CURRICULUM VITAE Sandra Borda G. PhD Political Science
M.A. Political Science, M.A. International Relations Fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics
Address: Departamento de Ciencia Política
Universidad de los Andes, Cra. 1 Este No. 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia Tel. +57 1 339 4949 xt. 3427, Fax. +57 1 339 4949 xt. 3202
E-mail: sborda@uniandes.edu.co
EDUCATION Graduate Studies:
Post-doctorate research, International Relations and World Politics Department, University of Groningen, September-December 2011. Research Project: Human Rights and Foreign Policy: A Comparison among countries in the midst of a civil strife. Adviser: Joost Herman.
PhD Political Science. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. May 31, 2009. Dissertation Title: “The Internationalization of Domestic Conflict: The cases of Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala.” Adviser: Kathryn Sikkink. Dissertation Committee: Michael Barnett, David Samuels and Lisa Hilbink.
M.A. Political Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. May 18, 2003. M.A. International Relations. Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. September 2000-December, 2001.
One year Graduate Program in Negotiation and International Relations. Center for International Studies, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 1998.
Undergraduate Studies: B.A. Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 1992-1997.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Teaching Experience
• CO-DIRECTOR and CO-FOUNDER, Center for American Studies—CAS, funded by the U.S. Embassy in Colombia and the Fulbright Commission. Created in August 2010. • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes.
Bogotá, Colombia. November 2010 – currently. (International Relations Area)
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. January 2007 – November 2010. (International Relations Area)
• INSTRUCTOR, Course on ‘Global Governance”, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Summer 2006.
• TEACHING ASSISTANT, Courses on “US-Latin American Relations” and “Introduction to Comparative Politics”, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Spring 2006 and Fall 2005 (respectively).
• TEACHING ASSISTANT, Course on “Introduction to International Relations”, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, U.S.A. Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 and Summer 2004.
• CO-INSTRUCTOR, Course on "Foreign Policy Theories", M.A. Negotiation and International Relations, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. Summer, 2004. • INSTRUCTOR, Course on "Contemporaneous Theories of International Relations",
Department of Political Science, Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. Summer, 2004. • INSTRUCTOR, Course on "U.S. Foreign Policy", Department of Political Science,
Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. Summer, 2003.
• INSTRUCTOR AND RESEARCHER, Department of Political Science, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. January-July, 2002.
• INSTRUCTOR, Course on “International Relations Theories”, Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. January-June, 2002.
• INSTRUCTOR, Course on “Contemporaneous International Relations Theories” M.A. International Relations. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia, January-June, 2002. • INSTRUCTOR, International Relations Theory Seminar for Instructors and Professors,
Department of Political Science. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia, June-July, 2002. • INSTRUCTOR, Course on “Colombian Foreign Policy”. Diplomatic Academy, Colombian
Ministry of Foreign Relations. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 2000-June, 2000.
• INSTRUCTOR, Courses on “Methodology in Social Sciences” and “International Political Analysis”. Department of Political Science. Universidad del Rosario. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1999- June, 2000.
• INSTRUCTOR, Course on “US-Latin American Relations”. Department of Political Science. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1999-June 2000.
• INSTRUCTOR, Course on “Colombian Foreign Policy” (for the undergraduate program in Political Science and for the graduate program in International Relations). Department of Political Science. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia, August, 1999-June 2000.
• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, Course on “International Relations I”. Department of Political Science. Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1998-June, 1998.
• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, Course on “Latin America and the World”. Department of Political Science, Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, August, 1997-December, 1997.
Research Experience
• MAIN RESEARCHER, Project on Preventive Diplomacy in Latin America, funded by the International Peace Institute, New York, Summer 2011.
• MAIN RESEARCHER, Project on the Colombian Human Rights Foreign Policy, funded by the ITAM, Mexico City. 2010 .
• MAIN RESEARCHER, Project on the Colombian Role at the U.N. and the O.A.S. funded by the Universidad de Los Andes. September 2009-January 2010.
• PROJECT ASSISTANT, Project on the international cascade of justice. Main Researcher: Professor Kathryn Sikkink. Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Fall, 2008.
• MAIN RESEARCHER, Research Project “The Role of Human Rights International NGOs in the Colombian Conflict” funded by Colciencias, Colombian Government. January-June, 2008.
• MAIN RESEARCHER, Research Project “Colombian Foreign Policy during the Pastrana and the Uribe´s administrations” funded by Colciencias, Colombian Government. January-June, 2008.
• MAIN RESEARCHER, Research Project “The Status of International Relations (as a discipline) in Colombia,” funded by Colciencias, Colombian Government. October-December, 2007.
• PROJECT ASSISTANT, Project on the influence that the international system has on the role of relief agencies around the world. Main Researcher: Professor Michael Barnett. Hubert Humphrey Institute for Public Policy , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, U.S.A. Spring and Summer, 2005.
