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Education, research experience, publications, awards, and languages.
Contact Information
| Name | Hernán Manrique |
| Professional Title | Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Security Programme (University of Oxford) |
| hernan.manrique@pmb.ox.ac.uk |
Professional Summary
Interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of GIS, machine learning, spatial data science and qualitative methods for the study of global security, extractive industries, illicit economies and environmental change
Experience
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2026 - present Oxford, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Security Programme
University of Oxford
- Research project: ‘Contested Cross-border Spaces, Illicit Flows, and Order in the Contemporary World’ (funded by XCEPT)
- Research project: ‘Illicit Flows and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean’ (funded by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean)
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2021 - 2025 Leuven, Belgium
Full-time PhD Researcher
KU Leuven
- Research project: ‘Between Conservation and Extraction: Addressing socioecological dynamics of illicit economies and opportunities for rural development in Protected Areas of the Peruvian Amazon’ (funded by FWO)
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2023 - 2024 Lima, Peru
Main Researcher
Interuniversity Social Science Council
- Research project: ‘Minería ilegal y cultivo de coca en la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva Comunal El Sira: exploración de sus mecanismos de penetración y sus impactos en la pérdida de bosques’
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2021 - 2022 Lima, Peru
Main Researcher
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú & University of Reading
- Research project: ‘La Empresa Nacional de la Coca (ENACO) y el fracaso del monopolio estatal de la hoja de coca en Perú: una mirada a los debates contemporáneos’
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2017 - 2018 Lima, Peru
Consultant Researcher
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Research project: ‘Subnational governments and Nationally Determined Contributions’
- Research project: ‘Rights abuse allegations in the context of REDD+ readiness and implementation’
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2017 - 2018 Lima, Peru
Assistant Researcher (to Dr. Cynthia Sanborn)
Universidad del Pacífico
- Research on the implementation of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) and Chinese investments in mining in Latin America
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2017 - 2018 Lima, Peru
Main Researcher
Interuniversity Social Science Council
- Research project: ‘Derrames de petróleo y afectación a la salud materno infantil en pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía peruana: un análisis exploratorio desde los determinantes de la salud’
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2015 - 2016 Lima, Peru
Assistant Researcher (to Dr. Maritza Paredes)
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Education
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2021 - 2025 Leuven, Belgium
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2020 - 2025 Leuven, Belgium
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2018 - 2020 Leuven, Belgium
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2010 - 2015 Lima, Peru
Bachelor / Licenciate
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP)
Sociology
- With honors
Grants, scholarships & awards
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2026 FWO Fundamental Postdoctoral Research Grant
Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium
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2025 MapBiomas Research Competition – Second Place
MapBiomas Peru
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2023 FWO Fundamental PhD Research Grant (Renewal)
Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium
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2023 Short Research Project Grant
CIES, Lima, Peru
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2021 FWO Fundamental PhD Research Grant
Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium
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2021 Distinction for Academic Publications
Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru
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2020 M&S Summer School Grant
KU Leuven, Belgium
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2019 M&S Summer School Grant
KU Leuven, Belgium
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2018 VLIR-UOS Scholarship
KU Leuven, Belgium
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2018 Short Research Project Grant
CIES, Lima, Peru
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2016 Open Society Foundations Scholarship
CIDE, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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2015 PADET Research Grant
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
Certificates
- Summer School: Learning from Geoenvironmental Data — Tools for a Changing Planet - Venice International University
- Postgraduate course: Drug Policy, Health and Human Rights - CIDE, Mexico
Languages
Spanish : Native
English : Fluent
French : B2
Dutch : B2