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Academic Background
I am Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia (England). Nowadays, I work in the project "Ixchel", a project that aims at reducing disaster risk in Guatemala. Our work package uses arts based methods to engage with people and invite them to discuss issues around disaster risk, to share their stories and to learn from them and others in the process. I use a conflict transformation approach and a decolonial/local turn at two levels: 1) generating new frameworks and concepts that help defining roles for communication in conflict scenarios and 2) doing practice-based research.
As Professor, I am counsellor and tutor of MA subjects and thesis within the Campus for Peace (Open University of Catalonia) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
I am specialised in transdisciplinary research. I have obtained my PHD with a dissertation dedicated to “Pathways of Communications for Peace. Conceptualization, Critic Review and Proposals from the lenses of Communication towards Social Change and Conflict Transformation Theory” (University of Deusto). I hold a MA in Evaluation of Public Policies and Programs (Complutense University). As junior researcher in 2007-2008 and 2010-2011, I have completed two research periods (Marie Curie Research Grant) within the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University; and the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. I am author of several articles, chapters in books and study materials that explore the intersections between communication, peace and development. My current research interests include: communication towards conflict transformation, decolonization of peace, restorative memory, pluriverse, evaluation of communication for social change and peace.
Besides my academic appointments, I have worked as consultant for the Basque Office of UNHCR and the Spanish Association of Evaluation (APROEVAL). As a member of the European Union Latin America Relations Observatory (OBREAL) I am committed to develop participatory processes that help building sustainable peace in Colombia.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Cuestionando el lugar del conocimiento: investigación participativa e indisciplinada. El caso del proyecto “Escuela, territorio y posconflicto” en el sur del Tolima
Uribe, J. J., Rodriguez, I., Sala Valdes, C., Barros, N., Theuerkauf, U., Salamanca, M. D. P. & Armijos, T., 31 Oct 2024, El enfoque de la Investigación Acción Participativa (IAP) en el estudio de las problemáticas regionales. . Lopez Garay, H. & Perdomo, M. T. (eds.). Ediciones Unibague, p. 119-161Translated title of the contribution :Questioning the place of knowledge: participatory and undisciplined research: The case of the "School, territory and post-conflict" project Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The need for resignifying 'environment': Thoughts on territory from Southern Tolima (Colombia)
Sala Valdes, C., Rodriguez, I., Salamanca, M. D. P. & Padilla, S., Nov 2024, Geographical Approaches to Environmental Peacebuilding . Dittmann, A. & Hamilton, D. (eds.). Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, p. 144-162Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Addressing past injustice, empowering for the future? Reparation policies and ‘victim’ or ‘survivor’ identities in Tolima, Colombia
Uribe, J., Theuerkauf, U., Salamanca, M., Padilla, S., Rodriguez, I. & Sala, C., Dec 2023, In: Civil Wars. 25, 4, p. 663-686 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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El papel de la investigacion accion transformadora en la construccion de paz territorial
Rodríguez, I., Sala Valdes, C., Barros, N., Salamanca, M. D. P., Padilla, S. & Armijos Burneo, T., 27 Apr 2022, Paces desde abajo. Desafios y oportunidades de otra paz.. Uribe, J. J., Rodríguez, I. & Baquero, J. (eds.). Colombia: Editorial Uniersidad del Rosario, p. 53 90 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Legitimidades en disputa: la construcción estatal en escenarios de posconflicto
Uribe, J. J., Padilla, S., Rodriguez Fernandez, I., Theuerkauf, U., Sala Valdes, C., Barros, N., Salamanca, M. D. P. & Alvarez, M., 27 Apr 2022, Paces desde abajo. Desafios y oportunidades de otra paz.: Peace(s) from below. Challenges and opportunities for another peace. Uribe, J. J., Rodríguez, I. & Baquero, J. (eds.). First edition ed. Bogota: Editorial Uniersidad del Rosario, p. 21-52 31 p.Translated title of the contribution :Legitimacies in dispute: state building in postconflict scenarios Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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