Camilo Eduardo Umaña

Ikerbasque Research Professor, IISJ

International Institute for the Sociology of Law Scientific Director / Ikerbasque Research Professor / EHU Investigador Distinguido
Research line: 
1) Transitional Justice and Conflict Studies: Democratic Backsliding, War, and Authoritarianism; peacebuilding and transitional mechanisms; 2) Justice and Governance: impunity, restorative justice, alternative justice mechanisms, innovations in the justice sector, alternatives to imprisonment
Cogut visiting professorship at Brown University (2025); Finalist for the NATIONAL PEACE PRIZE.(2015); Dean’s scholarship at the University of Ottawa (2013-2016)
Previous research experience at Harvard Kennedy School (2024-2025); Brown University as Craig M. Cogut Visiting Profesor (2025); Universidad Externado de Colombia (2013- 2025); Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia (2019 - 2021)
PHD in Sociology of Law (2019), University of the Basque Country and PHD in Criminology (2017), University of Ottawa