International Review Board


Geoffrey Pleyers Ph.D., University of Leuven, Belgium.
Research lines: social movements, globalization, ecology, global sociology, religion
Marco Méndez Ph.D., National University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica.
Research lines: international policy; strategic and security studies; diplomacy
Karina Mouzo Ph.D., Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research lines: crime and society, security, human rights, public policies
Cristián Doña-Reveco Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha, U.S.
Research lines: international migrations in the Americas; immigration intent and decisions; state-emigrants relationship; immigrant incorporation processes
Ana J. Bengoa Ph.D., University of Valparaíso, Chile.
Research lines: political theory and gender, social sciences and humanities
Gracia M. Imberton Ph.D., Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico.
Research lines: Anthropology of tourism; anthropology of power; anthropology of suicide and diseases
Guillem Colom Ph.D., Pablo de Olavide University, Spain.
Research lines: defense policies, strategic issues, military affairs, cyberdefense, military innovation
Carlos Brito Ph.D., Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Research lines: trafficking in human beings; criminal organizations and groups; drug policy and criminal law; human rights; Venezuela; Criminal law, criminal activities, and future reforms
Nicolás Alvarez M.SC., Center for Higher National Studies, Ministry of Defense, Uruguay.
Research lines: Democratization of Intelligence Services; Drug Control Strategies
Lester Cabrera Ph.D., Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas (ESPE), Ecuador.
Research lines: geopolitics; security, strategic studies
Iván Poczynok Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research lines: military-civil relations, defense policies, national intelligence
Carolina Sancho Ph.D., Autonomous University of Chile, Chile.
Research lines: public intelligence policy; public cybersecurity policy; public defense and security policy; transnational organized crime; interagency coordination on security issues; role of the armed forces and the police in defense and security
Ainhoa Vásquez Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Research lines: drug trafficking; feminicide; cultural studies
Nelly E. Reséndiz Ph.D.(c), National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Research lines: analysis of violence; violence in Mexico and Central America; violence and gangs in Central America; women and instrumentalization of violence
Daniel Sansó-Rubert Ph.D., Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain.
Research lines: security; defending; intelligence
Laura Loeza Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Research lines: civil organizations; human rights; violence and public safety; networks of social actors; public identities
María Eva Muzzopappa Ph.D., National University of Río Negro, Argentina.
Research lines: political anthropology; intelligence files; historical conceptualizations around the notions of order, control, security, and defense; democratic security
Rut Diamint Ph.D., University Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina.
Research lines: defense; security; foreign relations of Latin America and the Caribbean
Liudmila Morales Alfonso Ph.D.(c), University of Salamanca, Spain.
Research lines: gender, power and violence, civil society and migration
Juan Antonio Rodríguez Ph.D., University of the Andes, Venezuela.
Research lines: juvenile delinquency; cyber criminology; quantitative methods in criminology; fear of crime; criminological theories
Viviana García Pinzón Ph.D.(c), University of Marburg, Germany.
Research lines: urban violence; non-state armed actors and governance; borders and security; drugs and security policy
Jenny Torres Olmedo Ph.D., National Polytechnic School, Ecuador.
Research lines: computer security
Tania Rodríguez Morales Ph.D., Santo Tomás University, Colombia.
Research lines: security and peace; conflicts and democracy
Alma Trejo Peña Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Research lines: international migrations; border security; surveillance and control
Juan Carlos Sandoval Ph.D.,University of Alicante, Spain.
Research lines: crimes against the constitution; criminal policy of public order; constitutional limits of military criminal legislation; relations and limits of criminal law and the right of exception
Alice Martini Ph.D., Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy.
Research lines: critical terrorism studies; critical security studies
Evelyn Louyse Godoy Postigo Ph.D., Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
Research lines: Urban sociology; Favelas not Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
Pedro Díaz Ph.D., Austral University, Chile.
Research lines: international law; Arab-Israeli conflict; international security
Freddy Crespo Ph.D., University of the Andes, Venezuela.
Research lines: violence; imprisonment; fear of crime; prison subculture
Rita Gradaílle Pernas Ph.D, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Research lines: pedagogy-social education; socio-educational policies and human rights; community development; educational times and leisure times; education and social vulnerability; gender and equity
Alejandro Romero Miranda M.Sc., La República University, Chile.
Research lines: juvenile delinquency; prison subculture; prison systems; citizen detentions
Sergio Gabriel Eissa Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research lines: defense; security; international security
Luis Ignacio García Sigman Ph.D., Belgrano University, Argentina.
