Karla Luzmer Escobar Hernández

Karla L. Escobar H. is the Coordinator for Collaborative Research in the Department "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life." She is a historian and political scientist trained at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, where she also received her PhD in Law. She holds an MA in History from the University of the Andes and an MA in Hispanic World History from Jaume I University in Castellón de la Plana, Spain. Escobar was a doctoral and later postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, where she studied the history of Indigenous legal practices in Cauca, Colombia. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she also coordinated the research area “Doing Legal History.” There, she developed the Transmedia HistoryTelling project, which experiments with combining comics, video, and muralism to explore how different media formats can reshape historical inquiry and strengthen connections between academic research and broader publics.

As Coordinator for Collaborative Research, she supports the planning, coordination, and implementation of collaborative research activities within the department and with external partners.