Geraldine Bustos Zamora
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
- Civil Wars, Political Violence, Latin America
Biography
Geraldine Bustos-Zamora is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Government, University of Essex. Her main research focuses on ideology in civil wars, with a focus on rebel groups in Latin America. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative methods in her dissertation she studies ideological positioning and ideological change of Latin American rebel groups, and the interaction between ideology, peace agreements and the use of violence. Geraldine holds two Master degrees, in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and in Political Studies from the National University of Colombia, and undergraduate studies in Political Sciences, from University of La Sabana. She taught and held research positions at the University of La Sabana and National University of Colombia.
Qualifications
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MSc Conflict Studies London School of Economics and Politica Science (LSE) (2021)
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MA Political Studies Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2020)
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BA Political Sciences Universidad de La Sabana (2017)
Research and professional activities
Thesis
Ideology and Use of Violence in Rebel Groups
This research explores the dynamics of rebel groups' ideologies and their impact on violence, peace negotiations, and conflict duration. By introducing the concept of micro-ideologies, subtle ideological variations within groups sharing an ideological family, it analyses the interplay between conflict framing, conflict goals, and normative constraints in multi-actor civil wars.
Supervisor: Han Dorussen , Miranda Simon
