Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera
Countries of Expertise
Specialties
- Document Authentication
- Gang-Related Violence/Non-State Actors
- Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/Domestic Violence/Family Violence
- Political Persecution
- Prison Conditions
- Risk Of Retaliation
About Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera
Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University of Colombia). She studied political science (Freie Universität Berlin) and anthropology (Universidad de los Andes- Colombia). Her research includes urban violence, contemporary prisons, youth and street gangs, gender and urban planning, community leaders, and state responses to crime and violence in Latin America, particularly Honduras and Colombia. Her research has been funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Latin Ameican Council for Social Research. Her book, Territories of Violence. State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security, was published in 2013 with Palgrave. She is curently working on her second book on women community leaders and high risk urban contexts in Colombia.
