Anna Carolina Venturini
About Anna Carolina Venturini
Anna Carolina Venturini is a researcher currently affiliated with FGV in São Paulo, Brazil, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University since 2017. She has extensive experience in law, having worked at Pinheiro Neto Advogados and contributed to diversity and inclusion initiatives in legal contexts.
Work at FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Anna Carolina Venturini has been a researcher at FGV since 2018. She is affiliated with the Law, Gender and Identity Center at FGV DIREITO SP, where she focuses on issues related to law and social justice. Her role involves conducting research that contributes to the understanding of gender and identity within legal frameworks.
Education and Expertise
Anna Carolina Venturini holds a Law Degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo, completed in 2010. She furthered her education with a Master's degree from the same institution, which she obtained in 2014. Additionally, she is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (IESP) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where she studied from 2015 to 2019. Since 2017, she has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University.
Background in Legal Practice
Before her current research roles, Anna Carolina Venturini worked at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, one of Brazil's largest law firms. She served as a full associate from 2011 to 2016 and previously as a trainee from 2007 to 2010. She also gained experience as a trainee at the Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região for eight months in 2010.
Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion
Anna Carolina Venturini has contributed to diversity and inclusion initiatives within the legal field. While at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, she assisted the Committee on Diversity, focusing on developing actions aimed at promoting diversity within the firm. She also speaks on various topics related to diversity in organizations, including unconscious biases, privileges, and affirmative action.
Research Involvement and Initiatives
In addition to her role at FGV, Anna Carolina Venturini is a researcher at GEMAA (Multidisciplinary Study Group for Affirmative Action) at IESP-UERJ. Her research interests include racial and gender inequalities, and she actively engages in discussions and initiatives that address these critical social issues.