Gladys Zubiría

Welcome! My name is Gladys Zubiría; I am a Ph.D. graduate in political science with a focus on International Relations at Rice University (I defended my dissertation in February 2025).  I hold a master's degree in Conflict Resolution from the University of Essex and in Political Science from Rice University.  I am originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, and a Fulbright scholar.  

My research centers on peace and conflict studies, specifically exploring the determinants of peace sustainability and the political reintegration of rebel groups following civil wars. I have co-authored studies on the use of violence in the Colombian Armed Conflict and the perceptions of ex-combatants regarding reintegration processes after the peace agreement with the FARC.

In my dissertation, I use cross-national data and survey experiments to analyze the impact of third-party strategies during conflicts on ex-combatant reintegration and public perceptions of the peace processes. My research investigates the long-term effects of economic sanctions, the impact of women's involvement in negotiation processes, and processes of women empowerment in post-conflict settings.

I am passionate about teaching. Before joining Rice, I worked as an instructor at Universidad del Norte in Colombia, where I taught negotiation and conflict resolution courses.  At Rice, I have been a teaching assistant for Introduction to International Relations and taught an undergraduate course on Civil Wars.