SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Ana María
LOAIZA GIRALDO

Front photograph of Professor Ana María Loaiza Giraldo

Director of School of Social Work

CONTACT

Information

aloaiza@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2244

GENERAL

Biography

She has served as a researcher, with extensive experience in the study and analysis of peace theories, conflicts, violence, human rights, public policies, women in peacebuilding, the ethics of care, peacebuilding, and humanitarian issues. She is a member of the PROMETEO Research Group.

Within her academic and administrative career, she has been a member of the institutional peace commission, the gender equity policy committee, the Faculty of Human Sciences representative in the ELCTIC ICT Leader Group, director of the School of Social Work, and president and vice president of the National Council for Education in Social Work.

Her teaching career has focused on research at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, while also teaching courses such as Gender, Human Rights, Systematization, Conflict Victims, and Professional Ethics in the undergraduate Social Work program.

In the Supercomputing and Scientific Computing Laboratory, she coordinates the Digital Humanities line. She is a member of the Colombian Network of Digital Humanities. She leads the Laboratory of Visualization and Immersive Experiences of the School of Social Work.

EDUCATION AND

Qualifications

  • Doctor in Peace, Conflicts and Democracy


    Universidad de Granada, 2012

  • Diploma of Advanced Studies in Peace, Conflicts and Democracy


    Universidad de Granada, 2010

  • University Teaching Specialization


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2008

  • Social Worker


    Universidad de Caldas, 2008

Director of School of Social Work

CONTACT

Information

aloaiza@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1177

AREAS OF

Expertise

  • Peace, Conflict, Victims, Human Rights

  • Education, Research Teaching, Disciplinary Development in Social Work

  • Culture of Peace, Gender and Peace, Humanitarian Issues

  • Digital Humanities

OFFICE

Hours

Thursday

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

Edificio de Ciencias Humanas II, piso 8, oficina 19

Research

Group

AWARDS AND

Recognitions

  • Recognition for Commitment, Dedication, and Contribution to the Strengthening of the Organization and Colombian Social Work


    National Council for Education in Social Work-CONETS- Colombia, 2025

  • Outstanding Cum Laude Qualification – Doctoral Thesis


    Universidad de Granada, España, 2012

  • Winner of the First National Undergraduate Thesis Competition on Forced Displacement


    COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, 2003

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