Beatriz Abellan (she/her) joined FEPS in September 2024 as a Policy Analyst on International Relations. Before joining FEPS, she worked for two years as a Programme Officer for the European Institute of Peace, coordinating peacemaking and conflict resolution initiatives supporting dialogue processes in Colombia, Venezuela, and, more recently, West Africa.

In collaboration with the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID), she has undertaken research and facilitated training on the operationalisation of Humanitarian Action-Development- Peace in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, with a particular focus on the peace pillar. Previously, at Rand Europe, she contributed to studies commissioned by European Institutions on international development and environmental policy. Before that, she worked as a Public Diplomacy Expert for FPI at the European Union Delegation in Costa Rica, promoting the EU’s ability to engage meaningfully with relevant civil society actors in the country.

Beatriz has a Master of Laws (LLM) in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice from SOAS (University of London) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Carlos III University of Madrid, having done study abroad programmes at UC Berkeley, University College of London and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her academic research has mainly focused on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in the Colombian Peace Process, collaborating with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) office in the UK and Colombia.

Beatriz is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.