Virginia GAMBA Head, International Peace and Cooperation Program, Safer Africa, Pretoria
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| Born in 1954 | |
| Philology Bachelor of the University of Salamanca, Spain | |
| BA (Hons) in Spanish and Latin American Studies of the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK | |
| MSc (econ) in Strategic Studies of the University of Wales at Aberystwyth | |
| 1981 | Researcher on Latin American Security Issues for the University of Piura |
| Researcher into the dynamics of the Falklands/Malvinas war of 1982 | |
| 1984-1986 | Director of the Centre for Military Transformation of the Argentine Republic |
| 1986 | Visiting Lecturer and Associate Professor of the University of Maryland in the Department of Public Affairs on issues of Latin American Security Policy |
| 1987-1990 | Lecturer and associate professor at the Department of War Studies, King s College London |
| 1990-1992 | Director of the Programme for Arms Control, Disarmament and Demobilization of the Peace and Security Programme at the MacArthur Foundation of Chicago |
| 1994-1996 | Programme Director for the Conflict Resolution and Disarmament Project of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research |
| 1996-2000 | Deputy Director of the Institute for Security Studies of South Africa |
| since 2001 | Director of Safer Africa |
Mitgliedschaften
| since 1987 Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies of London |
Publikationen
| El Peon de la Reina (Sudamericana) | |
| Estrategia Intervencion y Crisis (Sudamericana) | |
| Signals of War (in association with Professor Lawrence Freedman of King s college) (faber and faber) | |
| Strategy in the Southern Seas (pinter) and the Falklands/Malvinas War as a Model for North/South Crisis Prevention (Harper/Collins) | |
| 11 publications that comprised the UNIDIR series on disarmament including Arms Management and Peace Support Operations (UN publication) |
Auszeichnungen
| 1995 Professor Gamba shared the Nobel Peace Prize as formal member of the Pugwash Executive Council with Professor J. Rotblat. |
