Santiago Bustelo

santiago.bustelo@gmail.com

Santiago Bustelo currently is a PhD candidate in International Politics at Fudan University. He holds a Master´s Degree in Public Policies, Strategies and Development at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, having conducted research about China under the guidance of Professor Antonio Barros de Castro (former President of the Brazilian National Development Bank). His main academic papers turn to the study of development models in Latin America and China from a comparative perspective, with an emphasis on industrial policy and innovation systems.

He was a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT/PPED - Brazil) in the area of State, varieties of capitalism and development in emerging countries, and has served as Parliamentary Advisor to the National Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Republic.

He worked as Research Coordinator at the China-Brazil Business Council. His main functions included: Design and coordinate weekly and quarterly analytical publications on China-Brazil economic and business relations; Generate and oversee research projects on critical trade and investment issues about China-Brazil relations in order to develop a policy research agenda; Conduct high-level meetings with Brazilian and Chinese government officials and business executives; Present research results at national and international conferences; Support and advise national and international academics and journalists on the topic. Also responsible for preparing and monitoring the implementation of a common agenda with the Chinese section of the Council.