Matias Spektor is a Professor of Politics and International Relations at FGV. He holds the position of Dean of the School of International Relations at Fgv - Fundação Getulio Vargas. Additionally, he runs the Center for International Relations at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo.

Spektor is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. He contributes as a foreign policy op-ed writer for Folha De S.Paulo.