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José Francisco Alvarado Cóbar
Research Assistant
José Francisco Alvarado Cóbar
José Alvarado was a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Peace and Development Programme, conducting research on gender and conflict, as well as supporting the preparation and delivery of the 2018 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.
Prior to joining SIPRI, José completed his graduate thesis focusing on the fragmentation of women’s movements during peace processes given that previous research had not fully addressed the causal processes embedded in participation of women’s groups in peace processes, and the potential outcomes achieved by their participation. He has also worked for a variety of organisations doing research and other programmatic work on human trafficking and gang violence in the USA, mining conflicts in Guatemala, and M&E of education and health projects in Jordan.
Subject expertise
Gender and conflict, mediation, peace processes
Regional expertise
The Americas and the Middle East
Languages
Spanish, English
Education
Master of Social Science in Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
Citizenship
Guatemala
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Surveillance as slow violence: Experiences from young environmental activists (Blog, )
- Overcoming barriers to grassroots inclusion in peace processes (Blog, )
- The inclusion of gender-based violence concerns in arms transfers decisions: The case of the Arms Trade Treaty (Blog, )
- Unpacking the Afghan peace talks: Inclusion of women in the process and achieving durable peace (Blog, )
- From Hollywood to the battlefield: Violence against women affects us all (Blog, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk (SIPRI, Stockholm: May 2022)
- Reporting on Conventional Arms Transfers and Transfer Controls: Improving Coordination and Increasing Engagement (SIPRI, Stockholm: August 2020)
- Strategies for Including Women’s and LGBTI Groups in the Colombian Peace Process (SIPRI, Stockholm: November 2020)
- Assessing Gender Perspectives in Peace Processes with Application to the Cases of Colombia and Mindanao (November 2018)