• PROJECT ASSISTANT, Project on the role of American political consultants on worldwide political campaigning. Main Researcher: Professor Michael Barnett. Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, U.S.A. Spring Semester, 2003. • COORDINATOR AND MAIN RESEARCHER, COORDINATOR OF PUBLICATIONS,
Center for Political and International Studies –CEPI-. Universidad del Rosario. Bogotá, Colombia, September 21, 1998- June, 2000.
• RESEARCHER, Research Project “La Paz es Rentable” (Peace is Profitable) International Chapter. Universidad de Los Andes, Center for International Studies. Bogotá, Colombia, April 15, 1997-January 1, 1998.
• REASEARCH ASSISTANT, Book “Colombia y la OEA” (Colombia and the OAS). Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Principal Reasercher: Alvaro Tirado. Independent Consultant. Bogotá, Colombia, August, 1997-January, 1998.
• JUNIOR RESEARCHER, Colciencias-IEPRI Fellowship. Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Institute for Political and International Studies IEPRI. International Area. Bogotá, Colombia, March 1, 1996-April 15, 1997.
• RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Research Project: “The Non-Aligned Movement through the Colombian Perspective”. Principal Researcher: Alvaro Tirado. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bogotá, Colombia, February15, 1995-August, 1995.
• REASERCH ASSISTANT OF THE DIRECTOR, Center for International Studies, Universidad de Los Andes. Director: Juan Tokatlian. Bogotá, Colombia, January, 1994-February, 1995.
Governmental Experience and Public Service
• MEMBER OF THE MISSION ON FOREIGN POLICY, A commission of experts convened by the Colombian Government. December 2008-December 2010.
• ADVISOR IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN POLICY, Presidential Office for Foreign Affairs, Presidency of the Republic. President: Ernesto Samper Pizano. Bogotá, Colombia, January 2, 1998-August 31, 1998.
• ASSISTANT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, Commission for the Analysis and Recommendation on US-Colombian Relations. Commission Coordinator: Juan Tokatlian. Bogotá, Colombia, November, 1996-June, 1997.
Media Service
• Editorial Adviser, El Espectador national Newspaper, Bogotá, Colombia. 2008-currently. • Occasional columnist, El Tiempo national Newspaper, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Occasional columnist, Cambio national Magazine, Bogotá, Colombia. • Political Analyst, BBC Online.
• Political Analyst, Zoom a la Noticia news program, Canal RCN24. Bogotá, Colombia. (hemispheric broadcasting)
• Political Analyst, Radio Nacional de Colombia, Colombia’s public radio network. News program in the morning and Contexto, special analysis segment with RNC’s director. (national broadcasting)
• Political Analyst, Associated Press, AP.
• Political Analyst, BBC News Colombia and BBC International News. • Political Analyst, RT (Russia Today)
AWARDS AND HONORS
• Coimbra Group of European Universities, Scholarship Program for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities, September-December 2011.
• Munk Centre, Center of Latin American Studies, Research Residence. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Canada. January 2007.
• CEPI-Ford Foundation Research Residence for fieldwork. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), México D.F. August-December 2006.
• Tinker-Nave Summer Fellowship for fieldwork, LACIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer, 2003.
• Full-tuition scholarship for PhD studies, granted by the University of Minnesota. Fall Semester 2004-May 2009.
• Full-tuition scholarship for PhD studies, granted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Fall Semester 2002-Spring Semester 2004.
• Honors Thesis: “A Constructivist Approach to the US War on Drugs”, M.A. Thesis, University of Chicago. December 2001. Adviser: Professor Alexander Wendt.
• Full-tuition scholarship for M.A. studies, granted by the University of Chicago. September 2000.
• Colombian Government, Colciencias-IEPRI Fellowship, Junior Researcher. March 1996-April 1997.
PUBLICATIONS
• Borda, Sandra (Co-ed.). 2011. Misión de Política Exterior: Informe Final y Documentos. (Foreign Policy Commission: Final Report and Documents). Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes. (in press).
• Borda, Sandra. 2011. “La Política Exterior Colombiana en Materia de Derechos Humanos: Un manual para la contención de la presión internacional” (Colombia’s Human Rights Foreign Policy). In Política Exterior Latinoamericana y Derechos Humanos (Latin American Foreign Policy and Human Rights), edited by Ana Covarrubias and Natalia Saltalamacchia. México City: ITAM.
• Borda, Sandra. 2011. “La política multilateral colombiana en materia de drogas durante las dos administraciones Uribe: hacia el activismo prohibicionista en una era de distensión”
(Uribe’s Multilaterial Drug Policy: active prohibitionism in a detente age). In Drogas Ilegales en Colombia (Illegal Drugs in Colombia), edited by Alejandro Gaviria y Daniel Mejía, 149-175. Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes.
