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Postdoctoral Researcher, FAU Germany

Keywords

International cooperation, Latin America, international political economy, China-US confrontation

Countries

Germany, Ecuador

Biography

I am a Postdoctoral researcher, expert in the filed of international relations with specialization in the political-economy of development, foreign policies and regionalism in Latin America. My current research project deals with the "EU-LAC relations in times of US-China confrontation: autonomy-dependency dynamics". I have bast experience in scientific knowledge production and diffusion, as I have led panels and moderated symposiums in cross-cultural settings in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

I served as a practitioner and consultant of Development Cooperation for the public sector, international organizations and NGOs for more than ten years. I have held policy-making and project management roles and carried out negotiations and implementation of all life-cycle-projects. I have facilitated the exchange of experiences and identified common synergies among actors such as: civil society, universities, governments, regional and international organizations in Europe and Latin America.

My cosmopolitan background together with a command of six foreign languages have allowed me to work in multicultural environments, where I find myself at ease.

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Employment (15)

GIZ: Bonn, DE

2022-03-01 to present | Policy consultant (Consultant)
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Sprachschule Aktiv : Nürnberg, Bayern, DE

2020-06-01 to present | Teacher
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Nürnberg, Bayern, DE

2019-11-01 to present | Researcher in International Relations (Chair of International Business and Society Relations with focus in Latin America)
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Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences – FLACSO Spain : Spain, Salamanca, ES

2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | Associate researcher (Ciencias Sociales / Ciencias Políticas)
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Dominican Institute for Integral Development: Santo Domingo, DO

2017-11 to 2018-02 | Advisor for International Cooperation (International Cooperation)
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Ecuador: Quito, Pichincha, EC

2017-01-01 to 2017-06-01 | Associate Researcher (International Relations)
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Korea International Cooperation Agency: Ecuador, KR

2013 to 2015-12 | Project Coordinator (International Development Cooperation)
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Universidad Nacional de San Martín : Buenos Aires , AR

2013-08-01 to 2013-09-01 | Consultant
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National Secretariat for Higher Education -SENESCYT: Quito, EC

2013-02-01 to 2013-05-01 | Analyst for International Cooperation (International Cooperation)
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Technical Secretariat for International Cooperation -SETECI: Quito, EC

2010 to 2011 | Consultant on development cooperation (International Cooperation)
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Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences -FLACSO Ecuador : Quito, EC

2009 to 2011 | Asistente de investigación (Relaciones Internacionales)
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SOPHIA, magazine of the Pontifical Catholic University : Quito, Ponce, EC

2007 to 2011 | Editorial assistant
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Christian Children's Fund : Quito, EC

2007 to 2010 | Translator (Translation and interpretation)
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sucumbios, EC

2008 to 2009 | Analyst on migration and refugee system (Migration)
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Cedar Point : Ohio, US

2006-06 to 2006-08 | Client service
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Education and qualifications (5)

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Nürnberg, DE

2019-01-10 to 2024-08-31 | Postdoctoral researcher (School of Business, Economics and Society)
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Universidad de Salamanca: Salamanca, Castilla y León, ES

2015-09 to 2020-09 | PhD. in Social Sciences
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Seoul National University: Seoul, KR

2011-07 to 2013-02 | Master in International Development Policies (International Relations-GSIS)
Education
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales: Quito, EC

2009-09 to 2011-09 | Master in International Relations and Cooperation (International Relations )
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Quito, Pichincha, EC

2004-09 to 2008-09 | Bachelor in Arts, Modern Languages and Internatioanal Affaires (Communication and Linguistics )
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Professional activities (6)

Jean Monnet Project “The reconfiguration of the role of the European Union in Latin America”: Nürnberg, DE

2019 to 2023 | Researcher
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Korea International Cooperation Agency: Ecuador, EC

2018-11 | Representative for official meetings in Seoul-South Korea
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies: Hamburg, DE

2017-08-01 to 2017-11-01 | Guest researcher (Institute for Latin American Studies (ILAS))
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies: Hamburg, DE

2016-08-01 to 2016-11-01 | Guest researcher (Institute for Latin American Studies (ILAS))
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Secretaria Técnica de Cooperación Internacional: Quito, EC

2011-09 | Designation as official representative of the government to pursue development studies in South Korea
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Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie: Montreal, Canada, CA

2011-07-14 | Jeune Ambassadrice de la Francophonie des Amériques
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Funding (5)

South-South cooperation: new challenges in a convulsive international scenario. Latin American Foreign policies before USA and China.

