Thais Bassinelo is a Project Manager at IDIS. She has a BA in International Relations, a MA in Human Development and Food Security and is in progress with a PhD at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She has more than 10 years of experience in research and management of social programs and in the design, management, monitoring and evaluation of social projects. In addition to her academic experience, she has worked in public administrations (federal and municipal), in international organizations and voluntarily in the Third Sector.