German Otalora Gallego

Doctoral Research Student

Affiliations
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Doctoral Research Student in the School of Government and International Affairs

Biography

Germán Otálora-Gallego is a PhD candidate at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, funded by a Durham Doctoral Studentship.

His research focuses on peace, conflict, and transitional justice processes, particularly on the intersections between informal initiatives with a gender approach and top-down transitional justice mechanisms in Colombia.

Germán previously worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia (2011--2018). He is an ad-hoc researcher for the Global Initiative Against International Organised Crime, and a member of Rodeemos el Diálogo (Embrace Dialogue).

Research interests

Colombia
Gender and Masculinities
Peace and Conflict
Transitional Justice

Publications

Journal Article

Otálora-Gallego, G., & Monroy-Santander, L. (2024). Disrupting the Transitional Justice Circuit: Everyday Transformative Gender Justice in Colombia. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2024.2314239

Report

Monroy-Santander, L., Colmenares, L., Cortés, L. X., Espitia Perdomo, V., & Otálora-Gallego, G. (2022). Colombian Victim and Survivor Leadership and Participation in Informal Transitional Justice. Impunity Watch

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