Florian F. Hoffmann is a Professor of Law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, a co-speaker of the UNHCR Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de Mello in Refugee Studies at PUC-Rio (CSVM/PUC-Rio), and an associate researcher at the Human Rights Center of the Law Department (Núcleo de Direitos Humanos). Prior to this he was the Franz Haniel Chair of Public Policy (2010-2016) and the director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy (2012-2015) at the University of Erfurt (Germany), a lecturer at Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2008-2010), and an assistant professor of law at the PUC-Rio (2003-2008). He holds degrees from the LSE (BSc(Econ)), PUC-Rio (Mestrado em Ciências Jurídicas) and the European University Institute (Doctor of Law). His work has focused on the interface between law and politics, with his main research areas having been in international law, human rights and (international) legal theory.