Chessie Baldwin
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of ExeterDr Baldwin is a postdoctoral historian of gender and war.
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A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Research in conflict-affected settings
14.10.2025
13:00 - 14:15English
A panel conversation on participatory action research
How can researchers effectively engage with communities in conflict-affected areas? What are the benefits and challenges of using participatory methods in peace and conflict research?
A panel featuring four global fellows will share insights from WarEffects-funded projects. Drawing on their fieldwork in Etiopia, Mali, Liberia, and Colombia, they will reflect on the complexities of working in fragile settings and discuss how participatory action research can shape knowledge production, elevate local voices, and address ethical dilemmas in the field.
The event is open to all interested!
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Bergen GlobalJekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
14.10.2025
13:00 - 14:15
English
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Luisa Salazar Escalante
PhD Candidate, Universidad de los AndesLuisa Salazar Escalante is a PhD candidate in political science at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.
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Isabel Lopera-Arbeláez
Independent researcher, WarEffectsIsabel Lopera is a researcher passionate about gender, peace-building, and post-conflict economic reintegration.
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Santiago Medina
PhD Candidate, Universidad de Los AndesSantiago Medina holds a law degree, a Master's in Anthropology, and is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the Universidad de Los Andes.
Read moreChessie Baldwin
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Exeter
Dr Baldwin is a postdoctoral historian of gender and war.
Her doctoral research in the Tigray region of Ethiopia addressed the gendered dimensions of armed groups and of women’s lives as combatants, survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, activists and resistance leaders.
Her postdoctoral interests are in the legacies of violence in women’s lives after civil conflict, including intimate partner violence, femicide and contested social norms regarding female behaviour.
Luisa Salazar Escalante
PhD Candidate, Universidad de los Andes
Luisa Salazar Escalante is a PhD candidate in political science at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.
She has an MSc in Social Policy (Research) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a background as a Human Rights lawyer from Universidad del Rosario.
She has ten years of experience in teaching, research, and project management within academia and civil society organisations. Her research focuses on inequalities, gender, politics, conflict, and peace-building, through a multidisciplinary and feminist approach.
Isabel Lopera-Arbeláez
Independent researcher, WarEffects
Isabel Lopera is a researcher passionate about gender, peace-building, and post-conflict economic reintegration.
Her work delves into the transition of female FARC-EP ex-combatants from collective rural reintegration to individualised urban livelihoods, uncovering how gender shapes economic opportunities after war. With a PhD from the University of Salamanca, she has explored EU peace interventions in Colombia, hybrid peacebuilding, and local ownership.
As a WarEffects Global Fellow, she conducts fieldwork to examine whether social and solidarity economies empower women—or reinforce existing gender burdens. Through her research, she aims to bridge the gap between policy and lived experiences, offering fresh insights into gendered economic agency in post-agreement societies.
Santiago Medina
PhD Candidate, Universidad de Los Andes
Santiago Medina holds a law degree, a Master's in Anthropology, and is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the Universidad de Los Andes.
His research project analyses the micro-level impacts of war through processes of resilience, resistance, and memory within rural and Afro-Colombian communities at humanitarian and biodiversity zones, along the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó rivers in Chocó. In particular, he works with communities focusing on their experiences of resistance and the creation of festive memory about the past.
With over 18 years of experience in the administration of justice (both international and national), the implementation and evaluation of transitional justice mechanisms, and his participated in memory and truth reconstruction projects. He has regional experience in Central and South America.
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