Maria Cristina Cacciamali is PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accounting (FEA) of the University of São Paulo (USP), postgraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT/USA) Visiting professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM/USA), Universidade do Porto (UP/Pr), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN/Me) e Institute des Hautes Ètude de l’Àmerique Latine (IHEAL/Fr) and first level researcher of CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Currently she teaches and does research at the University of São Paulo (Graduate and Undergraduate Programs); leads the Group of International Studies and Comparative Policies (Nespi-USP/CNPq); and was visiting professor at the Universidad de la República (UDELAR – Graduate Program on International Relations) in Uruguay teaching Economia Política en América Latina. She received the awards Haralambos Simeonides from the awards Haralambos Simeonides from the National Association of Graduate Studies in Economics and waas recognized as the Best Economist of Labor Economics from the Order of Economists of Brazili, Professor Emérito -Prolam/USP. Areas of teaching: Labor Economics, Social Policies, and Latin American Political Economy; Main areas of research: Comparative studies on: world economy, structural changes and social regulation; iii) social policies and labour market and evaluation processes; iv) labour market, income distribution and informality; v) fundamental rights at work and decent work. Focus on Latin America; Latin American economic thaught.