Paulo Negreiros Figueiredo has a PhD in Science, Technology and Innovation from the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) and founder and responsible for the Research Program in Technological Learning and Industrial Innovation at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/EBAPE).
He is currently a professor of Technology Management and Innovation in Emerging Markets at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), as well as a senior research associate at the University of Oxford.