Debora Thome holds a PhD in political science from Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Politics and Economics of the Public Sector (CEPESP) at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). She is currently professor of public administration at the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development, and Research (IDP) in Brasília and chair of the Gender Politics and Policy Research Committee (RC19) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She has served as a consultant for the United Nations and the World Bank and was a visiting researcher at Columbia University, where she also taught in the Columbia Women’s Leadership Network, a leadership program for Brazilian women. She has trained more than 600 women candidates for political office across Brazil. She is the author of eleven books, including 50 Brasileiras Incríveis para Conhecer Antes de Crescer (50 Incredible Brazilian Women to Know Before You Grow Up; Record, finalist for the Jabuti Prize), 50 LGBTQ+ Incríveis (50 Incredible LGBTQ+ People; Record), Mulheres e Poder (Women and Power), and Candidatas: Os Primeiros Passos das Mulheres na Política no Brasil (Women Candidates: Women’s First Steps in Brazilian Politics; FGV). She has also published extensively in Brazil and internationally on women, politics, and gender bias in state institutions.