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Viviana García Pinzón

Doctoral Researcher

Short CV

  • Since 01/2018: Doctoral Student in Political Sciences at the University of Marburg and member of the GIGA Doctoral Programme

  • 2016 - 2017: Doctoral Student in Political Sciences at the Freie Universität in Berlin and member of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, DAAD scholarship holder

  • 01/2013 - 05/2016: Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Business and International Relations School, La Salle University, Bogotá

  • 11/2012 - 2016: Research Associate at the Center for Research on Peace Dialogue, National University of Colombia

  • 2005 - 2016: Member of the Research Group on Security and Defence, Faculty of Law and Political and Social Sciences, the National University of Colombia

  • 2014 - 2015: Grant "Young researchers" Program, Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Republic of Colombia COLCIENCIAS. Project: "Security Sector Reform and peace building in Colombia"

  • 12/2013 - 05/2014: Consultant at the project "Mapping of relevant actors for post-conflict and identification of needs of national and international support," Embassy of Switzerland in Colombia and the National University of Colombia

  • 2012 - 2015: Researcher at the project "Governance, security and development at Chile’s North and South Extreme zones," National Academy of Political and Strategical Studies ANEPE and Fund for Science and Technology of the Republic of Chile FONDECYT

  • 2008 - 2012: Researcher of the Work Group "Security and Democracy in Latin America," Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO

  • 2010 - 2011: Research Assistant at the Advanced Studies Institute IDEA, University of Santiago of Chile USACH

Current Research

  • Urban Violence and Non State Armed Actors in Latin America

  • Security and Defence in South America

  • Armed Conflict and Peace Process in Colombia

  • Illegal Markets and Violence in Latin America

Countries and Regions

  • Latin America

Research Programme

Publications

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Projects

01/03/2021 - 31/08/2022

COVID-19 and the Dynamics of (Post-)War Violence: Lessons from Colombia and Syria

What are the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dynamics of violence during and after civil wars? The project analyses the pandemic-related reconfiguration of social and political orders in a comparative study of Syria and Colombia at subnational levels. In this way, it will provide new knowledge on violence dynamics in two of the most complex conflicts today and be able to suggest crucial lessons for similar (post-)war contexts in other parts of the world. Volkswagen Foundation, 2021-2022
01/01/2016 - 01/12/2019

Envisioning Peace | Transforming Conflict

Peace and conflict transformation are core topics in the social sciences and humanities. At the same time, theories, methods and data are shaped to an overwhelming degree by the experience of Western industrial democracies or the ‘objects’ of their intervention. This project provides a change in perspective by including the multifaceted experiences of the Global South and applying a global approach to peace. GIGA, LSE, CCDP, University of Marburg, 2016-2019