysis, and bibliometrics. Hence, it is useful for those seeking summaries of the state-of-the-art literature in this domain. The research project aimed to systematically map the literature concerning the political affiliations of bureaucrats, particularly examining their interactions with interest groups. Utilising Scopus and Web of Science databases, publications on this topic spanning from 2000 to 2022 were meticulously gathered.

Politicisation of the public bureaucracy in Brazil

Compilation of literature and new dataset on the officers holding positions from 2011 to 2021 in Brazil. The research focused on three ministries: Culture, Agriculture, and Science and Technology. The repository also contains a code in Python to web scrape documents from the Brazilian Official Journal

publications

Capital x Labor in the Creative Industries: A Marxist Approach to Copyright and Related Rights

Published in Perspectivas: Journal of Political Science, 2017

This paper aims to develop an alternative framework to understand copyright based upon a Marxist analysis of this field. By providing bibliographical research on both the fundamentals of property theories and Marxist perspectives, I try to promote another understanding of how creative industries operate. Therefore, the paper provides a literature study on both intellectual property theories and Marxism. Regarding intellectual property theories, I focus on four types of approaches: welfare theory, labour theory, personality theory, and culture theory. Regarding Marxist perspectives, I explain most fundamental concepts such as “class,” “exploitation,” and the relationship between classes and the state according to a Marxist view. Then, I try to build a framework that links these concepts. Finally, I employ this Marxist framework to the “modus operandi” of copyright core industries by analyzing how stakeholders interact with each other and to what extent they may affect public policies on copyright and related rights. In the final remarks, I suggest a research agenda on Marxism and copyright. Thus, this is a preliminary exercise to encourage other studies.

Recommended citation: Albrecht, Nayara. (2017). "Capital x Labor in the Creative Industries: A Marxist Approach to Copyright and Related Rights." Perspectivas: Portuguese Journal of Political Science. 1(1). https://www.perspectivasjournal.com/index.php/perspectivas/article/view/131/133

Reflexões sobre nomeações a cargos públicos no Brasil: a experiência de três secretarias entre 2011 e 2018

Published in Revista Brasileira de Ciência política, 2021

The paper aims to explore the potential and challenges of studying the politicisation of bureaucracy in Brazil. It incorporates a comprehensive literature review, exploratory data analysis, and three within-case studies of nominations in ministry agencies from 2011 to 2018. The paper identifies gaps in understanding the role of interest groups in appointing high-level nominees and draws upon specialised literature on pressure politics. The analysis of three national secretariats from different policy domains introduces new theoretical insights into classifying and measuring the concept of politicisation. The author hopes that these findings will contribute to studying politics and bureaucracy.

Recommended citation: Albrecht, Nayara. (2021). "Reflexões sobre nomeações a cargos públicos no Brasil: a experiência de três secretarias entre 2011 e 2018." Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política. 1(4). https://www.scielo.br/j/rbcpol/a/YwHb9JmWH36dNyyjvPtHPjK

Distribuição de cargos, contexto político e presidencialismo brasileiro: uma análise institucional do sistema de livre provimento

Published in Revista Opinião Pública, 2022

This paper examines the evolution of discretionary bureaucratic positions in Brazil. It discusses how public office allocation relates to the coalitional presidential system and efforts to professionalise the bureaucracy. Presidential dilemmas arise between coalition support and policy control.

Recommended citation: Albrecht, Nayara. (2022). "Distribuição de cargos, contexto político e presidencialismo brasileiro: uma análise institucional do sistema de livre provimento" Revista Opinião Pública. 1(5). https://www.scielo.br/j/op/a/hDk7cbKd9xzkZPfnYJmNqQw

Disputes over intellectual rights in Brazil: interest organisations and their impacts on copyright law

Published in SN Social Sciences, 2023

This study delves into the causal mechanisms underlying issue salience and business influence through a detailed case study on copyright reform in Brazil. I utilised bibliographical and documentary research methods to examine the statuses and legislative agendas of various groups and stakeholders invested in either maintaining or altering copyright laws. By scrutinising public hearings and draft bills discussed within a special committee of the Chamber of Deputies, I mapped out the policy participants and their political inclinations. Employing a combination of process tracing and preference attainment, the analysis aimed to identify the winners and losers in this discourse and the strategies they employed to achieve their objectives. In contrast to previous findings, the case study revealed that certain participants acted as countervailing forces against powerful groups, although business organisations still managed to secure minor concessions.

Recommended citation: Albrecht, Nayara. (2023). "Disputes over intellectual rights in Brazil: interest organisations and their impacts on copyright law. " SN Social Sciences. 1(6). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43545-023-00662-2

Bureaucrats, interest groups and policymaking: a comprehensive overview from the turn of the century

Published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023

This paper examines the intricate relationships between government officers and interest organisations, a topic receiving less attention than their connections with ministers, elected officials, and political parties. Through an extensive literature review, employing bibliometric techniques and qualitative content analysis, the study analyses 415 papers published between 2000 and 2022. It uncovers trends in authorship, research methods, and geographical focus, revealing a concentration of research networks in the United States and Europe, primarily focusing on the global North. The findings highlight a need to explore further the causal mechanisms between interest group access to bureaucracy and their influence on public policies. Additionally, the paper proposes new perspectives to analyse these political connections, stressing the importance of more regional diversity in research to develop comprehensive theoretical frameworks applicable across different contexts.

Recommended citation: Albrecht, Nayara. (2023). "Bureaucrats, interest groups and policymaking: a comprehensive overview from the turn of the century. " Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 1(7). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02044-8

talks

teaching

Undergraduate courses

Undergraduate course, Different institutions, 2017

I have led and co-taught modules in Brazil, the UK, and the Netherlands in institutions such as the University of Brasilia, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Aston University, and the University of Amsterdam. The main undergraduate courses I led were:

Graduate courses

Graduate, Different institutions, 2021

I have extensive experience teaching graduate courses. At the Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar), I was the module leader for Topics in Public Policy: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups (2021) and Democracy and Civil Society: Lobbying and Interest Advocacy (2021). In these two cases, I prepared all the materials, selected the readings for the syllabus, coordinated and marked the assignments, and undertook all the administrative tasks besides preparing and giving the lectures. In addition, I co-taught the modules Extreme Right Populism (2020) and Political Theory Seminar (2021). I also co-taught an undergraduate module focused on political institutions. At Aston University, I co-taught the modules The Governance of Global Problems and EuroSim: Learning Negotiation through Simulation Games under the guidance and supervision of Dr Patrycja Rozbicka, senior lecturer. I prepared the materials, helped with assignments, and gave lectures.