Fabiano Belloube

Fabiano is a proud member of Regent's Park College. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil, where he completed a B.A. in Philosophy at the University of São Paulo and a M.A. in Religious Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. His early dissertation analyzed the operationalization of religious discourse amidst the 2022 Brazilian presidential campaigns. Having won multiple British Parliamentary debate tournaments and becoming the first EFL Brazilian victor of an anglophone championship, he subsequently worked as a communications consultant for various companies and political actors until ultimately being invited to head the instatement of debate in some of his country’s leading high school curricula.

At the Latin American Centre, Fabiano hopes to shed further light on the deeply polarized scenario of Brazil's contemporary politics. Pre-eminently, he intends to research the ongoing jurisdictional dispute between narratives pro and against judicial activism by the Supreme Federal Court in response to the rise of antidemocratic social movements and overall institutional distrust. Non-academic interests include practicing (/sometimes competing in) mixed martial arts, writing fiction of questionable quality and crushing Philipp at table tennis.