Visiting PhD Student | Fall 2023

Contact : eduardo.alvarez-vanegas@york.ac.uk 

Presentation

Eduardo is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Comparative Study of Civil War at the University of York, United Kingdom. His work focuses on the fragmentation and cohesion of non-state armed organizations, peace processes, political violence, and ethnographic methods. In his doctoral dissertation, Eduardo examines the breakaway factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) that emerged during the peace negotiations with the Colombian government in 2016. He has over 15 years of experience as a researcher and practitioner in Colombia, where he has conducted extensive fieldwork amidst two peace processes and worked for research centers, international organizations, and state institutions in the fields of security, armed conflict, criminal prosecution, DDR processes, and transitional justice. He holds a MA in socio-cultural anthropology (Columbia University, United States) and a BA in political science (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia).

Areas of expertise

• Civil wars
• Non-state armed organizations
• Fragmentation and cohesion
• Counterinsurgency
• Ethnography
• Qualitative methods

Publications

Refereed publications

Shesterinina, A; Álvarez-Vanegas, E; van den Berg, S; Ketola, H; Rouhana, R. Working Title: Civil War as a Social Process: Actors and Dynamics in Colombia, Lebanon, Nepal, and South Sudan. Cornell University Press (Book Proposal Under Review).

Marín, I., Álvarez-Vanegas, E., (2019). "Securing Participation and Protection in Peace Agreements: The Case of Colombia," in Davies, S., True, J. The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security. London: Oxford University Press.

Recent Nonrefered Publications

Álvarez-Vanegas, E., (2023). Life histories and the ordinary: examining fragmentation and counterinsurgency through lived experiences. Civil War Paths Notes from the Field Blog. March 2023.

Álvarez Vanegas, E., et al. (2021). Las caras de las disidencias: cinco años de incertidumbre y evolución. Bogotá: Conflict Responses Foundation (CORE).

Álvarez Vanegas, E., et.al, (2018). Trayectorias y dinámicas territoriales de las FARC: un problema en auge. Bogotá: Fundación Ideas para la Paz.