
Juliana Gómez-Quintero
University College London Researcher and Lecturer in Organised Crime at the Department of Security and Crime Science
About this speaker
Juliana is an engineer and Lecturer at the Department of Security and Crime Science at University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on the distribution of harm within the cocaine trade in Colombia. Her previous projects include simulating coca crop cultivation and cocaine production, designing and evaluating interventions, modelling the jurisdiction for peace in Colombia to estimate workflows and costs, and identifying potential future crimes enabled by the metaverse. Juliana's work combines engineering principles with crime science insights to address complex issues in security and crime science, leveraging her expertise in simulation and systems thinking to develop innovative solutions.