Democracy in Dialogue Series

Academic Freedom in the Context of Venezuela

Thu
Nov
06
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Date
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm US Eastern Time
Event Location
Hesburgh Center C103
Notre Dame, IN 46556
United States
Event Type
Democracy in Dialogue Series
The Democracy in Dialogue Series enables Notre Dame students to engage with expert guest speakers on pressing key issues facing global democracy. These monthly discussions aim to help students develop as global citizens and comparative scholars, explore threats to democracy, learn from international examples, consider actions to defend democracy, examine Catholic perspectives, and discuss overcoming polarization. The series also helps students build professional networks in international politics.

"Academic Freedom in the Context of Venezuela "

Verónica Zubillaga
Mellon Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois Chicago
Former Kellogg Visiting Fellow
Professor, Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas

Verónica Zubillaga is a Venezuelan sociologist and professor at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, specializing in urban violence, youth gangs, gender, and public policy in Latin America. She has combined academic research with public impact, co-founding the Red de Activismo e Investigación por la Convivencia (REACIN) and advocating for arms control, disarmament, and justice in cases of police violence in Venezuela. Her work includes numerous international fellowships and co-authored books such as The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela (2022) and La muerte nuestra de cada día (2021).


Speakers / Related People
Verónica Zubillaga

Veronica Zubillaga (PhD, Catholic University of Louvain), a former Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow,  is a Venezuelan Sociologist. She holds a Doctorate in Sociology from the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (2003). Since 2007 she has been Professor at the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas...
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