Alina de Luna Aldape

Alina de Luna Aldape is a Research Fellow and doctoral candidate at the Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps University Marburg. Her work focuses on the norm translation of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), particularly examining Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Kenya through an intersectional and critical lens.

• B.A. in International Relations, Mexico City
• M.A. in Social Sciences ('Global Studies Programme'), University of Freiburg and University of Cape Town
• Exchange semester at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Her research bridges SRHR policy development, body politics, and sexual/gender-based violence, emphasizing unequal power dynamics and decolonial frameworks. She employs narrative interviews, visual methods, and participatory research in her work.

• Member of the Academic Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy (ANSER)
• 2020 Participant: ANSER Doctoral School on SRHR
• 2019 Paper: 'This Body We Call Home' at Home Lost: South-South Forum

Outside academia, Alina contributes to intersectional justice initiatives and femi(ni)cide research, drawing on her prior NGO sector experience in youth participation and rights advocacy.