Lorenza Arango Vasquez

Lorenza Arango Vasquez is a Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is affiliated with the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant project "Commodity & Land Rushes and Regimes: RRUSHES-5", led by Prof. Jun Borras. Her work examines interactions between commodity/land rushes and food, labor migration, and citizenship in Colombia.

Education: PhD candidate at ISS (current), MA in Development Studies (ISS, 2018), BA in Political Science & International Relations. Research focuses on socio-environmental conflicts from extractive industries in Latin America and land politics affecting ethnic communities in Colombia.

Publications include analyses of land tenure, indigenous stewardship, and labor dynamics in Colombia’s Altillanura region. She contributes to UN SDGs related to sustainable development and social justice.