My teaching emphasizes a humanistic approach to learning, in which politics and everyday experiences are interlinked. I, therefore, encourage students to approach academic texts not as containers of truths but as containers of interventions in search of meaning. At the center of my teaching is a feminist pedagogy, which I bring to the classroom through participatory methods of learning, in order to enable students to develop a critical eye on their own assumptions and those of the world around them. I believe that this methodology makes students learn faster and develops their critical thinking as citizens in a globalized world.
I have taught several modules in Canada, Belgium, the USA, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burundi.
University of Ghent
- MA level | The Politics of Development, Winter 2022, Winter 2023
Université de Montréal
- MA level | Gender, Peace and Security, Fall 2019
- MA level | Gender and Conflict Resolution, Summer 2021
- BA level | Gender and Politics, Winter 2020
Beijing Normal University (China)
- Gender and Development, Fall 2018
Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- BA level |The United Nations and Global Governance, Spring 2015, 2016 and 2017
- BA level | History of Genocide, Fall 2016
- BA level |Global Ethics, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
Université libre de Bruxelles
- BA level | History of Political Thought in International Relations, Spring 2012, Spring 2014
University of Michigan
- Values and Ethics in Public Policy, Spring 2011
Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Introduction to Current Challenges in International Affairs, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018
UNESCO Chair in Peaceful Conflict Resolution and Human Rights in Bujumbura (Burundi)
- Introduction to Civil Society in International Relations, Spring 2013
Sample syllabi are available upon request
Dr. María Martín de Almagro 