h.gomez-bruera@ids.ac.uk
hernanfgb@gmail.com
Hernán F. Gómez Bruera
Professional
Experience
2004 - 2006
Argentina.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Buenos Aires,
Press Relations Officer to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, responsible for
speechwriting, wrote and edited ministry publications, adviser to the
Minister on UN reform and the South American integration process,
coordinated youth involvement program to promote an
understanding of foreign policy.
2002 - 2004
Regional Office of FAO for Latin America
and the Caribbean, Santiago de Chile.
Focal Point for the Human Right to Food, Liaison with NonGovernmental Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean,
lead consultant and project manager for a case study of the barriers
in Brazil to the right to food, survey and analysis of food issues and
coordinating bodies in Brazil.
Study conducted for FAO - Rome. Full text:
http://www.fao.org/righttofood/en/23419/highlight_51629en.html
2000 - 2002
Mexico City State Congress.
Staffer to the Human Rights Commission to the Mexico City State
Congress, liaison to human rights organizations, initiative
development for the protection of non-traditional families, assisted
in the creation of city wide anti-discrimination bill, representation of
the LGBT minorities to Congress, responsible for speechwriting of
the chairwoman of the Commission, researched non-discrimination
policies, press relations.
1998 - 2000
Democracia Social (Political Party), Mexico.
Built alliances between the Party, social organizations and minority
groups, liaison with universities and youth movements, responsible
for the Human Rights section of the party’s declaration of principles
and manifesto, event planning and conference organizer. Candidate
to the Mexico City Local Legislature during the federal elections in
2000, campaign fundraiser.
1997 – 1998
Mexican Embassy to the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London.
Assistant to the Political Attaché, responsible for writing reports on
public home affairs and British foreign policy, monitored
parliamentary activities, surveyed British charities and foundations,
implemented filing system, supported consulate.
1995 – 1997
Mexico City Local Legislature.
Staffer at the Committee for Public Budget Control & Audit,
participated in creating the new Public Budget Control Audit Office
of the Mexico City Local Legislature.
Consultancies and
other jobs
06-08/2009
World Bank, Oxford Policy Management
Report on the political economy of sanitation in Brazil. Interviews
with stakeholders involved in the sector, data analysis.
10-12/2008
World Bank/CEBRAP, Brazil
Report on the indigenous health subsystem in Brazil. Interviews
with civil servants from the National Health Foundation (FUNASA).
07-08/2007
ICCO & Kerkinactie, Utrecht, Netherlands
Report on democratization and the right to land in Brazil for Dutch
agency. Interviews with key political and social actors.
06-07/2007
Equal Rights Trust (think tank), London, UK
Drafted reports on the right to non discrimination in Brazil,
Argentina, Mexico and Bolivia.
06/2007
UNESCO & Universiteit van Amsterdam,
Assistance in Experts’ Meeting on the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of
Scientific Education and its Applications.
04/2005
FAO, Regional Office for Latin America and
the Caribbean, Santiago de Chile.
Case study on farmer movements and agrarian reform in Brazil.
Interviews with key actors.
Education
2007Dphil candidate, Institute for Development
Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Brighton, United
Kingdom.
2006-2007
Master’s in International Relations,
International School for Humanities and Social Sciences
(ISHSS), Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA).
1995-2002
National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM), University degree in Political Science and Public
Administration.
Languages
Spanish 100%
Mother tongue
English 100%
Courses taken: Cambridge First Certificate, Cambridge Proficiency in
English, Moorley College, London. IELTS and TOEFL certificates.
French 70%
Courses taken: Intermédiaire I, Avancé I, Service Cultural de
L’Ambassade de France au Mexique.
Portuguese 70%
Private lessons.
Books published
Gordillo, Gustavo, Gómez, Hernán, Conversaciones sobre el hambre,
Derecho a la Alimentación en el Brasil de Lula [Conversations about
hunger, Right to Food in Lula´s Brazil], Centro de Estudios Avanzados
Multidisciplinarios, Universidad Nacional de Brasilia, 2004, Brasilia, 234
pp.
Bielsa, Rafael, Gómez, Hernán, Desde el sur, Conversaciones con
Rafael Bielsa [From the South - Conversations with Rafael Bielsa]
Altamira, 2005, Buenos Aires, 192 pp.
Articles and
Essays in
newspapers and
magazines
Newspapers: La Crónica de Hoy, La Jornada, Milenio Diario.
Magazines: Nexos, Este País, Voz y Voto, some listed bellow:
- “El último de los jacobinos bolcheviques”, Este Pais, 2007, no. 192
- “El canto de las cacerolas, Argentina en la era de Nestor Kirchner”,
Nexos, 2007 Vol. XXIX, p. 53-57
- “Evolandia no es Hugolandia”, Nexos, 2006, Vol. XXVII, p. 41-46
- “Los pasos del caudillo: Chávez o la ira de los pobres”, Nexos, 2006
- “Sociedades de convivencia: Un paso que necesita otro paso”, Nexos,
2006
- “Sudamérica: Integración o Intrascendencia”, Este Pais, 2006 (with
Rafael Bielsa)
- “La contribución a la democracia”, Este Pais, 2005
Buenos Aires: Un nuevo consenso para América Latina, Este Pais,
2004
- “Lula o los sueños posibles, a dos años de gestión”, Nexos, 2004 (with
Gustavo Gordillo)
- “Conversación con Gilberto Rincón Gallardo”, Este Pais, 2003
- “La travesía de la izquierda hacia la democracia”, Este País, 2002