Sergio Aguayo

Dr. Sergio Aguayo is a scholar and political analyst. He received his Masters (1971), Doctorate and Post-Doctorate degrees (1977-1984) from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a research professor at the Centro de Estudios Internationales (Center for International Studies) at El Colegio de Mexico since 1977, and holds a Level III—the highest possible level—in Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National Researcher System). He currently coordinates the Seminar on Violence and Peace in that institution. He has taught at various universities in Mexico, the United States and throughout Europe. In 2014 and 2015 he taught a course on “Violence in the Caribbean Basin” at Harvard University. In March 2015, he was appointed Visiting Professor at Harvard University. He has written dozens of books and scholarly articles.