• Borda, Sandra, and Arlene Tickner (Eds.). 2011. Relaciones internacionales y política exterior de Colombia (Foreign Policy and International Relations in Colombia), Colección Ciencia Política 40 años. Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes.
• Borda, Sandra, and Arlene Tickner. 2011. “Introducción” (Introduction). In Política Exterior y Relaciones Internacionales en Colombia (Foreign Policy and International Relations in Colombia), Colección Ciencia Política 40 años, edited by Sandra Borda and Arlene Tickner, 21-48. Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes.
• Borda, Sandra. 2010. Colombia y Estados Unidos: ¿Crisis u oportunidad? (Colombia and the United States: Crisis or Opportnity?)EGOB 1 (6): 87-89.
• Borda, Sandra. 2010. "La internacionalización del conflicto armado después del 11 de Septiembre: ¿la ejecución de una estrategia diplomática hábil o la simple ocurrencia de lo inevitable?" (The Internationalization of the Colombian armed Conflict after 9/11: A Wise Diplomatic Strategy or the Simple Occurrence of the Inevitable?). In Conflicto armado, seguridad y construcción de paz en Colombia (Armed conflict, security and peace building in Colombia): Cuatro décadas de Ciencia Política en la Universidad de los Andes, edited by AngelikaRettberg, 129-159. Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes.
• Borda, Sandra. 2010. Elecciones en USA: resultados predecibles pero significativos (Elections in the US: predictable but meaningful results). Razón Pública, november, 10, 2010.
http://www.razonpublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1508:elecci ones-en-usa-resultados-predecibles-pero-significativos&catid=23:internacional&Itemid=32 • Borda, Sandra. 2010. "The Internationalization of the Colombian Conflict during the Uribe
Administration". In Coping with Contemporary Terrorism: Origins, Escalation, Expansion, Counter Strategies, and Responses, edited by Rafael Reuveny y William R. Thompson, 127-148. Albany: State University of New York Press.
• Borda, Sandra. 2010. “Santos’s Government And The Future Of Colombia-Venezuela Relations”. In Current Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean. Noref Report, edited by Augusto Varas.
http://www.norlarnet.uio.no/pdf/news/noref_current_trends/2010_september.pdf
• Borda, Sandra. 2010. Política Exterior Estadounidense y Relaciones con Colombia. Revista Coyuntura Económica XL (U.S. Foreign Policy and its relationship to Colombia) (1): 89-115.
• Misión de Política Exterior (Co-Author). 2010. Informe Misión de Política Exterior (Foreign Policy Commission Report). Bogotá: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Corporación Andina de Fomento, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia y Fedesarrollo.
• Borda, Sandra. 2009. The Internationalization of Domestic Conflicts. A Comparative Study of Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala. United States, United Kingdom: Lambert Academic Publishing.
• Borda, Sandra. 2009. Editorial. ONG, Estados y derechos humanos (NGO’s, States and Human Rights). Colombia Internacional (69): 10-11. Guest Editor for this Special Issue. • Borda, Sandra. 2007. La internacionalización del conflicto armado después del 11 de
septiembre: ¿La ejecución de una estrategia diplomática hábil o la simple ocurrencia de lo inevitable? (The Internationalization of the Colombian armed Conflict after 9/11: A Wise Diplomatic Strategy or the Simple Occurrence of the Inevitable?) Colombia Internacional (65): 66-89.
• Borda, Sandra. 2002. Estados Unidos: Diplomacia de Un Imperio en Guerra. (United States: the Diplomacy of an Empire at War). RevistaSemana, December 13.
• Borda, Sandra. 2002. Una Aproximación Constructivista a la Guerra Estadounidense Contra las Drogas (A Contrusctuvist Approach to the American War Against Drugs). Colombia Internacional (54): 73-102.
• Borda, Sandra. 2002. “La política exterior colombiana antidrogas o cómo se reproduce el ritual realista desde el Tercer Mundo” (Colombia’s Foreign Policy On Drugs or How the Realist Ritual is Repeated from the Third World). In Prioridades y desafíos de la política exterior colombiana, edited by Marta Ardila, Diego Cardona y Arlene Tickner, 283-311. Bogotá: FESCOL.
• Borda, Sandra (ed.). 2002. Forum “Social Theory of International Politics” El Pensamiento de Alex Wendt. Desafíos (7): 80-100.
• Borda, Sandra. 2000. Cumbre de las Américas, Drogas y Sociedad Civil: Hacia un Verdadero Esquema de Participación Hemisférico? (Summit of the Americas, Drugs and Civil Society: Towards a Real Framework of Hemispheric Participation?) Desafíos (3): 80-100.
