Dr Gloriana Rodríguez Álvarez is a Lecturer in Leadership, Development, Peace, and Security Education. She holds an LLB in Law, a Master’s in Human Rights, a Master’s in Humanities, a PhD in Latin American Studies, and a PhD in Leadership with reference to Security and Development from King’s College London.

As Director of Gender Programmes at Alternatives for Human Development (Aldesah), she led the first nationwide investigation on incarcerated transgender and gender-diverse individuals in Costa Rica, in collaboration with the Office of the Public Defender. Additionally, through her work in the security and human rights sector, she has had the opportunity to conduct policy-oriented research. It has enabled her to grasp the complexity of translating theory into policy.

She has directed fieldwork investigations in Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Guatemala, focusing on the protection of ancestral rights and women’s rights in contexts of plural legalism. She also regularly engages in public-facing scholarship, including research on prisons, Indigenous leadership, and feminist leadership. Across all her activities, she strives to ensure that research and teaching not only generate knowledge but also support social transformation by affirming our shared humanity.

Research

• Followership/Leadership
• Gender diversity
• Decolonial perspectives
• Human security
• Indigenous Epistemes

Gloriana's research examines the nexus between leadership/followership, security and coloniality using interdisciplinary research, such as socio-legal analysis and empirical research in prisons.

Teaching

Undergraduate/Postgraduate

• 7YYFN201 Governance of Security
• 7YYFN028 Gender Leadership and Society
• 7YYFSGA5 Research Methods in Global Leadership

Further details

See Gloriana's research profile