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Dr

Lucia Tiscornia

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of Politics and International Relations

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of Politics and International Relations
  • 01 716 8138
  • University College Dublin, School of Politics and International Relations, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

BIO

I am Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations and a Fellow with the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin. I am also a Research Affiliate with the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the University of Notre Dame. I was previously Assistant Professor in the Division of International Studies at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City, and a Fellow of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) I hold a PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame, where I was also a PhD fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. My research focuses on transitional justice, police and criminal violence, and multi-method research design. I have field expertise in Latin America and South Africa.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor
    University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2022
  • School Director of Teaching and Learning
    University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Affiliate
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States1 Jan 2020

DEGREES

  • BA
    Universidad de la Republica Uruguay
  • MA
    University of Notre Dame IN
  • MA, MA in International Peace Studies
    University of Notre Dame IN
  • PhD
    University of Notre Dame IN

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Online Teaching Certificate
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States1 Oct 2018
    Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Advanced Teaching Scholar Certificate
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States
    Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Striving for Excellence in Teaching Certificate
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States
    Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Certificate TESOL
    Trinity College London, London, United Kingdom
    Two-year certificate in pedagogy, course design and various teaching methodologies, with an application to language learning.

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review