María José Rodríguez González is a Consultant to IFIT’s Mexico project and also contributes to the implementation of IFIT’s global initiative on Fast-Track Negotiation.
She holds a degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México and is an associate at the Mexican Council on International Affairs (Comexi) within the Europe Study and Reflection Unit, where she has carried out national and regional analyses on current political trends and developments.
María José’s research focuses on international peace and security, migration and asylum, identity formation and nationalism, and political philosophy.
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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Mariana Cárdenas Millán es pasante en el Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), con base en la oficina de Bogotá, donde apoya actividades de investigación, análisis y proyectos relacionados con el trabajo de la organización en Colombia.
Antes de unirse a IFIT, participó en proyectos estudiantiles de consultoría, apoyó cursos de economía como asistente, contribuyó a investigaciones de pregrado en política pública, tomó parte en foros internacionales de debate y realizó voluntariado en iniciativas dirigidas a niños y jóvenes.
Actualmente cursa el pregrado en Economía, con estudios adicionales en derecho de los negocios, psicología social y periodismo. Sus intereses incluyen la economía del comportamiento, la macroeconomía, la regulación financiera y los factores psicológicos y sociales que influyen en la toma de decisiones económicas.
Idiomas de trabajo: español e inglés.
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Mariana Cárdenas Millán is an Intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), based in the Bogotá office, where she supports diverse IFIT research, analysis, and project activities in Colombia.
Before joining IFIT, she took part in student consulting projects, contributed to undergraduate research on economics and public policy, and engaged in international debate platforms and youth-focused initiatives.
Mariana is completing a degree in Economics at the Universidad de los Andes, with additional studies in business law, social psychology, and journalism. Her interests include behavioral economics, macroeconomic dynamics, financial regulation, and the psychological and social factors shaping economic decision-making.
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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Pablo Javier Martinez Acevedo es pasante en el Institute For Integrated Transitions (IFIT). Está ubicado en la oficina de Bogotá, donde apoya el trabajo de IFIT en Colombia.
Antes de entrar a IFIT, Pablo ha realizado investigaciones universitarias sobre los derechos humanos, su relación con las herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial en el semillero y actualmente sobre política criminal en la “Escuela de Investigación y Pensamiento Penal POLYCRIMED” de la UNAL. De igual forma, ha trabajado en la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz en el caso 10 participando en la contrastación de informes y versiones voluntarias.
Pablo es un estudiante apunto de graduarse de abogado de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sus áreas de interés incluyen la justicia transicional, la política criminal, los derechos humanos y el derecho de las nuevas tecnologías.
Idiomas de trabajo: español e inglés.
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Pablo Javier Martínez Acevedo is an intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT). He is based in the Bogotá office, where he supports IFIT’s work in Colombia.
Before joining IFIT, Pablo conducted university research on human rights and their relationship with AI tools in a research group, and he is currently working on criminal policy issues at the School of Criminal Research and Thought at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has also worked at Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, participating in fact checking and the processing of voluntary confessions.
Pablo is a law student in his final year at the National University of Colombia. His areas of interest include transitional justice, criminal law policy, human rights, and the law of new technologies.
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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Mostafa Al Hamod is a Syrian expert specialising in governance and local development who currently leads IFIT’s Syria project and coordinates the Syria Resource Group (SRG). He is based in Damascus.
Over the years, Mostafa has supported Syrian and international institutions in strengthening participatory governance, planning for recovery, and building institutional capacity. His current work involves facilitating inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogues, helping local communities define their recovery priorities, and providing practical recommendations and guidance for policy and programme design. In addition, he develops research reports that advance inclusive recovery and protect the rights of vulnerable groups.
Beyond his work with IFIT, Mostafa is a member of the Advisory Board of Adopt a Revolution, and the Chairman of the Board of Leadership for Development and Sustainability (LDS). He holds a Bachelor’s in Law (Administrative Law) from the University of Aleppo, Syria.
Working languages: Arabic and English
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Lea Obermüller is an Intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), working with the Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean and based in Bogotá.
She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action at Sciences Po Paris, with a concentration in Latin America and migration. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Spanish from Williams College (USA). Her research focuses on migration governance, transitional justice, and democratic resilience in the Latin American region.
Her areas of interest include human rights, peacebuilding, regional cooperation, and the protection of vulnerable groups in contexts of political crisis and forced migration.
Working languages: English, Spanish, French and German.
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Lucas Tamayo Ruiz is a programme development professional based in Brussels, Belgium, supporting IFIT’s Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean as an extern.
Lucas has experience working in several peacebuilding NGOs, including Search for Common Ground, the International Network for Human Rights Europe (RIDHE) and the War Affected People’s Association, where he has specialized in programme development and knowledge management for peacebuilding projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has worked on issues of community and grassroots peacebuilding, peace mediation, reconciliation and polarisation reduction, and has developed projects in countries across the region, including Venezuela, Nicaragua and Mexico. He furthermore is trained to facilitate workshops and trainings on non-violent communication and conflict sensitivity. He currently works as an independent consultant, offering business development, knowledge management and research support to NGOs, public institutions and actors in the private sector.
Lucas holds a Master’s Degree of Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University, Sweden, where he dedicated his master’s thesis to exploring the relationship between community mediation and local reconciliation in Medellín, Colombia, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Speech Science from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany.
Working languages: English, Spanish and Catalan.
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Emilio Arturo Barbosa Meillon es pasante en el Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), colaborando en el proyecto de México.
Actualmente, Emilio cursa la Licenciatura en Relaciones Internacionales en el Tecnológico de Monterrey y la Licenciatura en Derecho en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Sus áreas de especialización e investigación son la violencia criminal en el contexto mexicano y la paz y seguridad internacional.
Sus áreas de interés son la construcción de paz, el acceso a la justicia, la independencia judicial, el derecho internacional humanitario y los estudios estratégicos.
Working languages: English and Spanish.
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Emilio Arturo Barbosa Meillon is an Intern at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), working at the project in Mexico.
Emilio is currently studying a bachelor’s degree in International Relations at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a bachelor of laws at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His areas of specialization and research are criminal violence in the Mexican context, and international peace and security.
His areas of interest are peacebuilding, access to justice, judicial independence, international humanitarian law, and strategic studies.
Working languages: English and Spanish.