Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

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Research group

Spanish

Conflict, Violence, and Human Security

Academic Unit: Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

833 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Social sciences

Subarea

Political science

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Strategic Focus

Conflictos, Violencias y Seguridad Humana (Conflict, Violence, and Human Security) is a research group that creates intervention and research projects in which both academic and community interests converge. Thus, the group seeks to make an interdisciplinary contribution to the production of knowledge on conflict, violence, and human security.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Human Security Observatory.
Security and human rights.
Conflict, Peace, and Human Rights.
Critical studies on security.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Julián Andrés Muñoz Tejada, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Social Sciences.

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Coordinator's Email

julian.munozt@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

conflictosyviolencias@gmail.com

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

The group has worked together with organizations such as IPC and the Ombudsman's Office of Medellin. Internationally, the group collaborates with IDRC (Canada) and the London School of Economics (United Kingdom). Additionally, it is important to highlight the continuous participation of social and community organizations in the processes of research and co-production of knowledge that have been carried out in the “Medellin Human Security Observatory” line of research.

Highlighted Projects

Voices and community initiatives for the construction of safe spaces in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dynamics of economic insecurity affecting the social, political and territorial order in districts of Medellin.
Discursive productions about enmity in Colombian armed conflict between 1998 and 2012.
Analysis of the security public policies implemented by the Mayor’s Office of Medellin (2012 - 2013) 2013/5 - 2013/12.
Methodologies for the construction of community safety guidelines in Medellin.
War Dynamics and Construction of Peace. The case of District 13, Medellin, 2000–2003.

Key Research Findings

First monitoring report: Human Security of Communities in Times of COVID-19.
Connections: Safe Spaces for Women and Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean (Book).
Political uses of the concept of human security. El caso del Observatorio de Seguridad Humana de Medellín (OSHM) (The case of the Medellin Human Security Observatory (OSHM): 2008-2016 (2014-2019) (Doctoral thesis).
Extortion in Medellin as a Phenomenon Related to Social Order, Political Power and Territorial Control (Book).