Juan Manuel holds a BA in Literary Studies from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He is a student in the Master’s Degree program in Literary Studies at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and is part of the editorial team of the journal Análisis Político, of the Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales (IEPRI) at the same university. His areas of interest include political philosophy, literary theory and translation studies. At Dejusticia he currently works as a researcher on the Rule of Law team.