Henrique Garbino

Henrique Garbino is a doctoral candidate in War Studies at the Department of War Studies at the Swedish Defence University (2021-present), where his research examines the use of landmines and other explosive devices by non-state armed groups. He holds an MSSc in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University (2019) and a BSc in Military Sciences from the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras (2010). Prior to his doctoral studies, he served as a combat engineer in the Brazilian Army (2006–2017) and subsequently worked in humanitarian mine action, disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, and civil-military coordination across multiple conflict-affected contexts. He continues to deploy on short-term missions as an explosive ordnance disposal and civil-military coordination specialist with different humanitarian organisations.