Beatriz Kira

Beatriz Kira is a Senior Research Associate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the governance of digital technologies, and the regulatory and policy frameworks to supervise the economic power of technology companies.

Beatriz is a lawyer and a social scientist by training, holding a PhD in Economic Law and Political Economy from the University of São Paulo, and an MSc in Social Sciences of the Internet from the University of Oxford.

Beatriz is a Research Affiliate of the Law and Public Policy research group at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo, and is enrolled with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB). She has previously acted as a consultant for the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE), and conducted research for several academic institutions, including the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), the Brazilian Network of Empirical Legal Studies (REED), and the Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA).

Companies

• Senior Research Associate and Postdoctoral Researcher Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford (2021)
• Senior Research and Policy Officer Blavatnik School of Government (2018 — 2021)
• Head of Policy Research InternetLab - human rights and internet policy think tank (2015 — 2018)
• Consultant Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (2018 — 2018)
• Research Assistant Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (2018 — 2018)
• Executive Manager Brazilian Network of Empirical Legal Research (2015 — 2016)
• Research Assistant Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) (2015 — 2016)
• Legal Intern Mattos Muriel Kestener Advogados (2014 — 2015)
• Legal Intern Departamento Jurídico XI de Agosto (2011 — 2013)

Education

• Master of Science - MS, Social Science of the Internet University of Oxford 2017 - 2018)
• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economic law Universidade de São Paulo (2017 - 2021)
• Zertifikat in den Grundzügen des Deutschen Rechts Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (2013 — 2014)
• Bachelor of Laws - LLB Universidade de São Paulo (2010 — 2015)
• CopyrightX Harvard University (2018 — 2018)