Matias Spektor (born 1977) is Full Professor of International Relations and founder of the School of International Relations at
FGV in São Paulo, Brazil. His current research focuses on climate change politics, political violence, and international security in the Global South. He is the author of a series of books on U.S. policy towards Brazil and Latin America, including
Kissinger and Brazil' (2009),
18 Days' (2014), and
The Origins of Nuclear Cooperation' (2015). In the period 2012-19, he wrote a regula
op-ed columnon foreign policy and grand strategy for Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil's leading newspaper.
Career
After receiving his BA from the
University of Brasília
The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...
in 1999, Spektor worked as program officer for the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...
until 2002. Upon completing his doctorate from the
University of Oxford
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in 2007, he became assistant professor at
FGV in Rio de Janeiro, where he taught until 2015 and was founding director of the Center for International Relations. He was a visiting scholar with the
Council on Foreign Relations (2010), the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) is a quasi-government entity and think tank which conducts research to inform public policy. Located in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Wash ...
(2012) and the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...
(2014). In 2013-14, Spektor was the inaugural Rio Branco Chair at
King's College London.
In 2015, Spektor moved to the
FGV campus in São Paulo to plan, implement, and launch
School of International Relations which opened doors to its first cohort of students in 2019. The School offers state-of-the-art training in international relations to some 400 undergraduate students, and plans to open a graduate program in 2023.
In 2022-23, Spektor is a visiting scholar with
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
and with the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
References
Academic staff of Fundação Getulio Vargas
International relations scholars
Argentine academics
Living people
Members of the Inter-American Dialogue
1977 births
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