Fabio Andres Diaz Pabón was nominated by Rossella Ciccia for his trans-disciplinary and prolific work as a political scientist and public intellectual. He is researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, research officer at the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) at the University of Cape Town, and Research Associate of Rhodes University in South Africa. His PhD research is on social movements and protests in Colombia and South Africa and their relation to other forms of conflict. In 2018, he edited Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia: Transitioning from Violence, and since then he has published widely on topics of inequality from a political economy perspective, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also engages with a wide variety of social movements, including organizations promoting peace and justice in Colombia, and civil-society organizations holding public officials to account for public expenditure and service delivery in Southern Africa.
