Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Biography
Marco Konopacki is a political scientist focused on collaborative law and policymaking processes. Some highlights of his professional career include his coordination for the Democracy & Technology Program at the Institute of Technology & Society, program implementer at the Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro, and advisor for the Ministry of Justice of Brazil on online public participation platforms for collaborative lawmaking. Marco completed his master’s at the University of Parana and is pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Minas Gerais.
Expertise
- Collaborative governance
- Online collaborative law and policymaking
- e-Government
Presentation Topics
- Participatory institutions in Brazil
- Civic-tech and new governance paradigms
- ICT’s impact on democracies
Interest Areas
- Collaborative governance processes and theory
- Technology (high and low tech) applied to collaborative law and policymaking
- Public digital services
Experience
Research Fellowship
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Syracuse University)
Dates Employed Aug 2019 – Present
Location Syracuse, NY, USA
Program Manager
Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade (ITS Rio)
Dates Employed Apr 2016 – Jul 2019
Location Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Research Fellowship
The Governance Lab
Dates Employed Aug 2018 – Feb 2019
Location New York City, NY, USA
Senior Consultant
PNUD Brasil (United Nations)
Dates Employed Aug 2016 – Apr 2017
Location Brasília, DF, Brazil
Advisor
Ministry of Justice of Brazil
Dates Employed Sep 2014 – Apr 2016
Location Brasília, DF, Brazil
Entrepreneur
Ethymos Civic Technologies
Dates Employed 2006 – 2019
Location Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Founder and Director
Soylocoporti – Pela Integração Latino-Americana
Dates Employed 2005 – 2014
Located in various cities of Latin-America
Education
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ph.D. in Political Science
Field of Study: Democracy Innovations and Participatory Public Administration
Dissertation: Collective Intelligence and Democracy – A model to analyze crowdlaw in participatory process
Dates attended 2016-2021
Universidade Federal do Paraná
M.Sc. in Political Science
Field of Study: International Organizations
Thesis: Organizational and political aspects of counter-hegemonic globalization – a world social forum case study
Dates attended 2010 – 2012
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Bachelor of Business Administration – BBA
Dates attended 2001 – 2005
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Portuguese (Native)