• Borda, Sandra. 1999. Medios de comunicación y política exterior: Una aproximación teórica. (Mass media and foreign policy: a theoretical approach). Desafíos (1): 11-28.
• Borda, Sandra. 1997. Medios de comunicación y política exterior en Colombia (Mass Media and Foreign Policy in Colombia). Colombia Internacional (38): 28-37.
CONFERENCES
• “The role of extra-regional newly industrialized countries in Latin America” in Regional Security and Defense in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 31st-June 1st, 2011.
• “US-Colombian relations after Congressional Elections” organized by the Council for American Enterprises in Colombia, Analdex and FD Gravitas. Bogotá, Hotel Casa Dann Carlton, November 19, 2010.
• “US and Colombia: Crisis or opportunity? Organized by the Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami, and the Government School, Universidad de Los Andes. Hotel J.W. Marriot, Bogotá, October 21, 2010.
• “China, Colombia and the U.S.: 1990-2009” in China and Latin American Political Relations organizaed by Universidad de Los Andes. Bogotá, September 23, 2010.
• “US-Colombian Relations after the Uribe administration”, Workshop for the Fulbright Comission, Hotel de la Opera, Bogotá, August 3rd, 2010.
• “Venezuela and Colombia: Commerce and Politics in the context of a crisis” Workshop organized by the Colombo-Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, , Bogotá, May12, 2010. • “Human Rights and Foreign Policy in Colombia”, Conference organized by ITAM, México,
México D.F. April 23, 2010.
• “Colombia and its multilateral drug policy during the Uribe administration”, Universidad de Los Andes, April 16, 2010.
• “End of a decade: Assessing Colombia's Institutions, Security and International Relations”, Conference at the London School of Economics, London. March 5th, 2010.
• Presenter. International Studies Association ISA, "The State of International Relations in Colombia”. Convention Theme Panel,New York, New York. February 15th-February 22th, 2009.
• Presenter. “Colombian Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Conflict” organized by Medios para la Paz, Programa Paz Cinep, Universidad Javeriana. Pasto, Colombia. Agosto 29-31, 2008.
• Presenter. “Colombian Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Conflict”, M.A. on Petroleum Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga-Colombia, Agosto 22-24, 2008.
• Presenter, International Workshop: The Social Construction of Regional Integration, “A Constructivist Analysis of Colombia’s Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of Its Conflict”, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, May 22 and 23, 2008. Bogotá, Colombia. • Presenter. International Studies Association ISA, "The Internationalization of Domestic
Conflicts: The Case of Guatemala”. Convention Theme Panel,San Francisco, California. March 26th-March 29th, 2008.
• Presenter. Second Workshop on Colombia: Conflict and Society, “The Internationalization of Colombia’s Armed Conflict,” Universidad Nacional de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia. February 22nd, 2008.
• Presenter. Conference organized by the Department of International Relations, Strategy and Security, “The Internationalization of Armed Conflicts: A Theoretical Approach.”
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Bogotá, Colombia. February 6th, 2008.
• Presenter. “Colombian Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Conflict” organized by Medios para la Paz, Programa Paz Cinep, Universidad Javeriana. Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. December 2nd, 2007.
• Presenter. Foro: “Las Relaciones Colombia-Estados Unidos: Enfrentando la Encrucijada,” (Colombian-U.S. Relations at the Crossroads). Organized by IEPRI and Foros Semana. Noviembre 15, 2007. Hemeroteca Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Presenter. Annual Meeting, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos de Relaciones Internacionales-CEERI, Panel: Nuevas tendencias internacionales y seguridad mundial (New Trends on International and World Security), Bogotá, Colombia. Noviembre 14, 2007.
• Presenter. “Colombian Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Conflict”, M.A. on Petroleum Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga-Colombia, November 9-10, 2007.
• Presenter. International Studies Association ISA, "The Internationalization of Domestic Conflicts: Dialogues and/or Disagreements between Observers and Protagonists" Latin American IR Scholarship and the Authority of Practical Knowledge Panel,Chicago, Illinois. February 28th-March 3rd, 2007.
• Presenter. Universidad del Rosario, “Constructivism and International Relations”, Conferece: Constructivism and Social Sciences, Bogotá, Colombia. August 31, 2004. • Presenter. Latin American Studies Association LASA, "A Constructivist Approach to the
U.S. War on Drugs" Politics, Culture and International Relations Panel,Dallas, Texas. March 2003.
• Presenter. Workshop on Colombian Foreign Policy, FESCOL, “El Problema de las Drogas en el Diseño de la Política Exterior Colombiana: Una Aproximación Conceptual”. Bogotá, Colombia. Mayo, 2002.
LANGUAGES
Spanish—Native language English—High proficiency
