Publications 

Peer-reviewed journal articles 

2025. Anderson, V., Ortiz-Ayala, A., & Burgin, A.. Ethical practice in research with refugee-background youth: a dialogic reflection using Mohja Kahf’s ‘the aunty poem.’ International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2487591

2025. Ortiz-Ayala, A. . Willingness to protect civilians after peace accords: A survey experiment in a field setting among Colombian soldiers. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000788

2023.  Anderson, Vivienne., Ortiz-Ayala, Alejandra  & Mostolizadeh, Sayedali.  Schools and teachers as brokers of belonging for refugee-background young people, International Journal of Inclusive Education, DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2023.2210591

2022. Ugarriza, J. E., Trujillo, N., Hurtado, E., Ortiz-Ayala, A., Rodríguez-Calvache, M., & Quishpe, R. C.  Imprints of War: An Analysis of Implicit Prejudice Among Victims, Ex-Combatants, and Communities in Colombia. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pac0000591

2021. Ortiz Ayala, A They see us like the enemy: Soldier´s narratives of forced eradication of illegal crops in Colombia. Conflict, Security and Development.  DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2021.1986305.

2020. Baez S, Trujillo N., Hurtado E., Ortiz-Ayala, A., Rodríguez Calvache M., Quishpe RC., Ibañez A. The dynamics of implicit intergroup biases of victims and ex-combatants in post-conflict scenarios. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. December 2020. doi:10.1177/0886260520983258 

2015. Benitez, P., Marquez, K., Quintero, M. Ortiz, A.: “Benefits and guarantees of Public Force Members within Transitional Justice on compared perspective: Lessons for Colombian case”, Panorama, 9(16) https://doi.org/10.15765/pnrm.v9i16.630

2015. Ortiz. A & Orozco. M. “Political involvement, political participation and typology of media and new media consumption”Signo y pensamiento Vol. 34, Núm. 66 doi: 10.11144 /Javeriana.syp34-66. ippt

2014. Arbelaez, M. M. O., & Ortiz-Ayala, A. “Deliberation: political activity on internet and social networks in Colombia/Deliberación: actividad política en internet y redes sociales en Colombia”. Panorama, 8(15), 91. https://doi.org/10.15765/pnrm.v8i15.552

 2014. Ortiz Ayala. Alejandra and García Sánchez, Miguel. “Because I love you, I support you. Style of Government and presidential approval in Latin America,” Political Science Review, (Santiago-Chile), Vol.34, No. 2 DOI:https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2014000200002

Peer reviewed book chapters, books edited 

2022. Anderson, V, Mostolizadeh, A and Ortiz-Ayala, A (Under Review). Refugee-background students in southern Aotearoa New Zealand: Educational navigation and necessary self-sufficiency in Elgar, Edward (Eds.), Research Handbook on Migration and Education.

2021. Ortiz-Ayala, A. From Liberal Peace to Positive Peace: Security Sector Reform in Deeply Divided Societies. In: Standish K., Devere H., Suazo A., Rafferty R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3877-3_53-1

2018. Ortiz Ayala, A., Hurtatis, HI., Zuluaga C., Chapter 7: “Veterans speak: Approximations and inputs of a public policy for Colombian Veterans.” In Pabón Ayala, Natalia, Ed. Memory and Victims of the Military Forces, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá-Colombia 

Reports, Policy Papers and Reviews 

2024. Ortiz-Ayala, A. . Transitional Justice and Security Sector Reform: An Opportunity to Consolidate Total Peace Policy in Colombia (Policy Brief 21-2024). Instituto Colombo-AlemÅLan para la Paz –CAPAZ.

2022, Ortiz-Ayala, Alejandra. The Madrigals Who Live on the Other Side of the Pacific: A review of Encanto. Howard, Bryon; Bush, Jared (Director); Castro Smith, Charise (co-director), Journal of Refugee Studies, feac029, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac029

2021, Ortiz Ayala, Alejandra. Book review of ‘how ISIS fights: military tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt’: by Omar Ashour, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2021, 256 pp.,(UK) (Paperback), ISBN 9781474438223. In (pp. 1-2) https://doiorg.ezproxy.otago.ac.nz/10.1080/17539153.2021.1940543

2019. Ortiz Ayala, A. The Military and the Peace-Process in Colombia. WeltTrends: Institut für Internationale Politik, IIP (Paper 17/2019)

2018. Wills, Maria Emma, Ortiz Ayala, Alejandra, Machado, Juliana. Untold conversations between the Security Sector and the NCHM National Centre for Historical Memory (NCHM).

In progress

Ortiz-Ayala, Alejandra and Tiscornia, Lucia, Socialization in the Military and the Logic of Internal Enemies: Implications for Post Conflict Dynamics in Colombia.((Work in progress). Target journal: International Journal of Conflict Management

Ortiz-Ayala, Alejandra, Pantoja, Sebasti ́an, and Steele, Abbey. Wartime migration and trust in neigh- bors and the state in rural Colombia. (Work in progress). Target journal: Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.