Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz

Research Fellow

Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz

  • Short CV

    • since June 2023: Postdoctoral candidate at the University of Bergen in the ERC WarEffects project
    • 10/2019 - 04/2023: Research Fellow/ Doctoral Student at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
    • 01/2018 - 05/2019: Research assistant at the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford in the project “The Unsettled Left in Colombia“

    • 08/2017 - 09/2017: Research assistant at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Cape Town

    • Interships at the Centre for Regional Studies (INER), University of Antioquia, Medellín; the Centre of International Studies (CEIUC), Pontifical Catholic University of Santiago de Chile; Institute of International Relations (IRI), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

    • Education: MPhil in Latin American Studies, University of Oxford; Summer Institute in Political Psychology, Stanford University; B.A. in International Relations, University of Erfurt and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

    Current Research

    • Political psychology in peace processes

    • Political leadership and decision-making

    • Emotions in Peace and Conflict Studies

    Countries and Regions

    • Africa (mainly South Africa)

    • Latin America (mainly Colombia)

    Research Programmes


    Dissertation

    • Peace Spoilers and Peace Supporters: How Indidivdual Characteristics Influence the Outcome and Duration of Civil Conflicts

    Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz

    Research Fellow



    GIGA Focus Africa | 5/2022

    Queen Mothers: Women in Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Six of the 25 countries with the highest proportion of women in parliament are in sub-Saharan Africa. Some African countries also sit atop lists of numbers of women on corporate boards. How did women attain such leadership positions in these countries, and what can Germany and the EU learn from them?

    Policy Paper | 06/2019

    Consolidation, Reconstruction and Entrepreneurship: Colombian Public Employment Programmes

    Malose Langa

    Palesa Mataboge

    Vicky Talbot

    Buyisile Mncina

    Katapult Magazin | Article | 01/01/2022

    Friedliche Militärs?

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2021

    Emotionen in den Internationalen Beziehungen

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2020

    Political Psychology and Peace and Conflict studies

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

    Teaching | Department for Political Science, Universität Hamburg | 2020

    Political Psychology in Peace and Conflict Studies

    Department for Political Science, Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

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