Name: Mabel González Bustelo
Date and place of birth: 26/04/1967, Castropol, Asturias (Spain)
Nationality: Spanish
Passport Number: 0 618 118
Address: C/ Mira el Río Baja, 6, 1º 2, Madrid (Spain)
Tf: 00 34-91-366 45 75
E-mail: mabelgonzalez@teleline.es

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Peace Research Centre (CIP). 1999-current

- Research and analysis on international trends; civil conflicts; conflict and natural resources; humanitarian
action and development cooperation; conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction; complex
emergencies and the media.
- Coordination and editing of CIP’s Yearbook with Mariano Aguirre (see publications).
- Editing of Alternativas Sur, Papeles de Cuestiones Internacionales, the Spanish edition of State of the
World, Worldwatch Institute Yearbook, 2001-2002; After War. A Handbook for post-conflict
reconstruction (2000).
- Articles in newspapers, books and magazines, interviews in national and regional media (press, radio, TV),
University lectures, conferences.

Doctors Without Borders (Médicos Sin Fronteras-MSF). 2001-2002
Position: Field researcher.

- Field work on forced displacement in Colombia and Ecuador. June-October, 2001.
- Report on forced displacement in Colombia and challenges for humanitarian intervention.
- Advocacy strategy for MSF.
- Lobbying the Spanish presidency of the European Union to pay more attention to the Colombian situation.
- Spokesperson on Colombia.

Institute of Studies on Conflict and Humanitarian Action (IECAH). 2001-current

- Research and publications on civil conflict, humanitarian action, conflict prevention, among others.
- Research on civil conflicts in Africa, the European Union and conflict prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, for
Intermón-Oxfam.
- Research and report on Latin America for Doctors Without Borders.

Other activities and jobs (summary)

- Experience in radio, press agency, newspapers and press departments. 1990-1998.
- Research Assistant. Intermón-Oxfam’s reports: “Humanitarian and Emergency Aid in Spanish
Cooperation Policy”, Reality of Aid 2000/2001, Barcelona, 2000; and Altruism, market and power. The World
Bank and the fight against poverty, Barcelona, 2000. Main Researcher: Jose Antonio Sanahuja.
- Working Paper for the Spanish-Norwegian Meeting of Peace Research Centres: “Challenging Times
for Peace Research: A Case Study of Spain”, Castellón, Spain, 13-15 March 2003.
- Editing of a three book-series, based on the International Conferences on “Humanitarian Crises,
Refugees and Reconciliation”, held by the UNHCR Spanish section (in press), 2003.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS (selection)

Books (co-editor, author, co-author)
- CIP’s Yearbook: Hard times. War and power in the international system (2003), From New York to Kabul (2002), World politics, dangerous trends (2001), etc.
- Mabel González Bustelo, “Forced displacement in Colombia”, Cuadernos para el debate, Nº 12, MSF, Barcelona, 2001.

Book (copy editor and co-author)
- Mabel González Bustelo et. al., The European Union and Conflict Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, Intermón-Oxfam, Barcelona, 2002.

Essays
- Mariano Aguirre and Mabel González Bustelo, “Introduction”, Hard times. War and power in the international system. CIP’s Yearbook 2003 (Icaria-CIP, Barcelona, 2003).
- Mabel González Bustelo, “Europe: an ally or a field assistant?, From New York to Kabul. CIP’s Yearbook 2002 (Icaria-CIP, Barcelona, 2002).
- Mabel González Bustelo, “Forced displacement goes on in Colombia”, in Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Nº 27, January-April 2002, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico.
- José Antonio Sanahuja y Mabel González Bustelo, Latin America, current situation and perspectives, Report for Doctors Without Borders, Madrid, July 2000.
- “Basis for post-war reconstruction”, Report of CIP’s Conflict Observatory, CIP, Madrid, 1999.

Articles
- Mariano Aguirre and Mabel González Bustelo, “Iran, next pre-emptive attack?”, published in some Spanish newspapers, 2003, July.
- Mabel González Bustelo, “Iraq: the violent peace”, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, 23 June 2003.
- Mabel González Bustelo, “The USA gets legal coverage. The UN’s 1483 Resolution”, El Correo, Bilbao, 10 June 2003.
- Mabel González Bustelo, “Euro: another battlefield”, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, 2 June 2003.
- Mabel González Bustelo, “War, money and survival”, book review in Carta Internacional, University of Sao Paulo, Nº 97, March 2001, Brazil.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (summary)

- Conferences on globalization and civil conflicts; complex emergencies and challenges for humanitarian
action; the war on Iraq and the current trends in the international system; European Foreign and Security
Policy; Conflict in Colombia; Latin America; etc.
- University lectures in the post-graduate degree “Specialist in International Information and South
Countries”, Faculty of Journalism, Universidad Complutense, Madrid; Master in “Development Cooperation”
of the University of Comillas, Madrid; “International Master in Humanitarian Medicine”, University of Alicante;
among others.

EDUCATION (summary)

University Level
- Degree in Advanced Studies in International Relations, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. 2002.
- Degree in Conflict Prevention, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. 2000.
- Expert on International Information and South Countries, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. 1999.
- Journalism, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1985-1990.

Courses and Seminars on Latin America, Humanitarian Action and Development Cooperation, International Humanitarian Law.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Spanish: mother tongue; English: intermediate; Portuguese: good level of understanding and listening comprehension; French: good level of understanding.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Programs: Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet research, E-mail.