Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida is a Brazilian political scientist and sociologist, currently a professor at the University of São Paulo and a senior researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning.

Tavares de Almeida graduated with a degree in social science from the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Social Sciences at the University of São Paulo, specializing in sociology.

In addition to being a professor at the University of São Paulo, she is also a member of the International Economic Analysis Group there.

[3] In 2007, Tavares de Almeida received the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit, in the comendador class.

[4] Her work has been cited in media reports about politics in venues like the Folha de S.Paulo[5] and El País.