Contact Dr Gemma Collantes Celador
- Email: G.Collantes-Celador@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @GCollCel
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Background
Dr Gemma Collantes Celador is an expert within the field of conflict, security and development, currently focusing on the intersection between state building processes, security sector reform/governance and transitional justice. Her scholarly interests also include European security, human security, and the International Criminal Court. Much of her scholarly work has focused on the Western Balkans but she is increasingly interested in Latin America.
Through her work, Dr Collantes Celador has collaborated in projects with Prof. Mary Kaldor's Human Security Study Group (based at the LSE), the Swedish National Defence College, the Folke Bernadotte Academy, the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI) and the CIDOB Foundation. Some of her work has received financial support from the UK Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), Spanish national plans on R&D, and the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo). Between 2011-2016 Dr Collantes Celador was co-convenor of the South East Europe Working Group of the British International Studies Association (BISA).
Dr Collantes Celador holds a MA (Honours) in Politics from the University of Edinburgh, a MSc in Theory and History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a PhD in International Politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (now University of Aberystwyth). During her undergraduate studies at the University of Edinburgh, she spent one academic year as an exchange student in the Department of Political Science, Queen's University (Canada).
Before joining Cranfield University in October 2016, Dr Collantes Celador held a lectureship post in international security at City, University of London and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI). Between 2000-2001, she worked for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union (Paris) and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (Brussels).
Research opportunities
Dr Collantes Celador is happy to accept PhD projects in the areas of international security, European security, statebuilding/peacebuilding processes, security sector reform/governance, human security.
Current activities
Dr Gemma Collantes Celador is currently a Senior Lecturer in International Security at the Cranfield Forensic Institute, where she belongs to the International Security and Law Group.
Her teaching portfolio at Cranfield University covers a broader range of issues within international security and defence. She currently teaches modules in the MSc Counterterrorism and MSc Defence and Security. She also provides guest lectures in the Chevening India and Western Balkans Cyber Security Fellowship Programme. In the past she also contributed to the teaching of the MSc Security Sector Management (East Africa), the MSc Defence Leadership and the PGCert Defence and Security Export.
Between July 2019-July 2023 she was Academic Director for the UK Ministry of Defence programme 'Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context' as part of Cranfield University's contribution to UK Defence Engagement. This programme is taught internationally in a range of countries but also within the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. She continues to contribute to the delivery of courses within this programme.
Dr Collantes Celador is currently an External Examiner for modules on International Relations at the University of East London.
Clients
Dr Collantes Celador has undertaken educational and/or consultancy projects for the UK MOD, the UK Royal Air Force, and the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden).
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Costa O, Collantes-Celador G & Badell D. (2021). The dog that did not bark: the EU and the clash between sovereignty and justice in the International Criminal Court. European Security, 30(3)
- Collantes-Celador G & Schwandner-Sievers S. (2019). Introduction to special section on ‘police reform and human rights in the Western Balkans’. The International Journal of Human Rights, 23(4)
- Collantes-Celador G & Juncos AE. (2012). The EU and border management in the Western Balkans: preparing for European integration or safeguarding EU external borders?. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 12(2)
- Ioannides I & Collantes-Celador G. (2011). The internal–external security nexus and EU police/rule of law missions in the Western Balkans. Conflict, Security & Development, 11(4)
- Gemma Collantes Celador . (2007). Book Review: Colonel Garland H. Williams, Engineering Peace: The Military Role in Postconflict Reconstruction (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2005, 317 pp., £12.95 pbk.). Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 36(1)
- Celador GC. (2005). Police reform: Peacebuilding through ‘democratic policing’?. International Peacekeeping, 12(3)
Conference Papers
- McDowell C & Collantes-Celador G. (2018). Refugee politics, integration risks and security
- Collantes-Celador G. (2017). Presentation of Case Study: ICC
- McDowell C, Aronica V, Collantes-Celador G & de Silva N. (2017). The Forced Displacement and Migration Cycle – the Missing Link in the Ongoing Securitisation of Refugee and Asylum Populations?
- Collantes-Celador G. (2017). The Changing Internal and External Security Environment in the Western Balkans [Participant at Roundtable WA09]
- Collantes-Celador G. (2017). The EU, the International Criminal Court and a Lifetime of Normative Contestation.
- McDowell C, Collantes-Celador G & de Silva N. (2017). Mapping the Drivers of Diaspora Engagement in Processes of Transitional Justice: The Case of Sri Lanka since 2009
- Collantes-Celador G. (2016). The Fight against Corruption, Crime and Terrorism: the EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Collantes-Celador G. (2016). The statebuilding-police reform relationship: Insights from the Bosnian case
- Collantes-Celador G. (2016). The defence of an institution under challenge: the EU and the International Criminal Court
- Collantes-Celador G. (2015). The Role of Security Governance in Statebuilding Processes
- Collantes-Celador G. (2015). The EU and the International Criminal Court: Maintaining its Relevance in the "Almost Perfect" Institutional Marriage of Ideas and Power
- Collantes-Celador G. (2014). The International Criminal Court: A Cosmopolitan Project in Theory and Practice?
