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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

I am Associate Professor in International Relations, director of the MA in International Relations and Director of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies at Liverpool Hope University. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Recognition Reference PR095974). I hold a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester (Manchester, UK), an MA in Politics from Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia) a PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Liverpool Hope University and a BA in Communication Studies from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia). 


My broad academic experience in Spanish and English-speaking environments dates back to 1997, first as a research assistant (1997-2000) and full-time lecturer (2001-2013) in Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and, since 2013, a full-time lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, teaching Communication (2013), and Politics and International Relations (2014-present) at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as supervising dissertations. During my time at Liverpool Hope University, I have been the director of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, the MA in International Relations, Peace Studies, and the MA in Politics and International Relations. I am currently in the Advisory Board of the Conflict Research Society (University of Kent), external examiner for the University of Leeds ISC, International Year One, member of the Editorial Committee and reviewer for the Colombian Journal 'Estudios Poli­ticos' (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia) and 'Signo y Pensamiento' (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia), and I have been reviewer for British and Colombian Journals including Peacebuilding, Media, War and Conflict, Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales, Estudios Politicos, Palabra Clave, Signo y Pensamiento, Papel Politico, and Anagramas.

My research, pursued independently or as part of a team, has focused strongly on socially relevant projects in partnership with the public and the third sector. I worked first as a research assistant in political communication projects sponsored by institutions including Universidad Javeriana, the Ministry of Communications, Fundacion Social and the Instituto Colombiano de Altos Estudios ICAE (1997-1999). Subsequently, I was a researcher for projects sponsored by Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, the Inter-American Dialogue, the Gabo Foundation and the British Embassy, and Liverpool Hope University. My research interests focus on the area of political communication including relationships between states, civil society and media in the context of conflict and peacebuilding, and communication and international relations with emphasis on Latin American Politics. So far, I have published four books, as well as book chapters and articles in English and Spanish on on the impact of event driven news in the projection of US foreign policy in Colombia, the use of media by civil society organizations to foster democracy and human rights in Colombia and Latin America, the relationships between political and media systems, political and media debates regarding transitional justice in Colombia, and international cooperation, mediated diplomacy and peacebuilding in Colombia.

My research has translated into public engagement regarding the role of media in conflict, peacebuilding and transitional justice in Colombia with journalists, decision-makers an academic community; the role of civil society organizations and media outlets in the promotion of democracy and human rights in Latin America with civil society organizations and media outlets; and the role of countries and international organizations in peacebuilding in Colombia with decisionmakers and academic community through participation in events organized by Universities, organizations such as PNUD or the Association of Commonwealth Universities Peace and Reconciliation Network, journalistic organizations in Colombia such as CdR, Gabo Foundation and Media for Peace, the public sector in Colombia and the Colombian Embassy in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.


Selected publications

Books

Montoya Londono, C. (2023) Shaping Peacebuilding in Colombia. International Frames and Spatial Transformation. Bristol University Press

Vallejo Mejia, M. , Montoya Londono, C. (2017). Los cercos del debate sobre restitucion de tierras (The boundaries of the debate on land restitution). Bogota: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.  

Montoya Londono, C. (2011). Framing event-driven news. The promotion of the US agenda in the Colombian armed conflict. Coleccion Investigaciones en Comunicacion, Editorial Javeriana, Bogota, D.C.  

Montoya Londono, C. (2010). Alianzas entre medios de comunicacion y organizaciones de la sociedad Civil: Balances y propuestas para fortalecer la democracia y los derechos humanos en America Latina (Alliances between media and civil society organisations to strengthen democracy and human rights in Latin America), Coleccion de cuadernos PEP, Editorial Javeriana, Bogota, D.C.  


Articles
Montoya Londono, C. (2020) United States and European Union Online Media Diplomacy in Colombia: Mixed Messages in the Promotion of a Fragile Peace. Latin American Policy,20 May  https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.12179

Montoya Londono, C., Vallejo Mejia, M. (2017) Development vs peace? The role of media in the Law of Victims and Land Restitution in Colombia. Media, War & Conflict, Volume: 11 issue: 3, page(s): 336-357, May 25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635217710677 

Montoya Londono, C., Vallejo Meji­a, M.  (2016) The law of victims and land restitution in Colombia: Public debates and global agendas, Latin American Policy, 7(1), June 2016, pp.80-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.12093

Vallejo Mejia, M., Montoya Londono, C. (2015)  Ley de victimas y restitucion de tierras en Colombia: Encuadres retoricos sembrados de metaforas (Law of victims and land restitution in Colombia: rhetorical framing and growing metaphors), Analisis Politico, 84, IEPRI, May - August 2015, pp.23-38. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15446/anpol.v28n84.54637

Vallejo Mejia, M., Montoya Londono, C. (2014) Movimiento de tierra en la prensa nacional (Movement of  land in the national press), Revista Javeriana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, February, pp. 8-19.  http://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/716/

Montoya Londono, C. (2013) Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y sus producciones en radio e internet: Fortaleciendo agendas para la democracia y los derechos humanos en Colombia (Civil society organisations and their productions in radio and internet: Strengthening democracy and human rights in Colombia), Palabra Clave, Vol 16, no. 2, August 2013, pp. 282-312. Available at:http://palabraclave.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/palabraclave/article/ view/2920/3185

Montoya Londono, C. (2009) Medios de comunicacion y organizaciones de la sociedad civil: Fortaleciendo alianzas para la democracia y los derechos humanos en America Latina (Media and civil society organisations: Strengthening alliances for democracy and human rights in Latin America). Revista Signo y Pensamiento No. 55, Vol. XXVIII, julio-diciembre 2009, pp. 164-188. Available at: http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/860/86020246012.pdf

Bonilla Velez, J.I., Montoya Londono, C. (2003) Periodistas, poli­ticos y guerreros: Tres hipotesis sobre la visibilidad mediatica en el conflicto colombiano (Journalists, politicians and warriors: Three hypotheses on media visibility in the Colombian conflict). Revista de Estudios Sociales, 16, pp. 70-81. Available at: http://www.redalyc.org/html/815/81501607/

Chapters
Montoya Londono, C. and Bonilla Velez, J.I. (forthcoming) ‘Siege and resistance: media, journalism, and democracy in Colombia’, in: Mabweazara, H. and Pearson, B. (Eds) Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Power and Resistance. Palgrave.Montoya Londono, C. (2014) In search of a model for the Colombian system today, in: Guerrero, M.A. and Ramirez, M.M. (eds.) Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America. New York: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business Series, p. 66-81, ISBN 978-1-137-27329-1. http://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9781137409041 

Montoya Londono, C. (2012) Impactos divergentes de hechos de irrupcion: El poder mediatico norteamericano en el conflicto armado colombiano (Differing impacts of event-driven news: US media power in the Colombian armed conflict). In Rico de Sotelo, C. y Roveda, A. (eds.)  Comunicacion y medios en las Americas. Entre la gobernanza y la gobernabilidad, Editorial Javeriana y Orbicom, Bogota, D.C., pp.153-178. Available at:https://www.javeriana.edu.co/unesco/pdf/comunicacionmediosamericas2012.pdf