BSP Conference 2026: "Values, Ideology, and Opinions of Brazilian Political Elites: Insights from the 10th Wave of the Brazilian Legislative Survey (2025)"

Convened by Timothy Power (Oxford) and Cesar Zucco (Columbia University), this research workshop will debate 6 new draft papers based on the 10th Wave of the Brazilian Legislative Survey (BLS), which has been conducted in every legislative session since Brazil’s redemocratization in the 1980s. More than 1500 responses have been received by over 1200 federal deputies and senators over the past 35 years, covering topics such as democracy, economic policy, environmental sustainability, civil-military relations, institutional design, foreign relations, and cultural values. The papers will provide the first analysis of the unreleased data from the 10th Wave of the BLS, fielded between March and November 2025 with 137 federal legislators in Brasília.