Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Felipe Antonio Honorato (Brazil) is a Ph.D in Social Change and Political Participation by the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He was a visiting PhD researcher in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of KU Leuven, Belgium (2023-2024) and served as research intern at the Center for Ibero-American Studies of Charles University, Czech Republic (2022-2023).
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Marcos Terán-Peralta (Mexico) holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede México. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Social Science with a specialization in Sociology at the Colegio de México. His research interests focus on collective action, social movements, violence, and security.
Editor Eduardo da Nobrega Monteiro (Brazil) is a PhD candidate in political science at UQAM, with a major in Comparative Politics and minor in theories of the state. Currently in the writing phase, Monteiro is interested in the negative impact of right-wing populism on racialized populations in Quebec and Rio de Janeiro. He taught as a lecturer at UQAM in the summer of 2023 (POL4111 – Political Systems in Latin America) and as a guest lecturer at the State University of Rio de Janeiro during the winter of 2025 (two distinct, but complementary courses: Comparative Politics in Political Science, and Populism, Racism and Nationalism). Each year, Eduardo da Nobrega Monteiro contributed to the V-Dem Institute's annual report on the state of democracy in the world, serving as a Country Expert for Canada. Aside from the academy, Monteiro volunteered for the NGO Brasa between 2021 and 2022, where he provided mentoring space and, later, as coordinator of the Fundamentees program, where underrepresented or low-income Brazilians who wish to study abroad could prepare their applications and apply for scholarships.
Editor Gabriel Garcia (Brazil) is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the Graduate Program in Political Science at UNICAMP, with a period as a visiting research scholar in the Department of Government at Georgetown University (GU). He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program in International Relations (UNESP – UNICAMP – PUC-SP), both degrees funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), which included an academic exchange at the University of Hradec Králové (UHK) in the Czech Republic, funded through the Erasmus+ UFSC-UHK program. He previously worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology for Studies in the United States (INCT-INEU) and is currently a researcher at the Laboratory of Political Thought (PEPOL). His research interests include Political Theory, International Relations Theory, and United States Foreign Policy.
Editor Iago Frizzarin Dotti (Brazil) is a historian specializing in Brazilian economic and social history. He holds both a Licentiate and a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas) and earned his Master’s degree in Social History from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Social History at the University of São Paulo (USP). He is also a researcher at the Laboratory for Studies on Brazil and the World-System (LABMUNDI), where he develops studies that explore the intersections between Brazilian history and global historical processes. His academic interests include the history of capitalism, slavery and abolition, and the dynamics of financial and economic transformations in the nineteenth century.
Editor Julián Cuaspa Ropaín (Colombia) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and he completed a PhD research internship at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski, in Bulgaria. His research focuses on museums dedicated to the armed internal conflict in Colombia, in which he examines the public debates, community dimensions, meaning production, and the practical uses of "memory" as a polysemic category. Previously, he researched on popular education in Brazil, cultural studies, and the forms of the decolonial pedagogy. His academic and political interests also encompass violence studies, social movements, and cooperativism in Latin America and the Global South.
Editor Laura Daniela Molina (Colombia) holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Pontifical Xavierian University and is aspiring for a master’s degree in international Cooperation. She has experience in writing academic articles, as well as, experience in the social sector, especially in international cooperation for NGOs. Laura Molina is currently a Member of Asia and Oceania SRC from IAPSS. Her research areas include Geopolitics, International cooperation for development, diplomacy, and global conflicts.
FORMER EDITORS
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Rafael Plancarte (Mexico) holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. His research interests revolve around democratization processes in Latin America, extended rational choice theory, game theory, public choice theory, and political economy. He was a member of the Editorial Board of Politikon.
Editor Benjamin Segovia is a political scientist from Chile. His research focuses on populism, ideology and discourse analysis, and animal studies, primarily within the framework of contemporary political theory. He also is member of IAPSS.
Editor Dr. Monica Moreno is a sociologist from Mexico. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies both from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico. Since 2015 she has been professor of epistemology, sociology, and research methodology. Her research includes migration, social systems and structures, discrimination, exclusion, and other forms of violence.
Editor Renáta Drávucz (Hungary) is a communications professional and international relations expert, currently doing her Ph.D. at the Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Studies at the Corvinus University of Budapest. Her research area is centred around contemporary populism, gastro-populism and discourse studies. She has a special interest in Latin American politics and is especially familiar with the case of Brazil.
