María del Pilar López-Uribe is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, a Research Fellow at the Latin American Centre, a Visting Senior Fellow at the Firoz Lalji African Centre and Faculty Affiliated at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics. 

Maria's research interests are at the intersection of Development Economics, Economic History and Political Economy. In particular, she is interested in issues related to Land, Conflict, Gender, and Social Movements.