Laura Marcela Zúñiga Ordóñez joins the Decades of Peace project, led by Enzo Nussio, as a doctoral student. Laura is a political scientist with a Master's Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. Her research focuses on peacebuilding, political violence, illicit economies, and social movements in Colombia and Latin America. She previously worked as a lecturer at the Chair of International Relations at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg and institutions such as InSight Crime, the International Crisis Group, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), contributing to policy-relevant analysis on organized crime and conflict dynamics in the region.