About

My research interests center around normative and decolonized approaches to conflict resolution, for instance on how norms such as inclusivity and gender equality affect the outcomes of peace negotiations and the role of nongovernmental organizations producing knowledge and expertise in peacemaking. I have published in leading journals in conflict resolution and mediation, such as International Journal, Negotiation Journal, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, and Politics and Governance. My book , “NGOs Mediating Peace: Promoting Inclusion in Myanmar’s Ceasefire Negotiations,” is published in Open Access format with Palgrave Macmillan. I am currently guest editing a Special Issue on Multitrack Peacemaking to be published in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding in 2024. I am also co-editing an edited volume on decolonized and critical feminist approaches to peacebuilding (under contract with Springer).

I have also published several policy papers related to gender and peace negotiations, gender norms and mediation and women’s inclusion in the Myanmar ceasefire negotiations from 2011-2015. I am a member of several research groups dedicated to supporting and empowering self-identifying women and women of colour researching peace and conflict.

I was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (Vancouver).

Learn more about my outlook on research & practice on Mediate.com’s Conflict Tipping Podcast Episode 31: Researching the End of the (Peacebuilding) World as We Know It. Link here.