About Juan Sebastian Velez Triana

Anthropologist (PUJ, Colombia) with an MSc in Rural Development (PUJ, Colombia) and a PhD in Development Studies (UAntwerpen). He holds a postdoctoral fellowship and is a research associate at the Center for Alternatives to Development-CEALDES (Colombia). He works on transformative and collaborative research with rural communities, exploring struggles for autonomy and social-ecological justice within conservation-related conflicts from a political ecological perspective, with a particular focus on the Colombian Andes and Amazon regions.

Department

• Institute of Development Policy (IOB)

Statute & functions

Bijzonder academisch personeel

• academic interim staff postdoc

Internal mandates

expertenorgaan expertenmandaat

• Examencommissie Governance & Development (effectief raadgevend lid)

mandaat sociaal mandaat

• Noodplanhelper Kleine blusmiddelen (effectief titularis)
• Ombudspersoon Instituut Ontwikkelingsbeleid (effectief titularis)

bestuursorgaan bestuursmandaat

• Onderwijscommissie Instituut Ontwikkelingsbeleid (effectief stemgerechtigd lid)