- Collantes-Celador G & Flessenkemper T. (2013). Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina – What went Wrong?
- Collantes-Celador G. (2012). The Democratisation of the Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Achievements and Shortcomings
- Collantes-Celador G. (2011). The police restructuring process in Bosnia: Statehood under Challenge?
- Collantes-Celador G. (2011). The Responsibility and Legitimacy of the UN during the Certification Process of the Bosnian Police
- Collantes-Celador G. (2011). "Europeanising" Bosnia: The Fabrication of Statehood through Police Reform
- Ioannides I & Collantes-Celador G. (2010). Internal-External Security Nexus: A Stumbling Block to EU Police Missions in the Western Balkans
- Collantes-Celador G. (2010). War Criminals in the Police – The Role of Civil Society in Vetting Processes
- Collantes-Celador G & Juncos AE. (2009). The Reform of Border Management in the Western Balkans: Safeguarding EU External Borders or Preparing for EU Integration?
- Collantes Celador G. (2009). Becoming ‘European’ through police reform: a successful strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Collantes-Celador G. (2008). Human Security and the EU Perspective
- Collantes-Celador G. (2007). The EU and its policy towards security sector reform: a new example of the "conceptual/contextual" divide?
- Collantes-Celador G. (2007). The EU´s Efforts to Control Crime outside its Borders: Trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Collantes-Celador G. (2007). EU Police Strategies Abroad: An Overview
- Collantes-Celador G. (2007). Is the EU Ready for SSR? Reflections on Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Books
- Cleary LR & Darby R. (2021). Managing Security In Cleary LR & Darby R (eds), Managing security: concepts and challenges. Routledge.
- Collantes-Celador G & Costa O. (2020). European Union Contested In Johansson-Nogués E, Vlaskamp MC & Barbé E (eds), European Union contested: foreign policy in a new global context. Springer International Publishing.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2016). The Defence of an Institution Under Challenge: The EU and the International Criminal Court In Barbé E, Costa O & Kissack R (eds), EU Policy Responses to a Shifting Multilateral System. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Collantes-Celador G & Juncos AE. (2016). Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans: The Challenge of Coherence and Effectiveness In The Politics of Security Sector Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Union’s Global Role.
- Suhrke A. (2013). The Peace In Between In Berdal M & Suhrke A (eds), The Peace in Between: Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding. Routledge.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2013). Civil Society and the Bosnian Police Certification Process: Challenging ‘the Guardians’ In Bojicic-Dzelilovic V, Ker-Lindsay J & Kostovicova D (eds), Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2013). Las Empresas Militares y de Seguridad Privadas durante y después de los Conflictos de los Balcanes Occidentales: "Amenaza" o "Fuerza Bienhechora"? (Private Military and Security Companies during and after the Wars of the Western Balkans: A "Menace" or a "Force for Good"?) In Garcia C & Pareja P (eds), Seguridad Inc. Las Empresas Militares y de Seguridad Privadas en las Relaciones Contemporáneas. Edicions Bellaterra.
- Collantes-Celador G & Juncos AE. (2013). Security sector reform in the Western Balkans: The challenge of coherence and effectiveness In The Politics of Security Sector Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Union's Global Role.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2012). National, European and Human Security In Kaldor M, Martin M & Serra N (eds), National, European and Human Security: From Co-Existence to Convergence. Routledge.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2012). La UE en la Negociación, Revisión e Implementación del Estatuto de Roma – Sus Limites como ‘Actor Global Dinámico y Eficaz’ (The EU in the Negotiation, Revision and Implementation of the Rome Statute – Its Limits as an ‘Effective and Dynamic Global Player’) In Barbé E(ed.), Cambio Mundial y Gobernanza Global: La Interacción entre la Unión Europea y las Instituciones Internacionales. Tecnos Barcelona.
- Collantes-Celador G & Juncos AE. (2011). Security sector reform in the Western Balkans: The challenge of coherence and effectiveness In Ekengren M & Simons G (eds), The Politics of Security Sector Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Union's Global Role. Ashgate.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2008). The EU and the Kosovo Challenge In IEMed-CIDOB (ed.), IEMed. 2008 – Mediterranean Yearbook. IEMed - CIDOB.
- Collantes-Celador G. (2008). Police Co-operation in the Field of Counter-Terrorism: The Continuity of a Bottom-Up Approach In Barbé E(ed.), Spain in Europe 2004-2008. University Institute of European Studies, Barcelona.
