Damián Gariglio is a graduate from the University of Buenos Aires with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. He majored in International Relations and holds a Masters Degree in International Studies from the Torcuato Di Tella University – during which he spent six months in Colombia on a student exchange program.

He has worked in Bogota for the Colombian campaign to ban landmines as a humanitarian disarmament adviser. He was also the coordinator of the Observatory of Defence and Security for the Centre for International Political Studies (CEPI).

In the research arena, Damián is currently working as an Assistant Researcher for the University of Buenos Aires focused on new criminal structures in Latin America.