Who we are

PhD in Political Science at the University of São Paulo (1997), Brazil, line of research in International Relations; Post-doctorate in International Politics from Columbia University (2008). He is Associate Professor III at the Department of Political Science and at the Institute of International Relations at the University of São Paulo (USP). He is a CNPq ‘Productivity Researcher 1 C’ and coordinator of the following ‘CNPq Research Groups’: International Relations Research Center (NUPRI/USP) and Center for Studies in Conflict and Peace (CCP/USP). He currently coordinates the project ‘Hybrid Security Governance on the Northern Border of South America and Mexico: State and Non-State Dynamics’. He has already coordinated the following major research projects: ‘International and Regional Security and Defense Scenarios: a Civil-Military Approach’, CAPES Pro Defence (2013-2018); and ‘Stable Peace, Training and Conflict Resolution in Latin America: Representation of Regional Security Systems’, Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP). He also participated between 2020 and 2021 in the international research network funded by the Unión Iberoamericana de Universities (UIU). He was adjunct coordinator of the Political Science and International Relations Committee of CAPES (2013-2017). His latest books are: ‘International Security: Contemporary Readings’, Intersaberes, 2020; and co-authored ‘Power Dynamics and Regional Security in Latin America’, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. In 2021, he edited, in partnership, the special issue of the Brazilian Journal of International Politics (RBPI) entitled ‘Crisis and changes in international governance in the dawn of the 21st century: rethinking the spheres of international politics’.

PhD in Political Science by the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, where he is currently conducting postdoctoral research. Researcher at the International Relations Research Center (NUPRI-USP) and coordinator at the Center for Conflict and Peace Studies (CCP-USP) and at the Center ‘Oliveiros S. Ferreira’ for Research on Sociology of International Relations (GOF-USP). Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Santos. He currently researchers on the following topics: sociology of conflict and organized violence, theories of war and peace, civil war, modern state formation, studies on conflict and security and sociology of international relations. Has research interests in the following countries and regions: Russia and East Europe, Nordic countries, Latin America and Central Europe.

PhD in Political Science by the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, where she remains as a post-doctoral fellow and worked as a collaborative professor at the Institute of International Relations (IRI-USP). She is the co-founder and research coordinator for the Center for Conflict and Peace Studies (CCP), integrated to the International Relations Research Center (NUPRI) at USP. Camila has also been a Global Fellow of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS) at Brown University, Providence, since 2016; and a Senior Fellow for the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) since 2019. She currently researchers on the following topics: peace and conflict theory, complex emergencies, social resilience, and security governance in border areas. Regions of interest: Latin America, East Africa (Sudan), East Asia (Timor Leste).