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Daniel Medina

Daniel is a Research Associate at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), where he coordinates the National Brain Trust (FCH) in Colombia and works on the Global Initiative on Polarization and on IFIT’s narratives work.

Prior to joining IFIT, Daniel served as a Conflict Strategist on the team of the negotiation expert William Ury, where he supported international diplomacy and mediation efforts in Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine, Colombia, and Venezuela. He was also part of the Colombian Presidential Communications Office during the 2016 peace process; advisor to the former Colombian Vice President and chief negotiator, Humberto de la Calle, during his 2018 presidential campaign; and researcher at the Ideas for Peace Foundation and Los Andes University, where he worked on business and peace.

Daniel is a political scientist and a certified mediator in New York, with Master’s degrees in Peacebuilding from Los Andes University and in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University. He is a professor of International Conflict Resolution at the Externado University of Colombia.

Working languages: English and Spanish.