Quintijn Kat is assistant professor of international relations. He previously taught at the Jindal School of International Affairs and has been a visiting researcher at the George Washington University, USA, and the University of São Paulo, Brazil. From December 2022 till January 2023, he was a Research Fellow with the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Quintijn received his PhD in International Relations of the Americas from the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK. During his doctoral studies, he was the recipient of a Prins Bernhard Fellowship and a Mullerfonds Fellowship. He also holds degrees from King’s College London and the University of Amsterdam.
Quintijn’s scholarly work has a geographical focus on the Americas. His main research interests are hegemony and agency in international relations, particularly the impact of subordinate-state agency on hegemonic order, as well as the relations between the United States and Latin America.