André Cavaller Guzzi holds a PhD in Political Science from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, focusing on International Relations and Comparative Politics. He holds a master's degree from the same university and from the San Tiago Dantas interinstitutional program, UNESP-UNICAMP-PUC. Has experience as a professor at several universities in New York, including Brooklyn College and Columbia University. He has worked at the Center for International Politics research center in Washington D.C. and has conducted field studies in Angola and Mozambique. His research areas focus on statebuilding and post-conflict country development. Other areas of knowledge include international political economy, international development organizations and global social policy.