Carla Habif

Carla Habif is a scholar-practitioner in peacebuilding, nonviolent action and conflict transformation, based in Rio de Janeiro. She holds a Ph.D. in international relations from PUC-Rio and is a researcher at the Global South Unit for Mediation (BRICS Policy Center), at the Center for Conflict and Peace Studies (NUPRI-USP) and at the Instituto Memórias e Futuros. She coordinates the Portuguese-language edition of the “People Power” course on strategic nonviolent action at the Regional Institute on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action in the Americas. She is a 2026 KAICIID International Fellow and a Christopher R. Mitchell Visiting Practitioner Fellow at George Mason University’s Carter School.