PhD student in Political Science International Relations track at Central European University in Vienna. Dissertation's working title: ¿Y sí yo lo encuentro qué? Madres Buscadoras and the transformative potential of ‘La Búsqueda’ as a cosmopraxis for the IR
My research lies at the intersection of the coloniality of knowledge production, relational ontologies, and feminist IR, with a particular interest in arts-based praxis and methodologies.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Before re-joining the academic world, I was Head of International Affairs Monitoring at the National Women’s Institute in Mexico. I linked grassroots peacebuilding efforts with the Women, Peace, and Security agenda (UNSCR 1325). Led the creation of the Iberoamerican Women Mediators Network and built an academic network to advance research and advocacy in this area.
-In 2017, I co-founded Org Genera A.C., a feminist NGO tackling female isolation through support networks, workshops, and participatory research, with a focus on social media methodologies and feminist praxis.
-Since 2016, I have contributed to an international NSF-funded research cluster on the sociology of epidemics, co-authoring studies on trust, information, and societal responses during health crises (Mexico and UK hubs).
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
-Shrum, W., Aggrey, J., Campos, A., Pamplona da Costa, J., Joseph, J., Kreimer, P., Kroeger, R., Rodriguez Medina, L., Miller, P, Palackal, A., Pandal de la Peza, A., & Traore, A. (2020) Who’s afraid of Ebola? Epidemic fires and locative fears in the Information Age. Social Studies of Science, 1-21.
-Rodríguez Medina, L. Pandal de la Peza, A. & Shum, W. (2018) Sobre la confianza en la ciencia y la política: el brote de zika en México, 2016-2018 (On trust in science and politics: the outbreak of zika in Mexico, 2016-2018) Sociológica Mexico.
BOOK CHAPTERS
-2024, Sachseder, J. Pandal de la Peza, A. The Coloniality of Non-Knowledge in the WPS Agenda: Studying Strategic Ignorance in Mexico’s National Action Plan, forthcoming in Feminist Security Studies in the Americas: pushing the fronteras. Palgrave McMillan.
-2025, Rodriguez-Medina, L. Pandal de la Peza, A. Galanakis, L. Living in times of coronavirus: relationships, information and perceptions
during the pandemic in Mexico., forthcoming in Paradox of Precaution: A Comparative Study of Response to COVID-19. Edward Elgar Publishing.
