Priscila is an International Relations Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a researcher and vice-coordinator of the Transnational Security Studies Center (NETS). She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program in International Relations (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). Priscila’s research focuses on security and policing from a transnational perspective, particularly regarding security governance against drug trafficking and other transnational crimes. As part of this agenda, she also invests in research on cities and violence from a global point of view.