Dr. Maria Bernadete G P Sarmiento Gutierrez is currently a  Senior Researcher at the IPEA -Institute for Applied Economic Research, Rio de Janeiro. 

She is a Former Lecturer at UFF- Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro and a Former Official at OECD, Paris. 

In the Department, Maria will be studying  'Corporate communication strategy and climate change mitigation action: the state in Brazil'.

Whilst at the LSE Dr Maria Bernadete G P Sarmiento Gutierrez will be working with Dr Lee Edwards.