Introduction
Dr Carrillo Lerma is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies (CERI) and a Lecturer at Sciences Po - Paris. Her research interests and expertise touch upon diaspora politics, memory politics/politics of memory, social transformation, conflict transformation, and participatory research methodologies. From 2017 to 2019, Dr Carrillo Lerma served as Project Officer at the UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet). She has also worked at Eugene Lang College – The New School for Liberal Arts, UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector, the UN Department of Public Information (UN Photo Library) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Dr Carrillo Lerma has multidisciplinary academic training which has enriched her methodological approach to social science research. She holds a PhD in Historical Studies and Politics (NSSR, 2017) and PhD in Political Science (Sciences Po, 2016), an MPhil in Comparative Politics and an MA in Historical Studies from The New School for Social Research, an MSc in International Affairs from Sciences Po, Paris, and a BA in History (with a minor in Sociology) from the Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia).
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Expert
Julia Carrillo Lerma (Colombia/Ecuador) is an expert in qualititative methods to the study of migration, critical discourse and policy analysis, and diaspora engagement policies. She obtained her PhD from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris – Sciences Po and The New School for Social Research. Her dissertation, entitled: « Diaspora » colombienne: vivre le conflit, construire la paix, réécrire la mémoire/A Colombian ‘Diaspora’: From Living and Leaving a Conflict to Engaging in Peace-building and the Rewriting of Social Memories of Violence approached contemporary Colombian migration through the concept of ‘conflict-generated diaspora’ – looking at how the inclusion of migrants and their narratives into the country’s official history touches upon issues of memory of political violence, as well as determine their possible roles as actors in conflict transformation.
Fields of expertise: Migration, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy design and delivery, Social change / social transformations, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation, Social policy, Strategic planning