Renata Segura

Renata Segura joined CPPF in June 2001. Her research focuses on constitutionalism and constitution building, and she specializes on the Andean countries. She has also written on the contemporary relationship between decentralization and violence in her native Colombia, democratization, and institutional engineering. Prior to coming to the United States, she worked for the research center CINEP in Bogotá, where she was a researcher on several projects related to civil society, conflict and political crisis. In addition to her academic background, Renata worked for several years as a reporter for a nationally televised news program and a widely-read news magazine. Recent publications include "‘Conflict Prevention in Bolivia and Ecuador. The Role of the International Community", co-written with Catherine Bellany. CIC occasional papers, February 2009, and "Refoma institucional en Tiempos de Crisis: Lecciones de Colombia y Venezuela", co-written with Ana María Bejarano. Revista Latinoamericana de Política Comparada, No. 1, July 2008. Renata received her Ph.D. from the political science department, New School for Social Research. At the New School, she was a Louis Fischer Fellow, an Inter-American Foundation Fellow, and a Colfuturo grant recipient. She holds an M.A. in comparative politics from the New School for Social Research and a B.A. in political science from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.