Renan leads IAPS’s workstream on international AI governance and the IAPS AI Policy Fellowship. His work focuses on the role of middle powers in the global governance of AI, US-China relations, and institutional models that might contribute to international cooperation on AI, such as AI Safety Institutes. He is also a fellow at the Oxford China Policy Lab and advises several global AI capacity-building and policy organizations, such as the Condor Initiative, which he co-founded, the Vista Institute for AI Policy, and Global Shield.
Renan is a lawyer, holds an MSc in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Law degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco. He previously worked at the Institute for Law and AI, Rethink Priorities, and the State Court of Pernambuco in Brazil.
