Externe Doktorand:innen

Sandra Zapata, PhD. ist Research Fellow am Lehrstuhl für International Business and Society Relations mit Schwerpunkt Lateinamerika. Sie hat einen Doktortitel in Sozialwissenschaften mit Schwerpunkt auf Internationale Beziehungen von der Universität Salamanca, einen Master in Internationaler Entwicklungspolitik von der Seoul National University in Südkorea und einen Master in internationalen Beziehungen und Zusammenarbeit von FLACSO Ecuador.

• Erfahrung in interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit bei wissenschaftlichen Forschungsanträgen, Zeitschriften und Konferenzen.
• Mehrsprachig (sechs Sprachen) mit internationalem und interkulturellem Hintergrund.
• Mehr als zehn Jahre Berufserfahrung im öffentlichen Sektor, in internationalen Organisationen und im akademischen Bereich.

• Internationalen Beziehungen und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit – Süd-Süd-Kooperation
• Außenpolitik der Andenländer gegenüber den USA und China
• Regionale Integration in Europa und Lateinamerika

Artikel und Beiträge:

• Elections in Ecuador: An Emerging Alternative beyond the Left–Right Antagonism. GIGA Focus Latin America. Number 2. April 2021. ISSN 1862-3573. Coauthored with Zapata, X. and Zarria, S. German version: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikationen/24261673-elections-ecuador-emerging-alternative-beyond-left-right-antagonism/. English version: https://pure.giga-hamburg.de/ws/files/24261745/web_LA_2021_02_en.pdf
• Latin American Foreign Policy before the Hegemony of the United States and China’s Emerging Power. Colombia Internacional. Number 104. October 2020. p63-93. Coauthored with Martinez, A. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint104.2020.03

Bücher:

• Zapata, Sandra (2021). South-South Cooperation in Latin America in the XXI century: New challenges in a convulsive international scenario. (Forthcoming 2021).

Die vollständige Liste der Publikationen und das Forschungsprofil als Anhang.

The reconfiguration of the EU presence in Latin America. Jean Monnet Project funded by the European Union 2020-2022

Role: researcher and member of the organizing team

Web site: https://www.euinlac.eu/team/

The Jean Monnet project “The Reconfiguration of the EU presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (EUinLAC)” analyses EU-LAC relations in a challenging and fast-changing global scenario. This includes COVID-19, BREXIT, a new EU Commission and a new US administration, the rise of China and other emerging powers, and the role of Germany. The project responds to three needs:

1. to boost teaching on the EU and its values against rising scepticism.
2. to raise awareness of the EU actual presence and action in Latin America.
3. to strengthen links between European and LAC civil societies, including expat communities.

The truly interdisciplinary and international team will address two crucial aspects of EU-LAC relations: the role and foreign policy of key actors in the EU and LAC with the capacity of driving biregional relations, and topical and innovative issues on the bi-continental agenda for a greener, more inclusive and prosperous future.

Comparative Foreign Policies in Latin America. Project in cooperation with FLACSO Ecuador.

Role: researcher

“Internationale Entwicklungen im 21. Jahrhundert – Wo steht Lateinamerika in der Weltpolitik?“

Bilinguales Lehrprojekt in deutscher und spanischer Sprache in Kooperation mit der Virtuellen Hochschule Bayern (VHB)

Role: Video contribution about “Overview of human development in Latin America”

The Political Economy of Development: The Case of Ecuador.

This class* focuses on Ecuador, the South American and Andean country. It examines the political economy of the country’s development, focusing on three central ideas that have marked its path throughout history: the development models, the conflictive relations between the State and social actors, and the impact of globalization on the periphery. The analytical reflection of this case study allows us to understand the link between State-Market-Society for Ecuador and to glimpse into its international insertion perspectives in the future.

* This class is part of the seminar on “Politics and economy in Latin America” held by Prof. Gian Luca Gardini