Courses designed and taught to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Oxford:
International Relations, Conflict, Crime and Security Studies:
- Transnational Organised Crime and Global Security
- New Security Threats in Urban Spaces
- Transnational Organised Crime
- Global Institutional Design
- International Relations
Regional Focus Latin America:
- Conflict in Latin America
- Citizen Security, Crime and Democracy in Latin America
- Drug Trafficking in the Americas
- The Relations between South American Military Regimes and the United States
Workshops, trainings and executive courses designed and facilitated:
- UN System Staff College Course “Analysing and Understanding Non-state Armed Groups“, including sessions on “The Evolution of Armed Conflict” and “The Political Economy of Non-state Armed Groups”, course co-designed and co-facilitated (Amman, Jordan, May 2016; Nairobi, Kenya, October 2016; Cairo, Egypt, March 2017; Amman, Jordan, August 2017)
- Participants: UN staff, civil servants
- Educational Course “Towards Sustainable Peace in Colombia and the World: A Critical Perspective on Army Transformation“, course designed and facilitated (Changing Character of War Programme, Bogotá, Colombia, and online course), August and November 2016
Participants: senior military personnel
- Executive Leadership Course “The Changing Character of Armed Conflict. Understand, Plan Act”, course designed and facilitated (Changing Character of War Programme, Oxford, UK), June 2016
Participants: academics, diplomats, policymakers, senior military personnel
- Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in New Contexts, coordinator and co-facilitator (Oxford Network of Peace Studies, Oxford UK), March 2015
Participants: diplomats, policymakers, academics, students
- Transnational Organised Crime in Fragile Contexts, co-facilitator (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, University of Heidelberg, Germany), October 2014
Participants: students
- Peacebuilding Leadership in Local Communities (Anglican Alliance, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Programme, Coventry, UK), July 2012
Participants: civil society leaders from developing countries
Fieldwork methodology seminars and courses designed and delivered (selected list):
- “Ethnographic methods and approaches”, Area Studies for Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, 2017
- “Doing Field Research: Personal, Methodological and Ethical Challenges”, University of Oxford, St Antony’s College, 2016
- “Fieldwork in Conflict Zones”, University of Oxford, Nuffield College, 2016
- “Fieldwork in Hot Places: Personal and Methodological Challenges for Female Researchers”, University of Leeds, School of Politics & International Studies, 2014
- “Surviving Fieldwork: Personal Challenges in the Field”. University of Oxford, Oxford Department of International Development, 2013
- “Methodological Challenges of Fieldwork in Hot Places”, FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador, 2012
Supervision:
I am happy to supervise students whose research interests overlap with mine. My ongoing and past supervision includes:
- DPhil (Doctorate) in International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (starting 2017)
- MPhil in Development Studies, Department of International Development, University of Oxford
- MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy, Department of International Development, University of Oxford
- MSt in Diplomatic Studies, Department of Continued Education, University of Oxford
- Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies, Foreign Service Programme, University of Oxford
- Visiting Research Fellowship Scheme, Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford