He holds a degree in Law from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) in 1996; he obtained his master's degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) in 1999 and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Rio de Janeiro (formerly IUPERJ) in 2007. He is the author of "Monarchy without despotism and freedom without anarchy: the political thought of the Marquis of Caravelas "(UFMG, 2014 - foreword by Antônio Manuel Hespanha) and" From Monarchy to Oligarchy: institutional history and Brazilian political thought (1822-1930) "(Alameda, 2014).