BIO
I am a Research Associate at the Adam Smith Business School - University of Glasgow, working on Research Integrity Management (organisational aspects of ethics, integrity compliance and corruption in public and private organisations). This position is part of BridgeGap, an EU-funded anticorruption research focused on new approaches for combatting corruption and other undue influences on decision-making. I recently concluded a Visiting Fellowship at the School of Transnational Governance (STG) - European University Institute, following a previous research stay as a Policy Leader Fellow. I am a PhD candidate at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). I hold a master in International Development with a specialisation in Politics and Governance from the University of Manchester – Global Development Institute (former Institute for Development Policy and Management). I also completed a postgraduate certificate from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) while participating in the Hansard Research Scholar Programme. I obtained an undergraduate degree (bachelor and licenciatura with summa cum laude) in Political Science and Government (with studies in Law) from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP). I also participated in the international exchange programme at Sciences Po, Paris.
My doctoral project examines the effects of the judicialisation of grand corruption in the Lava Jato era (Peru and Brazil). I conducted research in Lima, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, and Brasilia. My work has been supported by the DAAD, the Centre for International Migration and Development (joint operation of GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency), the Faculty of Humanities - at the University of Manchester, the Institute of Social Sciences - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Santander Latin American Study Award, King's College Doctoral Training Centre, King's College International Development Institute, Stellenbosch University, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, among others.
My broader research agenda includes gender and politics, international development, party finance and electoral spending, and governance. I am a keen linguist, fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese, and I have a working knowledge of German.
I am deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. As a young woman from the 'Global South', I believe academic institutions and public debate should include underrepresented voices. I enjoy volunteering as a mentor for the Manchester Gold Programme (University of Manchester), KCL Mentoring Programme (King's College London), and formerly in the Queen's Young Leaders Awards (UK). I am the CEO and co-founded the NGO Voceras to close the gender gap in Peruvian media. I received an Alumni Volunteer of the Year in 2020 (University of Manchester) for this project.
I served as co-convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research's Standing Group on Latin American Politics, and I am part of the advisory committee of the Peru Section of the Latin American Studies Association.
I appear regularly in media analysing Peruvian politics, corruption and women's political representation in English and Spanish, including the New York Times, the BBC, the Financial Times, CNN, Bloomberg Línea, the Times and Peruvian media outlets (selection of interviews, podcasts, video and audio presentations here).
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When I am not working, I am looking for new eateries to try out, visiting galleries and museums, and looking for a music gig or planning a city break. I can do everything here in Florence while embracing my Italian heritage. As a Peruvian-Italian or bachiche - slang to describe South American descendants of Italians - I devote my free time to exploring the ties between Italy and Peru in food, popular culture, language, architecture...did I say food already?
I am available for media engagements, educational and professional training, and consulting services. Contact me at denisse.rodriguezolivari (at) glasgow.ac.uk
EDUCATION
HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN - BERLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (GERMANY)
PhD candidate - International Doctoral Programme in Political Science
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)
MPhil/PhD in Development Studies with reference to Emerging Markets (transferred to Humboldt-Universität)
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (UNITED KINGDOM)
Hansard Research Scholar Programme
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM)
Master in International Development: Politics and Governance
SCIENCES PO - INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES DE PARIS (FRANCE)
Undergraduate Exchange Programme
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU - PUCP (PERU)
Bsc in Social Sciences, Major in Political Science and Government
RESEARCH
TEACHING
2022
PUCP
International Corruption (Lecturer), Undergraduate
2022
PUCP
Partidos y Sistema de Partidos - POL 206 (Lecturer), Undergraduate
2020 - 2021
Università LUMSA
International Corruption (Guest lecturer), Master in Management of Sustainable development Goals
2016
PUCP
Introduction to Political Science - POL102 (Lecturer), Undergraduate
2015
PUCP
Social Responsibility, Companies and the State - SOC782 (Lecturer), Master
2015
PUCP
Political Theory - POL762 (Lecturer) Master in Political Science, School of Government and Public Policy
2014-2015
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
Introduction to Development Studies (Graduate Teaching Assistant), BA in International Development, Department of International Development
GALLERY
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EUI Library | Duomo | Denisse Rodriguez-OlivariHumboldt Forum, Berlin |
2° Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Forum at Sciences PoSciences Po, Paris | Hamy, Vietnamese Cafe in Berlin. Top cheap eats in town. | Bilingual ads. Diversion in Spanish means 'fun'. Soho, London |
Berlin below cero during the Covid lockdown. My toughest winter to date. | Virginia Woolf Blue PlaqueBloomsbury, London | You know you are in Germany when...Berlin, Germany |
24 Horas | Taller para lideresas digitales - Voceras | Rodriguez-Olivari PhDLima, Peru |
Read only the titles - Reading in times of Covid-19 | "Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it"Humboldt-Universität, Berlin | Denisse Rodriguez Olivari Lima ProtestWhat a protest in Downtown Lima looks like, Lima |
Hallo HegelBerlin, Germany | Campus with a viewFundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro | It was about timeOne of the few intersection with street named after famous women, Berlin |
Guy Fawkes PlaqueYork, United Kingdom | Denisse Rodriguez Olivari Humboldt UniveMain Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin building in Unter den Linden, Berlin | "Democracy is the power of informed people", Alexis de Tocqueville,Naples, Italy |
Denisse Rodriguez Olivari Jorge PimentelAve Soul by Jorge Pimentel, Lima | Denisse Rodriguez Olivari Grimm HumboldtJacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum - Universitätsbibliothek, Berlin | Maughan Library at its finestLondon, United Kingdom |
Award-winning play Photograph 51 based on Rosalind FranklinNoël Coward Theatre, London | Denisse Rodriguez Olivari Skyline Berlin.Charlottenburg Skyline, Berlin | Mexico City goes online: Free hotspotCDMX, Ciudad de Mexico |
Peruvian CongressPermanent Assembly (Comisión Permanente) of the Peruvian Congress, Lima | Paitings seized during the Lava Jato OperationOscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba | Lunch breakSomerset House, London |
The viva cards - getting readyChesham Building - KCL, London |