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Eva van Roekel

Eva van Roekel is assistant professor in Cultural Anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and specialises in conflict, morality, and human rights in Latin America. She is author of the awarded monograph Phenomenal Justice. Violence and Morality in Argentina. Her current work focuses on the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis, transnational crime and natural resource extraction.

Name
Eva van Roekel
Occupation
Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology
Expertise

Gang-related violence/non-state actors, Healthcare access/health systems capacity, Land tenure disputes, Mental illness, Military/police service, Political persecution, Prison conditions, Government/state actor persecution, Torture, Trafficking

Experience

I work as a cultural anthropologist on the complex humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and its neighbouring countries (e.g. Brazil, Colombia, the Dutch Antilles). I have no expertise other than scholarly articles on this topic.

Languages
Dutch (native), Spanish (near native, English (near native)
Political groups expertise
Progressive and Conservative communities in Venezuela and Argentina
Religious groups expertise
Catholic communities, Santeria in Venezuela
Other social groups expertise
I have worked with victims and perpetrators of state repression, Venezuelan migrants and political opponents and supporters of chavism
Phone
[Private to EIN members]
Address
[Private to EIN members]