Research lines: illicit drug markets; drug policy; organized crime
Luiz Coimbra Ph.D.(c), Organization of American States (OAS), United States.
Research lines: violence in Latin America; organized crime
Beverly Estela Castillo Herrera Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.
Research lines: Poverty and social programs
Sergio Salazar Araya Ph.D., Costa Rica University.
Research lines: democratization processes in Central America; citizen security policies; youth gangs in Central America; Central American migration in transit; disappearance and search for missing migrants
Mariana Albuquerque Dantas Ph.D., Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Research lines: Indigenous peoples; formation of national states in the 19th century; ethnic identities; Brazilian history
Johan Avendaño Arias Ph.D., National University of Colombia.
Research lines: urban-regional dynamics; land use planning and development; mapping; crime 
Roberta Camineiro Baggio Ph.D., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Research lines: constitutional law in Latin America
María Eugenia Suárez de Garay Ph.D., University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Research lines: gender studies; violence against women; safe cities for women; police studies; citizen security; delinquency
Valeria Guarneros Meza Ph.D., De Montfort University, United Kingdom.
Research lines: local governance; securitization; citizen participation
Moisés Garduño García Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Research lines: conflict dynamics in the Middle East; social movements in the global south; State and society in Iran
Adrián Raúl Restrepo Parra Ph.D., University of Antioquia, Colombia
Research lines: Governance; Sources of Wealth and Territories
Christopher Birkbeck Ph.D., University of Wales, United Kingdom.
Research lines: criminology.
Víctor Brangier Peñailillo Ph.D., Bernardo O´Higgins University, Chile. 
Research lines: History of Justice; formalization of agricultural property rights; Ius-Historiography of land ownership; social networks in a rural context: Latin America, 19th century
Emilse Eliana Calderón Ph.D., National University of Rosario, Argentina. 
Research lines: international security in Latin America; Argentine defense policy and its link with foreign policy.
Santiago Lujan Cunial Ph.D.(c), University of Pennsylvania, United States. 
Research lines: energy transitions, health policies.
Angela Toso Milos Ph.D., Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile. 
Research lines: prevention of money laundering, international trade, regulatory compliance, and management of legal risks in the company, land, and air transport.
Silvano De la Torre Barba Ph.D., University of Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Research lines: fiscal, legal, and accounting foundations in business; administration, and direction in organizations.
Claudia Torres Rodríguez Ph.D., University of Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Research lines: education and law.
Oscar Rodríguez Chávez Ph.D., El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico. 
Research lines: internal and international migration, violence and insecurity, forced displacement.
Paloma González del Miño Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. 
Research lines: foreign policy in the Maghreb and the Middle East, US and Russian policy in the Maghreb and the Middle East, international security, migrations in the Mediterranean, failed states, case studies (Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Iran).
Sandra Colombo Ph.D., Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN), Argentina. 
Research lines: foreign policy and international politics.
Fernando Gil Villa Ph.D., Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
Research lines: sociology of deviance, sociology of health, sociology of education and culture
Mauricio Manchado Ph.D., Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina.
Research lines: prisons, management and construction of prison order
Miguel Medina Abellán Ph.D., Universidad Abat Oliba – Centro de Estudios Universitarios, Spain.
Research lines: geopolitics, hydro-politics, foreign policy of the European Union, diplomacy, Euro-Mediterranean space, common global spaces, Arctic and Antarctic
William H. Godnick Ph. D., Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies William J. Perry/National Defense University, United States
Research lines: security, defense and governance in the western hemisphere, national security strategy, human rights, rule of rights, illicit arms trafficking, privatization of security, use of social media by security and defense institutions
Dhyana Stephania Serrano Suárez Ph.D.(c), Universidad de León, Spain
Research lines: gender violence, crimes of omission, female criminality, transitional justice, trafficking in human beings and poverty and criminal law
Víctor M. Martín Solbes Ph.D., Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Research lines: social education, social pedagogy, education in closed environments, culture of peace, violence in socio-educational environments
Edgar Ortiz Arellano Ph.D., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Research lines: policies of national security, terrorism, theory of war, biopolitics and surveillance
Ángela Iranzo Dosdad Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Research lines: IR Theory; migration, Diasporas and Peace Geographies; the Migration-Security Nexus from the Politics of Mobility; Human Trafficking; Religions, Spiritualities and Post-secular Political Practices
Rosa María Marcuzzi Ph.D., Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina
Research lines:Government Parties in Latin American Presidentialism