2019-04 to 2023-08 | Grant
Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst (Bonn, DE)
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La Cooperación Sur-Sur en América Latina en los albores del siglo XXI: el caso de Ecuador 2000-2015

2015 to 2018 | Grant
Banco Santander (Salamanca, ES)
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Sandra Zapata

International Development Policies

2011-09 to 2013-09 | Grant
Korea International Cooperation Agency (Seoul, KR)
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Sandra Zapata

Forum des Jeunes ambassadeurs de la Francophonie des Ameriques

2011-07 to 2011-07 | Grant
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (Montreal, CA)
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Sandra Zapata

Bajo la sombra de ACNUR. Modalidades de intervención de ACNUR en el ámbito de gobernanza multinivel : el caso del Registro Ampliado 2009-2010

2009-09 to 2011-10 | Grant
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Quito, EC)
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Works (19)

South-South Cooperation in Latin America in the XXI century: New challenges in a convulsive international scenario

FAU University Press
2024-02 | Book
Contributors: Sandra Zapata
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EU-LAC relations in times of US-China competition

Learning and Teaching EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Relations. An open educational resource
2023-09-01 | Book chapter
Contributors: Sandra Zapata
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Sandra Zapata

Shaping the EU-LAC relations in times of powershift

The Redefinition of the EU Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean
2023-09-01 | Book chapter
Contributors: Sandra Zapata
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EU-Latin American relations in times of confrontation.

Latinoamerica21
2022-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sandra Zapata
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Sandra Zapata

Auge chino (y caída rusa) en América Latina". Politica Exterior

Politica Exterior
2022-04-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Sandra Zapata
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Sandra Zapata

Elections in Ecuador: An Emerging Alternative beyond the Left–Right Antagonism.

GIGA Focus
2021 | Journal article
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Sandra Zapata

Un Análisis desde el Realismo: el alineamiento político de los países latinoamericanos ante la influencia hegemónica de Estados Unidos y la potencia emergente de China

FLACSO Ecuador editorial
2021-12-30 | Journal article
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Sandra Zapata

Elecciones en Ecuador: tercera vía más allá de las dicotomías. Política Exterior

2021-02-10 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata

La política exterior latinoamericana ante la potencia hegemónica de Estados Unidos y la potencia emergente de China

Revista Colombia Internacional
2020-09-04 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint104.2020.03
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Sandra Zapata

Revuelta contra la desigualdad

AEBCA
2019 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata

Crisis, representación y populismo: una mirada al caso de Ecuador

Revista debates Latinoamericanos
2018 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata

Desafíos globales y conservadurismo en Davos.

Con Distintos Acentos. Instituto de Iberoamérica Salamanca
2018 | Interactive resource
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Sandra Zapata

La VIII Cumbre de las Américas: entre la hostilidad, el disenso y la heterogeneidad.

Revista de Política Exterior
2018 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata

Reconfiguraciones de poder y políticas de Cooperación Sur-Sur en América Latina en la primera década del siglo XXI

Revista Andina de Estudios Políticos
2018-07-15 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35004/raep.v8i1.61
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Sandra Zapata

Cooperación y desarrollo en la integración regional en América Latina: perspectivas y desafíos

Línea Sur
2017 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata

El ALBA en el turbulento escenario venezolano.

Revista de Política Exterior
2017 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata

El regionalismo latinoamericano en la primera década del siglo XXI: repensando la idea de autonomía.

Revista Andina de Estudios Políticos
2017-12-15 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35004/raep.v7i2.64
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Sandra Zapata

Relations between Ecuador and Korea in the education field

2014 | Newsletter article
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Sandra Zapata

Hacia una economía política de la cooperación pluralista y sudamericana

2011 | Magazine article
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Sandra Zapata
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