LOUIS MONROY SANTANDER

ADDRESS: AŠIKOVAC 17, 71000 SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

E-MAIL: lfms1979@gmail.com; MOBILE NUMBER: +387 64 42 88 409

Researcher, Academic Writer and Transitional Justice Practitioner

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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DURHAM UNIVERSITY January 2018 – May 2019

Teaching Fellow | Durham, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Teaching post-conflict reconstruction and defence, diplomacy and development
- Mentoring students within two interdisciplinary Masters programmes

POST-CONFLICT RESEARCH CENTER (PCRC) May – October 2016

Research Fellow | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
Key achievements:
- Developing desk-based and field research on the topics of transitional justice, human rights and reconciliation.
- Reporting for PCRC’s journalistic platform Balkan Diskurs
- Coordinating programs within PCRC’s annual art festival – WARM Festival.

CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING June – August 2015

Research Fellow | Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
Key achievements:
- Developing desk-based research focusing on contemporary post-conflict issues around peacebuilding practice in
local settings
- Coordinating day-to-day office operations.

RESPONDING TO CONFLICT February – June 2015

Project Coordinator | Birmingham, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Planning and implementing the Impact Assessment Framework project, including the formulation of the project,
the selection and coordination of a team of four research assistants, the implementation of a qualitative research
and the presentation of findings and development of a final document to both members of the organization as well
as its board of trustees.

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM January 2014 – January 2017

Teaching Assistant | Birmingham, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Teaching war-torn states and post-conflict reconstruction, conflict in developing countries and critical approaches
to development.
GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT October – November 2013
RESEARCH CENTRE (GSDRC) February – October 2012
Research Assistant | Birmingham, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Planning and implementing a research project titled “Colombia’s peace processes and experience with
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration”.
- Assisting with research projects for the International Development Department and supporting two specific
projects: a) analysis of contemporary state-building practices in post-conflict environments and b) analysis of
implementation of youth policies in Africa.

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN SCHOOL January – September 2013

Head of Humanities | Cajicá, Colombia
Key achievements:
- Coordinating and managing the work of a group of five teachers
- Teaching world history, politics and government for secondary school students (ages 12 to 18).

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA January 2012 – January 2013

Lecturer in American Studies | Bogotá, Colombia
Key achievements:
- Teaching American studies and examining American history, society, and culture.

FURZE PLATT SENIOR SCHOOL July 2009 – August 2010

Teacher of modern foreign languages | Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Spanish teacher teaching at Key Stage 3, 4, and 5,
- Working as a mentor in school and involved in the ICT development programme of the school.

HILLVIEW SCHOOL FOR GIRLS September 2008 – July 2009

Teacher of modern foreign languages | Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Spanish teacher teaching at Key Stage 3, 4, and 5
- Working as a group mentor in school.

OMBUDSMAN OFFICE OF THE CITY OF BOGOTÁ July – September 2002

Human rights trainer | Bogotá, Colombia
Key achievements:
- Developing workshops in Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
- Providing training to districts schools in Bogotá, Colombia.

HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM OF THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE June 2001 – June 2002
OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
Human rights consultant | Bogotá, Colombia
Key achievements:
- Supporting the office in the development of the government’s response to human rights allegations.
- Liaising with the Interamerican Commission for Human Rights in regards to human rights cases.
 EDUCATION
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UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, United Kingdom
PhD in International Development • 2014 – 2018
Thesis title: The state-building-reconciliation nexus: a critical observation of peacebuilding in Bosnia-
Herzegovina.

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, United Kingdom
MA in Social Research • 2013 – 2014
Dissertation title: Mapping reconciliation: looking at Bosnia’s peacebuilding

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, United Kingdom
MSC in International Development (Conflict, security and development) • 2011 – 2012
Dissertation title: Kosovo’s peace-building: the effects of liberal state-building on ethnic reconciliation

CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE TRAINING - BRITISH COUNCIL

United Kingdom
UK Qualified Teacher Status • 2008 – 2009

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA

Bogotá, Colombia
Postgraduate Diploma in Human rights within the Interamerican System • 2002

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA

Bogotá, Colombia
BA in Political Science and International Affairs • 1997 – 2002

PUBLICATIONS
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PEER-REVIEWED

(2018) Bosnia and Herzegovina: The challenges and complexities of transitional justice, in Truth, justice and
reconciliation in Colombia. Transitioning from violence. Diaz Pabón F (ed). Routledge.
(2017) Bridging the gaps between transitional justice, peace and international law. Review essay in Journal
of Intervention and Statebuilding 17 (2), pp. 261-267
(2016) Reconciliation: a critical approach to peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In Peace, conflict and
development: an interdisciplinary journal 22, June edition.
(2015) Mapping reconciliation: looking at Bosnia’s peacebuilding. In New Birmingham Review: Dissertation
Special edition.

JOURNALISTIC/OUTREACH

(2018) Tensions rise between Colombia, US and Venezuela amid rumors of a military intervention. The
Conversation. https://theconversation.com/tensions-rise-between-colombia-us-and-venezuela-amid-rumours-of-a-
military-intervention-104340
(2018) Colombia’s troubled peace process and the lessons of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Article written with Dr
Stefanie Kappler. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/colombias-troubled-peace-process-and-the-
lessons-of-bosnia-herzegovina-98423
(2016) Radicalisation in Bosnia: old wounds reopened by an emerging problem. The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/radicalisation-in-bosnia-old-wounds-reopened-by-an-emerging-problem-63534
(2016) Truth-telling in Bosnia-Herzegovina: the RECOM initiative. AVANGARDA.
http://avangarda.ba/detaljno.php?id=105
(2016) Baghdad, Chronicle of an immured city. Warm Foundation.
http://www.warmfoundation.org/news/baghdad-chronicle-of-an-immured-city-louis-monroy-santander-balkan-
diskurs
(2015) Scientists at work: tracing the path to peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/scientists-at-work-tracing-the-path-to-peace-in-bosnia-herzegovina-46181
(2015) International Court upholds Srebrenica massacre verdicts. The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/international-court-upholds-srebrenica-massacre-verdicts-37003

LANGUAGES
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Native English and Spanish speaker. Familiar [A2 level] with Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian language.