Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann is Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations, PUC-Rio, CNPQ Productivity Fellow (PQ2) and Scientist of Our State (FAPERJ); holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from PUC-Rio (1991), a specialization in International Relations from the London School of Economics (1996), a Master’s degree in International Relations from PUC-Rio (1998) and a PhD in Science Political/International Relations of the University of Tübingen, Germany (2003). He taught at the London School of Economics (2008-10), at the University of Erfurt, Germany (2010-2012), and at Freie Universität Berlin (2012-2015). She was a visiting researcher at the European University Institute, Florence (2002) and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) (2017). In his teaching and research activity he works mainly on the following topics: Issues of legitimacy and democracy in international politics, Global governance, International organizations and multilateralism, Comparative regionalism with a focus on Latin America and Europe, and Interregional relations, with a focus on ‘Latin America. America-Europe. Member of international research networks: GRIDALE (https://www.gridale.org/) on integration and development in Latin America and Europe; Coordinator of the international research network Jean Monnet Network Crisis-Equity-Democracy for Europe and Latin America (http://jeanmonnetcrisisequitydemocracy.com/).