García Pinzón, Dr. Viviana
2016 - 2022 | Ph.D. in Political Science (Summa cum laude) Focus on Peace and Conflict Studies University of Marburg, Germany Local order, violence, and trajectories of governance in peripheral cities in Colombia and El Salvador |
2008 - 2011 | M.A. in Political Science (Highest distinction) University of Chile |
2010 | Empirical research and methods University of Salamanca, Spain |
2002 - 2006 | B.A. in Political Science National University of Colombia |
03/2021 –03/2022 | GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies Researcher Project COVID-19 and the Dynamics of (Post-)War Violence: Lessons from Colombia and Syria |
10/2016 – 02/2022 | GIGA Doctoral Programme Doctoral Researcher |
Since 2019 | Lecturer (Lehraufträge) at Hamburg University |
2013-2016 | Lecturer at La Salle University, Bogotá |
2013-2016 | Centre for Research on Peace Dialogue, National University of Colombia Research Fellow |
2012-2015 | National Academy for Strategic and Political Studies of Chile ANEPE and Fund for Science and Technology of the Republic of Chile, FONDECYT Co-researcher Project Governance, security and development in Chile’s North and South Extreme zones |
2010-2011 | Advanced Studies Institute IDEA, University of Santiago of Chile USACH Research Assistant |
Projects
Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict, BMBF, 2022-2026.
COVID-19 and the Dynamics of (Post-)War Violence: Lessons from Colombia and Syria, Volkswagen Foundation & GIGA, 2020-2021
Governance, security and development in Chile’s North and South Extreme zones (Principal investigator Dr. Loreto Correa Vera), Fund for Science and Technology of the Republic of Chile, FONDECYT, 2012-2015
Networks
Network of women working on security and defence issues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)- Red Amassuru
Red de Politólogas
Selected Publications:
García Pinzón, V., & Trejos, L.F. (2021). Las tramas del conflicto prolongado en la frontera colombo-venezolana: un análisis de las violencias y actores armados en el contexto del posacuerdo de paz. Colombia Internacional, no. 105 (2021): 89-115.
García Pinzón, V. & Mantilla, J. (2021). Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands. Trends Organ Crim 24, 265–281.
Trejos, L.F., Tuirán, Á., Rodríguez, A. & García Pinzón, V. (2021). Debilidad institucional, seguridad y migración en la frontera Colombo-Venezolana. Barranquilla: Universidad del Norte.
García Pinzón, V. y Rojas Ospina, E. (2020). La política de seguridad en El Salvador: la construcción del enemigo y sus efectos en la violencia y el orden social. Revista de Estudios Sociales 73 (2020): 96-108. https://doi.org/10.7440/res73.2020.08
García Pinzón, V. (2018). Dimensiones locales de la seguridad y la cooperación transfronteriza en la frontera amazónica de Brasil, Colombia y Perú. OPERA 23, 59-80.
García Pinzón, V. (2018). “Elecciones, posacuerdo y transición en Colombia”. Sección El gran ciclo electoral latinoamericano. Iberoamericana 69, XVII, pp. 243-248.
Vargas, A. & García Pinzón, V. (Ed.) (2015). “Seguridad y defensa en la transición de la guerra a la paz: Reflexiones y perspectivas”. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
García Pinzón, V. (2015). Cooperación y seguridad en la guerra contra las drogas: El Plan Colombia y la Iniciativa Mérida. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Reports & online articles
García Pinzón, V. (2021). “Colombia’s Partial Peace and Its Discontents”. BTI Blog https://blog.bti-project.org/2021/12/14/colombias-partial-peace-and-its-...
García Pinzón, V. (2020). “From firm hand to handshake: violence and negotiated governance in El Salvador”. LSE Latin America and Caribbean. Online https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2020/07/14/from-firm-hand-to-hand...
García Pinzón, V. (2020). “Colombia: Between the Dividends of Peace and the Shadow of Violence”. GIGA Focus Latin America 2. Online: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publication/colombia-between-the-dividend...