Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal

Doctoral Researcher

Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal is a Doctoral Researcher at the Research Department Intrastate Conflict.

Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal
barrios.sabogal(at)prif.org
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CV

| since 2023
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF

| since 2023
Doctoral Fellow of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)

| 2019–2022
Researcher and University Lecturer, Rosario University

| 2019–2022
Program Director Master's Program Conflict, Memory and Peace, Rosario University

| 2018–2019
Portfolio Assistant to the Country Director, Deutsche Gesell­schaft für Inter­nationale Zusammen­arbeit (GIZ), Bogota

| 2018
Intern, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter­nationale Zusammen­arbeit (GIZ), Global Partner­ship for Drug Policy and Develop­ment (GPDE), Berlin

| 2018
Research Assistant, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt

| 2016–2018
Master's degree in Public Policy with a focus on Conflict Studies and Conflict Manage­ment, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt

| 2014–2015
Intern, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bogo­ta, Colombia

| 2013–2015
Research Assistant, Externado University of Colom­bia, Bogota

| 2013
Junior Consultant, UN Refugee Agency, Bogota

| 2010–2015
Bachelor's Degree in Inter­national Relations, Exter­nado Uni­versity of Colombia, Bogota

Projects

Highlights

Gender in Peacebuilding

Excerpt of the brochure. Concept: Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal, Isabella Pineda Hidalgo. Coordination: Andra Valdelamar, Laura Vargas. Design: Andrés Rodríguez P. Brochure for dialog between research and the local population

Publications

  • From Cantonments to Settlements
    | 2024
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2024): From Cantonments to Settlements. Lessons for Reintegration of Former Combatants from the Colombian Peace Process, International Peacekeeping. DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2024.2391765
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  • Dynamics of peace or legacy of rebel governance? Patterns of cooperation between FARC-ex-combatants and conflict-affected communities in Colombia
    | 2022
    Richter, Solveig; Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2022): Dynamics of peace or legacy of rebel governance? Patterns of cooperation between FARC-ex-combatants and conflict-affected communities in Colombia, Small Wars & Insurgencies. DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2022.2117824
  • Beyond victimization: agency of former female FARC-EP combatants in Colombia
    | 2020
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2020): Beyond victimization: agency of former female FARC-EP combatants in Colombia, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 10, 83–101. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-020-00054-w
  • Las Farianas: Reintegration of former female FARC fighters as a driver for peace in Colombia
    | 2019
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Richter, Solveig (2019): Las Farianas: Reintegration of former female FARC fighters as a driver for peace in Colombia, Cuadernos de Economía, 38: 78, 753–784. DOI: 10.15446/cuad.econ.v38n78.73540
  • Mujeres legisladoras (2014-2018): enfrentando los argumentos que impiden la efectiva participación política femenina en Colombia
    | 2015
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2015): Mujeres legisladoras (2014-2018): enfrentando los argumentos que impiden la efectiva participación política femenina en Colombia, Revista Zero.
    Publication

  • Possibilities and Improbabilities
    | 2024
    Myrttinen, Henri; Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Maydaa, Charbel (2024): Possibilities and Improbabilities. Reflections on ‘Queering’ Transitional Justice in Colombia and Lebanon/Syria, in: Schulz, Philipp; Hamber, Brandon, Touquet, Heleen (eds), Masculinities and Queer Perspectives in Transitional Justice, New York et al.: Routledge, 228–247. DOI: 10.4324/9781003519522
    Publication
  • Populist Rhetoric in the Peace Process: Defending a Peace without Impunity or Spreading Fear?
    | 2020
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2020): Populist Rhetoric in the Peace Process: Defending a Peace without Impunity or Spreading Fear?, in: Kemmerlin, Achim/Richter, Solveig/Robiatti, Raphael (eds), Populism and a New Age of International Fragility, Erfurt: Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt, 131–144.
    Publication
  • La participación de las mujeres en la competencia electoral legislativa en Colombia
    | 2014
    Batlle, Margarita; Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2014): La participación de las mujeres en la competencia electoral legislativa en Colombia. En Grupo Técnico Mapas de Riesgo Electoral – MOE, Mapas y factores de riesgo electoral Elecciones nacionales 2014, Bogotá: Misión de Observación Electoral, 151–166.

  • Gewalteskalation im Kontext der kolumbianischen Bemühungen um Frieden: Ursachen und Auswirkungen der humanitären Krise in Catatumbo
    | 2025
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Wolff, Jonas (2025): Gewalteskalation im Kontext der kolumbianischen Bemühungen um Frieden: Ursachen und Auswirkungen der humanitären Krise in Catatumbo, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Escalation of Violence amidst Colombia’s Struggle for Peace
    | 2025
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Wolff, Jonas (2025): Escalation of Violence amidst Colombia’s Struggle for Peace. Causes and Implications of Catatumbo’s Humanitarian Crisis, TraCe Policy Brief, 8, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCePB2508
  • Kolumbien: Reformer werden ausgebremst
    | 2024
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Wolff, Jonas (2024): Kolumbien: Reformer werden ausgebremst, welt-sichten.
    Publication
  • Reintegration through Local Interactions: The Colombian Peace Process from the Perspective of Rural Communities
    | 2023
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; López Álvarez, Santiago; Wolff, Jonas (2023): Reintegration through Local Interactions: The Colombian Peace Process from the Perspective of Rural Communities, TraCe Policy Brief, 2, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCePB2302
  • La reconstrucción del tejido social mediante la interacción entre comunidades y excombatientes de las FARC-EP
    | 2023
    López Álvarez, Santiago; Wolff, Jonas; Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila (2023): La reconstrucción del tejido social mediante la interacción entre comunidades y excombatientes de las FARC-EP, CAPAZ Policy Brief 10-2023, Bogotá: Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz – CAPAZ.
    Publication
  • Reintegration durch lokale Interaktion
    | 2023
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; López Álvarez, Santiago; Wolff, Jonas (2023): Reintegration durch lokale Interaktion. Der kolumbianische Friedensprozess aus Sicht ländlicher Gemeinschaften, PRIF Spotlight, 10, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2310
  • Estrategias metodológicas y consideraciones éticas para el trabajo de campo en el contexto del conflicto armado colombiano
    | 2022
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Guglielmucci, Ana (2022): Estrategias metodológicas y consideraciones éticas para el trabajo de campo en el contexto del conflicto armado colombiano, Documento de trabajo, n.º 7: Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz – CAPAZ.
    Publication
  • ¡El nivel local sí hace la diferencia! Patrones de cooperación entre reincorporados de las FARC-EP y comunidades afectadas por el conflicto
    | 2020
    Barrios Sabogal, Laura Camila; Botia Diaz, Johana; Restrepo Correa, Andrés; Richter, Solveig (2020): ¡El nivel local sí hace la diferencia! Patrones de cooperación entre reincorporados de las FARC-EP y comunidades afectadas por el conflicto, Policy Brief, 1-2020.
    Publication

Further Activities

| since 2023
Co-Speaker of PRIF's Postgraduate Colloquium

  • Presentation: “Do women support peace? Challenging roles in local peacebuilding processes in Colombia” at ISA (San Francisco), April 3–6 2024 and LASA (Bogota), June 12–15 2024.