Catalina Uribe Burcher is a Programme Officer for the Democracy, Conflict and Security unit at International IDEA. She specializes on research and policy-oriented analysis regarding the threats that transnational illicit networks pose to democratic politics, mainly in Latin America, the Baltic States and West Africa. She conducted fieldwork in Latin America as a research fellow for the Social Science Research Council, as part of the Democracy, Security and Drugs Programme. Prior to International IDEA, Catalina has worked as consultant and lecturer.