# Consulting Outside of office hours, I occasionally do consultancy work on topics that interest me and to which I can make relevant contributions. The work of a freelance researcher can take many forms. These are some examples of jobs I have undertaken in the past: - Preparing literature reviews, including sources external to the peer review system (such as policy briefs) - Conducting critical reviews of documents, indicating the absence of relevant references or the misuse of problematic ones - Research, organize and analyze benchmarks - Describe ecosystems by identifying relevant stakeholders (grant givers, grant takers, experts, thought leaders) and their relationships - Map the landscape of opinions on a given topic - Identify people (such as academics, entrepreneurs, politicians or officials) to whom it would make sense to hold conversations on certain topics, and write briefs about them - Find un-Googleable things If you are interested, please contact me describing your research question. In case I can contribute and have the availability to do so, we can arrange a call to discuss details. In recent years, I have collaborated with civil society groups fairly frequently, but I wish to expand the scope of my work. I have done research for organisations such as the [New South Institute](https://nsi.org.za/), [Lemann Foundation](https://fundacaolemann.org.br/en/developing-tomorrows-leaders), [Vetor Brasil](http://novo.vetorbrasil.org/), [Motriz](https://www.motriz.org/), [Instituto Gesto](https://www.institutogesto.org.br/),  [Republica Institute](https://republica.org/), [Conselho Digital](https://conselhodigital.org.br/), [Pacto contra a Fome](https://pactocontrafome.org/), [Igarapé Institute](https://igarape.org.br/en/), [Mahin Antiracist Consultancy](https://www.mahinconsultoriaantirracista.com/), [República.org](https://republica.org/), [Instituto Jataí](https://www.jatai.org.br/) and [Comunitas](https://comunitas.org.br/), as well as multilateral agencies such as the [Inter-American Development Bank](https://publications.iadb.org/en/publications?keys=rafael+leite).