Gerda Henkel Foundation project

Local state-society transformations and Everyday Security Provisioning in Medellín and San Salvador

Dr Alexandra Abello Colak and Dr Chris van der Borgh

security governance in Medellín and San Salvador from the perspective of vulnerable communities

Dr Alexandra Abello Colak (LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre) will be working with Dr Chris van der Borgh (Utrecht University) on a collaborative research project funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The project, entitled ‘Local state-society transformations and Everyday Security Provisioning in Medellín and San Salvador’, will explore security governance in these Latin American cities from the perspective of particularly vulnerable communities. This one-year project will contribute to a better understanding of new forms of interaction between state and non-state actors and how these affect every day experiences of security and insecurity for people living in some of the most marginalised urban communities of Latin America.