Collective for TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY

 Strategist working on security transformation, democratic narratives, and women’s leadership.

Catalina is a Colombian project leader based in Spain with over 15 years of experience across government, multilateral organizations, international foundations, and civil society. Her work focuses on transforming how security is conceived, implemented, and communicated in Latin America and Europe and has worked on ex-combatant reintegration, youth violence prevention, memory and reconciliation, and drug policy, among other areas.   Her areas of expertise include:

• narrative change, 
• youth violence prevention, 
• peacebuilding,      
• drug policy, 
• democratic security approaches 

 More information: https://www.catalinagilpinzon.com 

Sociologist and journalist working on feminist media, migration, human rights, and narrative change.

Laura is a Salvadoran sociologist and journalist based in Germany, with a Ph.D. in Sociology from Freie Universität Berlin. Her work explores the intersections of migration, gender, media, and social change, with a particular focus on feminist perspectives and the lived experiences of migrant women. She is co-founder and strategic director of Alharaca, a feminist digital media outlet from El Salvador, where she leads long-term strategy, narrative experimentation, sustainability, and cross-regional collaborations. Her areas of expertise include:

• feminist media & journalism, 
• migration and human rights, 
• narrative innovation, 
• strategic communications, 
• independent media in contexts of risk.

 Academic researcher working on violence, peacebuilding, security, and transformative approaches to conflict and governance.

Viviana is a Colombian Senior Researcher at the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute (ABI) in Germany and an Associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Her work focuses on violence, security, peace and conflict transformation, and the relationship between global dynamics and local experiences, particularly in Latin America and the Global South. Through interdisciplinary and collaborative research with scholars, activists, and social movements, she examines how governance, conflict, and everyday forms of violence shape communities and political life. Her areas of expertise include:

• peace & conflict transformation, 
• violence & security, 
• governance & contentious politics, 
• collaborative research, 
• knowledge production in peace & security studies.

 Political economist and development scholar working on inequality, welfare, security, and social justice.

María Gabriela is an Ecuatorian political economist and development studies scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands whose work explores how insecurity, exclusion, and inequality are produced across Latin America and Europe. Her research examines the relationship between states, markets, labour regimes, and social orders, with particular attention to the ways class, gender, race, mobility, and territory shape experiences of violence, marginalisation, and belonging. Her interdisciplinary work bridges political economy, development studies, ethnography, and critical theory to contribute to debates on dignity, welfare, migration, and transformative approaches to security. Her areas of expertise include:

• political economy & development, 
• inequality & social exclusion, 
• welfare & social citizenship, 
• migration & labour regimes, 
• transformative approaches to security &  social justice.

More information:  

https://www.palaciomg.nl/

Security analyst working on organized crime, crime prevention, and gender perspectives in international security.

Anabella is an Argetinian international security specialist based in France with over 15 years of experience in international security, police cooperation, criminal intelligence, and transnational organized crime. She has worked across international organizations, national security institutions, and UN peacekeeping missions, focusing on crime prevention, security sector reform, and the intersection of gender and security. She has led initiatives such as INTERPOL’s womENACTion project, examining how gender dynamics shape organised crime and criminal group behaviour. Her areas of expertise include:

• transnational organized crime, 
• criminal intelligence analysis, 
• crime prevention, 
• gender & security, 
• international police cooperation.

Researcher and practitioner working on human security, urban violence, and transformative approaches to peace and security.

 Alexandra is a Colombian researcher, policy expert, and founder based in the United Kingdom with more than 16 years of experience on violence and insecurity in cities across Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Africa. She has developed participatory methodologies and data-driven innovations to support  people-centred approaches to security suhc as the Glocal Human Security Index.

She is Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, founder Director of Security4Peace, and adviser to local governments, the UN Trust Fund for Human Security and UN-Habitat.

Her areas of expertise include:

• human security, 
• urban violence & criminal orders, 
• peacebuilding &  violence prevention in cities, 
• participatory research
• transformative & community-based security approaches and public policy.

More information: https://alexandraabellocolak.co.uk/

We convene academics, journalists, policymakers, civil society actors, and practitioners to exchange perspectives on today’s security challenges in Europe and  shared  cross-regional lessons on:

• urban violence & vulnerable youth, 
•  comprehensive approaches to drug trafficking , 
• migration & human smuggling, 
•  gender perspectives in countering organized crime , 
• democratic resilience, 
• the role of narratives & media in shaping public understandings of security. 

We create accessible and public-facing content that expands security debates beyond specialist circles.

Through articles, interviews, multimedia storytelling, public events, and digital communication, we aim to make security discussions more inclusive, informed, and connected to everyday realities.

We provide advisory and consultancy services on security challenges in Europe not as a means of exporting policies, but as opportunities for reflection, learning, and informed action.