Julia Palmiano Federer

Dr. Julia Palmiano Federer is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich and an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. She has held research fellowships at the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory (Harvard Kennedy School) and the Ottawa Dialogue (University of Ottawa). Her research focuses on critical and innovative approaches to peace mediation and conflict resolution. She has published on the role of norms, knowledge production, inclusion, and effectiveness in peace mediation and dialogue processes. Her work can be found in conflict resolution and mediation journals, such as Millennium: Journal of International Studies, International Journal, Negotiation Journal, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, and Politics and Governance. She is the author of the book, “NGOs Mediating Peace: Promoting Inclusion in Myanmar’s Ceasefire Negotiations,” published in open-access format by Palgrave Macmillan. She has also published several policy papers on gender norms and peace negotiations, particularly on women’s inclusion in the Myanmar peace and conflict space. 

Dr. Palmiano Federer has also taught in academic and policy institutions in Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium); Turtle Island (Canada and the United States); and Southeast Asia (Myanmar and Thailand). She is an active member of several international mediation and peacebuilding networks, as well as research groups dedicated to supporting and empowering women of colour researching peace and conflict. She was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (Vancouver). She is currently based in Havana, Cuba.