Julia's research centres on feminist response to backlash, with a focus on Latin America.
Prior to this, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of Oxford and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Julia is also a Senior Researcher at Ladysmith, a feminist research collective, where she leads the Women, Peace and Security+ portfolio.
Brave Women: Fighting for Justice in the 21st Century
Edited with Kiran Stallone
Palgrave Macmillan, 2025
High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts
Rutgers University Press, 2022
