Barbara Santibañez, PhD

Social scientist, coffee drinker, avid learner.

I'm an international researcher with over 15 years of experience working with organisations such as UNESCO IIEP and the European Institute of Education and Social Policy. I also work as an assistant lecturer and associate researcher at the LACES-University of Bordeaux, and as a trainer/facilitator with the Human Rights Education Youth Network.

Interested in topics such as human rights policy, citizenship and human rights education, education in emergencies, intercultural dialogue, gender equity, and peace building.

In 2020 I finished a PhD in Human Rights at the University of Padova (Italy). I'm also a Peace Fellow Alumna (2015-2017) from the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Centre, where I specialised in education policy while completing a Masters in Global Studies and a Certificate in International Development Policy at Duke University.