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Sergio Aguayo Quezada

Professor-ResearcherEl Colegio de México

Biography

Sergio Aguayo has been a Professor-Researcher at El Colegio de México since 1977. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and a postdoctoral fellowship from Johns Hopkins University.

Since 2013, he has coordinated the Seminar on Violence and Peace at El Colegio de México, bringing together experts to analyze security challenges. With his team, he organizes discussions, teaches courses, and produces research.

His work covers organized crime, national security strategies, and violence prevention for journalists, candidates, and human rights defenders. He also studies the recruitment of minors by criminal groups via social media. He has published numerous books, articles, and working papers, contributing to academic and policy debates on security and violence.