Zairo Borges Cheibub

Zairo B. Cheibub brings a unique combination of academic experience and private sector leadership to his role at the MIT Center for International Studies. Trained as a political scientist in Brazil and at MIT, he taught at leading Brazilian universities, where he also directed public opinion and applied social science research centers. 

His research and publications span foreign policy, diplomacy, public opinion, public administration, and social justice. A former Fulbright Scholar and Sloan Fellow with an MBA from MIT, Zairo also spent over a decade in the U.S. rug industry, leading sustainability, supply chain, and operations initiatives. He was a Senior Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute.