Carlos Cadena Gaitán is a Ph.D. Research Fellow at UNU-MERIT/Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. Prior to his current post, Cadena Gaitán had broad experience in different industries including working for a government relations agency in Washington D.C. and collaborating with the International Cooperation Agency of Medellín, the Carter Center in Atlanta and the New York City Department of Health. He holds a Master’s in Public Administration and a B.A. in Business Management.