Allison Kielhold

Allison Kielhold is a Research Associate for the Peace Accords Matrix Program and Colombia Barometer Initiative at the Kroc Institute. She is a 2022 graduate of the Universidad de los Andes M.A. in Peacebuilding and M.A. in International Law. Her graduate research focused on the gender perspective in international law as related to conflict and peace, as well as the gender perspective in the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement with the FARC-EP.

She has also worked with the Inter-American Commission of Women at the Organization of American States on their efforts to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Americas and move beyond traditional concepts of security in order to better address the complex challenges facing women in the region.

Allison holds a B.A. in International Studies with a concentration in politics, international relations, and social movements in Latin America and the Caribbean from the California State University, Long Beach.