Postgraduate research students

Thales Lima is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Glasgow specialising in applied econometrics and the analysis of large-scale survey data. His doctoral research examines how economic conditions shape national identities and attitudes toward migration using longitudinal and comparative approaches, using different statistical approaches. His work bridges political economy, labour economics, and quantitative political behaviour, with particular attention to measurement, identification strategies, and transparent data pipelines. He holds an BA and MSc in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), where his research focused on modelling preferences for income redistribution across countries.

Prior to his PhD, Thales worked as a Research Associate at Glasgow Caledonian University on the Horizon 2020 OppAttune project, where he led and co-led work packages on labour transitions, skills development, economic well-being, and the political economy of offshoring and reshoring. His work integrates advanced econometric modelling in R and Python, applied game theory, and large-scale survey data to study labour market vulnerability, technological change, and political radicalisation. Alongside his academic career, he has professional experience as an economist in market intelligence and forecasting developing econometric models, dashboards, and data infrastructures for projects across Latin America. His research has been presented at major international conferences, including the Midwest Political Science Association, IPSA World Congress of Political Sciences and the Brazilian Congress of Economics (ANPEC).

• Professor Sergi Pardos-Prado
• Dr Robert Liñeira

College of Social Sciences PHD Scholarship