is a Professor of Sociology at Philipps Universität Marburg and an Associate Researcher at the Hamburg-based German Institute for Global and Area Studies. Her research is driven by the quest for a more thorough understanding of the forces behind social inequality, peace and transitional justice. She has conducted fieldwork in Central America and Colombia, and she has a special interest in methodological innovation in the field of qualitative research. Among her recent publications are articles on the meanings of reconciliation in Colombia and the gendered dimensions of the 2016 Colombian peace accords.