Kenia María Ramírez Meda Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico
Research lines: Trans-Pacific Relationships; Migratory Movements with Special Emphasis on the Northern Border of Mexico; Migratory Integration in Northwestern Mexico
  Lenny Liz-Rivas Ph.D., Universidad Nebrija, Spain
Research lines: Analysis and resolution of conflicts; psychological perspectives on aggression; violence and conflict
  Karen Isabel Manzano Iturra Ph.D., Universidad San Sebastián, Chile
Research lines: Geopolitics; Natural resources; International relations; History
  Teresa de Jesús Portador García Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Mexico
Research lines: human security; Latin American studies; diplomacy; migration; climate change; culture and power
  Gonzalo Basile Ph.D., Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Dominican Republic headquarters
Research lines: epidemiology in emergencies and disasters; migrations and border health; International health; Health systems and policies
  Laura Glanc Ph.D., Instituto Universitario de Gendarmería Nacional (IUGNA), Argentina
Research lines: citizen security; gender and human rights
  Éric Lair Ph.D., Uniminuto, Colombia 
Research lines: armed conflicts; massive violence; terrorism; criminality; peace
  Alejandro Frenkel Ph.D., Universidad Nacional de San Martín – CONICET, Argentina
Research lines: security and regionalism; militarization; foreign policy; constructivism
  Sandra Kanety Zavaleta Hernández Ph.D., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
Research lines: International security; Human security; human development; critical perspectives of development
  Sergio Peña Medina Ph.D., El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico
Research lines: borders; urban and regional planning; economic development
  Giuliano Bifolchi Ph.D., SpecialEurasia
Research lines: Islam and terrorism in the post-Soviet space; geopolitics and security in Afghanistan and Central Asia
  Rubén Laufer Ph.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research lines: People's Republic of China, recent history; relations of Argentina and Latin America with the People's Republic of China
  Santiago Galar Ph.D, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET, Argentina
Research lines: public problematization of insecurity and crime; police and security forces
  Angélica Rosas Huerta Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico
Research lines: management and public policies, with emphasis on environment
Valery N. Konyshev Ph.D, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
Research lines: international security; cooperation and security in the Arctic; hybrid warfare; military strategy; Russian-American relations; international relations theory
María José Castaño Ph.D, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain
Research lines: human rights; international migration: development cooperation; human trafficking and trafficking; asylum and refuge
Patricia Britos Ph.D, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
Research lines: human rights; theory of justice; gender; sexual violence in conflicts; human trafficking
Vasily K. Belozerov Ph.D, Universidad Estatal Lingüística de Moscú, Russia
Research lines: political doctrines and strategies; security and defense policy; military force in politics; political analysis and consultancy; classics Russian military; Clausewitz estate
Miguel Ángel Esteban Navarro Ph.D, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Research lines: strategic communication; intelligence studies; competitive intelligence; disinformation
Antonio Muñoz Cañavate Ph.D, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
Research lines: competitive intelligence
Daniel Ortega Ortigoza Ph.D, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
Research lines: child-to-parent violence; child and adolescent protection system; residential foster care; domestic violence; juvenile justice; children's rights; youth violence
Loreta Tellería Escobar Ph.D, Observatorio de Democracia y Seguridad, Bolivia
Research lines: security; defending; militarism; relations Latin America and the United States
Juan Antonio Del Monte Madrigal Ph.D, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico
Research lines: cross-border mobilities; violence and precariousness; studies
cultural
María José Galvis Doménech Ph.D, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Research lines: criminal profiles; serial killers; multiple murderers; terrorists (specifically, jihadist terrorism); and domestic violence
Alberto Pintado Alcázar Ph.D, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Research lines: criminology; violent crime (serial killers; sex offenders; serial rapists); penitentiary law; juvenile delinquency; criminal liability of people with ADHD
Jonatan Badillo Reguera Ph.D, Universidad La Salle-Condesa, Mexico
Research lines: comparative regionalism; economic integration; economic development theories; global value chains
Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba Ph.D, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Research lines: national power; international geostructure; hegemonic interregnum; foreign policy of Latin America; World Power Index
Bárbara Sordi Stock Ph.D., Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Research lines: gender, criminal justice and prison system
Virginia Arango Durling Ph.D., Universidad de Panama, Panama
Research lines: criminal law; human rights; computer crime; digital violence; penal dogmatics
Gisela Pereyra Doval Ph.D., CONICET-UNR, Argentina
Research lines: international relations; foreign policy; Argentina; Brazil; regional integration; radical right; populism

Consejo Técnico (Technical Board)

Gabriela Ríos M.Sc., Higher Polytechnic School of the Litoral, Ecuador.