Roberto Vilchez Yamato

PhD in International Relations

Professor at the Institute of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio). General Coordinator of the Mobility and Human Rights Observatory (OMDH) of the Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair – UNHCR at PUC-Rio. Coordinator (together with Prof. Florian Hoffmann, Department of Law/PUC-Rio, and Prof. Ariane Paiva, Department of Social Service/PUC-Rio) of the Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair – UNHCR at PUC-Rio. Coordinator (together with Prof. Florian Hoffmann, Department of Law/PUC-Rio) of the Fronteiras do Internacional Laboratory: New Articulations between International Law and International Relations. Coordinator (together with Prof. João Pontes Nogueira, IRI/PUC-Rio) of the Winter School of International Political Sociology (IPS Winter School). Associate Editor of Contexto Internacional magazine: journal of global connections. He holds a Doctorate in International Relations from IRI/PUC-Rio (2011), with a Sandwich Doctorate (2009/2010) at the University of Victoria (UVic), Canada. Doctorate in Law at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK (since 2012). Master in Social Sciences/International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP (2004). Master in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science ? LSE, University of London (2004) – Master’s degree revalidated by the University of São Paulo – USP (2010). Bachelor in International Relations (1999) and in Law (2001) from PUC-SP. He was Visiting Scholar at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, USA (2009).

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