Senior Fellows

Luis Berneth Peña Reyes, Ph.D. in Social Geography from the University of Rennes 2, in France. He is a professor and researcher on security issues, peacebuilding with a territorial and local approach. Researcher at the Center for Reconciliation Studies at the University of Jena in Germany. Scientific collaborator of ARCOSUR. I have been a teacher and researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Leipzig in Germany, FLACSO in Quito, Universidad Externado de Colombia. Founder member of the Latin American Critical Root Geography network.

Pablo Alabarces (Buenos Aires, 1961) has a degree in Literature (University of Buenos Aires), Magister in Sociology of Culture (National University of San Martín), and Doctor of Sociology (University of Brighton). He is a Titular Professor of Popular Culture at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, where he directed his Ph.D. between 2004 and 2010, and Senior Researcher at CONICET. His research includes studies on popular music, popular cultures, and soccer cultures.

Martín Bergel (Buenos Aires, 1973) is a Doctor in History from the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the University of Buenos Aires (2010). Researcher at the Center for Intellectual History of the National University of Quilmes, and professor of Contemporary Latin American History at the University of San Martín (Buenos Aires). He is a member of the collective editor of the yearbook Prismas. Journal of Intellectual History. He was a visiting researcher at the Free University of Berlin and Harvard University. He published The Displaced Orient.

Pablo Baisotti received his doctorate in Institutions, Politics, and History in 2015, at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna. Previously, he obtained a Master in International Relations Europe-Latin America at the same university and another Master in Economic Integration Law, the latter at the Paris 1 University and the University of El Salvador. He studies topics of politics and religion and solidarity economy, the latter of which he will work on during his stay at the CALAS center.

Andrea Gigena is a Doctor in Social Sciences (University of Buenos Aires), Magister in Public Administration (National University of Córdoba), and graduate in Political Science (Catholic University of Córdoba). Associate Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) of Argentina. Visiting Researcher/Professor at the Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies (CIIR) in the city of Santiago de Chile (2016) and; at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Panama, in Panama City (2017).

Diana Negrín is a geographer and curator who, since 2001, has conducted ethnographic and archival research in Mexico with a primary focus on Wixarika Indigenous territory.  Negrín's scholarship engages human and cultural geography, critical race and decolonial theory, and political ecology, in combination with participatory methodologies. Her current research examines how biocultural perspectives and projects are creating opportunities to conserve and regenerate sacred Wixárika territory.

Andrea Gigena es Doctora en Ciencias Sociales (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Magister en Administración Pública (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) y Licenciada en Ciencia Política (Universidad Católica de Córdoba). Investigadora Adjunta del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) de Argentina. Investigadora/Profesora Visitante en el Centro de Estudios Interculturales e Indígenas (CIIR) en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile (2016) y; en la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad de Panamá, en la ciudad de Panamá (2017).