Dr Angelika Rettberg
Universidad de los Andes
Angelika Rettberg is a professor in the Political Science Department at Universidad de los Andes and a Co-Director of the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub. Her research focuses on several aspects of the political economy of armed conflict and peacebuilding, such as the relationship between legal resources, armed conflict, and crime, the dynamics of transitional justice and reconciliation, and business behaviour in contexts of armed conflict and peacebuilding. On the GJS Hub, Angelika is pursuing a project on the relationship between reconciliation and development, with an initial focus on Colombia. She is part of the seven member committee overseeing the implementation of the Colombian Truth Commission’s recommendations.
Areas of interest
Political economy of transitional justice; resources, armed conflict, and peacebuilding; private sector, armed conflict, and peacebuilding; peace processesPublications
- “Colombia in 2019: The Paradox of Plenty”, Revista de Ciencia Política 40(2) (2020): 1-24
- Angelika Rettberg, “Violencia en América Latina hoy: manifestaciones e impactos”, Revista de Estudios Sociales 73 (2020) 2-17
- “Peace-Making Amidst an Unfinished Social Contract: The Case of Colombia”, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 13(3) (2019)
- “Colombia’s Farewell to Civil War: Reaching Closure in a Divided Society”, in How Negotiations End: Negotiating Behavior in the Endgame, ed. William Zartman (Cambridge University Press, 2019): 62 – 82
- “Reconciliation: A Comprehensive Framework for Empirical Analysis”, Security Dialogue, 47 (6) (2016,): 517 – 540