Maria Gabriela Trompetero Vicent

Research Associate, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Lecturer in Sociology and Inter-American Studies
Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology
MA in Inter-American Studies
University of Bielefeld

Research topics: Forced migration, migration governance, social transformation and migration, categorisation processes of people on the move, forced migration in Latin America, refugee regimes, migration and refugee policies.

Work Experience

• January 2025–present
Research Associate on the “Peace and Mobilities” project, funded by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchange (SE) Programme. University of Bielefeld, Germany

• April 2023–present
Lecturer at the Chair of Transnationalism, Migration and Development, Faculty of Sociology – University of Bielefeld, Germany

• August 2024–May 2025
Research project coordinator: “Linkage to the National Pension System of the Migrant and Refugee Population in Peru in the Pension Normalisation Office” – Equilibrium SDC & the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).

• February 2023–May 2023
FFVT (Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer) Visiting Fellow – German Institute for Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn, Germany.

• November 2022–July 2023
Research Project Coordinator: “Mapping of Refugee and Forced Migrant-led Organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean” – Equilibrium SDC & United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

• May 2020–October 2020
Research Assistant – Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Washington, D.C.

• October 2017–March 2019
Research Assistant, Faculty of Sociology – University of Bielefeld, Germany.

Selected publications

• Fernández-Rodríguez, N., and Trompetero Vicent, M. (2026). “Supporting Without Steering: The Role of International Actors in Colombia’s Policy on Venezuelan Displacement.” *International Migration* 64, no. 6: e70232. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70232.

• Trompetero Vicent, M. (2026) “Co-Producing Rights and Control: Redundancy and Contingency in Migration Governance in Colombia.” Constitution and Law Overseas, 112–136. https://www.inlibra.com/en/document/view/pdf/uuid/e5e7b8bb-3a8a-330f-99da-3f4dd1a8ee7b?page=1&toc=6110609

• Trompetero Vicent, M., Forero Medina, N. (2026). “Autocratic Policy Tools and Permissive Outcomes: Governing Venezuelan Displacement in Colombia.” The Hague Journal of Rule of Law. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40803-026-00275-w

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela and Ana María Moreno-Sáchica. (2026). “From Paper to Practice: Key Challenges
in the Transition from the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelan Migrants (ETPV) to Permanent Residence in Colombia.” In *Descentrando los estudios migratorios desde Latinoamérica*, edited by Diego Acosta, Jacques Ramírez and Ana Penchaszadeh. Madrid: Aranzadi La Ley. https://www.diegoacosta.eu/en/research/descentrando-los-estudios-migratorios-desde-latinoamerica/

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela and Freier, Luisa Feline. (2025). “From South America to Saxony: The situation of Venezuelan refugees in a global context”. Refugee Research Blog, 28 May 2025, https://fluchtforschung.net/von-suedamerika-nach-sachsen-die-situation-venezolanischer-gefluechteter-im-globalen-kontext/, DOI: 10.59350/fluchtforschung.14833.

• Gissi, N., Ospina, M. del P., Trompetero, M., Flórez, A. and Bravo, A. (2024). “Multilateral governance in the Americas based on Venezuelan forced migration: ruptures and continuities”. Revista Brasileña de Ciencias Sociales (RBCS), National Association for Postgraduate Studies and Research in the Social Sciences (ANPOCS), São Paulo, Brazil.

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela and Forero, Nelson. (2022). “With Uncertainty towards the Darién Jungle: The Role of Digital Media in Venezuelan Forced Migration”. Akademos, Central University of Venezuela.

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2022). “Situating the Temporary Protection Status for Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia from a Global Perspective”. Aldea Mundo, a journal on borders and integration, 54 (27), 72–86.

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2022). “The Colombian Temporary Protection Status for Migrants from Venezuela: Novelty and room for improvement.” Routed Magazine.

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2022). “Barreras para la identidad,” [Barriers to Identity Documents] SIC, 84 (838), 92–94.

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2021). “Transitions in the Colombian Migration Regime amidst the Venezuelan Migration Crisis.” In Social and Political Transitions During the Left Turn in Latin America, edited by Karen Silva-Torres, Carolina Rozo-Higuera and Daniel S. Leon. England and Wales: Routledge.

• Aksakal, Mustafa and Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2021). “¿De lo global a lo local? El rol del Pacto Mundial en las políticas colombianas hacia la migración venezolana”. [From the global to the local? The role of the Global Compact in Colombian policies towards Venezuelan migration] In (Re)thinking the link between migration and crisis: Perspectives from Latin America and Europe, edited by Lucila Nejemkis; Luisa Conti; Mustafa Aksakal. (Calas and CLACSO)

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2021). “From Home to Immigrants to an Unprecedented Exodus: The Link Between the Critical Shift in Venezuelan Migration Patterns and Social Transformation.” Memoirs: First and Second International Congress of Inter-American Students).

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2021). “Venezolanos refugiados en Alemania: algunos retos para su integración” [Venezuelan Refugees in Germany: Some Challenges for their Integration], Multijurídica, 1 (12), 40–42.

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela, in cooperation with the migrant-led organisation in Germany “Einheit für Venezuela” (2020). “Report on the Refugee and Asylum Situation of Venezuelans in Germany.”

• Trompetero Vicent, María Gabriela. (2019). “Tensions, Challenges and (Trans)-Formations of a Migration Regime: An Analysis of the New Venezuelan Migration Phenomenon in Colombia.” (COMCAD Working Papers Series).

Memberships

• Affiliated researcher at the “IDRC (International Development Research Centre of Canada) Chair on Migrations and Forced Displacements” at the Universidad del Pacífico, Peru.

• Latin American Studies Association (LASA).

• Bitácora Migratoria. (Universidad del Rosario, Observatory of Venezuela, Bogotá, Colombia).

• Centre on Migration, Citizenship, and Development (COMCAD), University of Bielefeld, Germany.

Knowledge transfer

• Columnist. La Silla Vacía (Colombia).

• Contributions to The Inquiry (BBC), Deutsche Welle, El País, RTVE, El Espectador, El Tiempo, El Estímulo, Efecto Cocuyo, Caracas Chronicles, RCR, VPITv, amongst others.