AI Governance | Peace Innovation | Technodiversity

Juan José Vásquez-Pacheco
Portrait of Juan José Vásquez-Pacheco

Bridging AI, law, and technology with Global South realities for positive peace.

Lawyer and researcher focused on AI governance, conflict sensitivity, and ethical deployment of emerging technologies.

Latest focus

AI Strategy NLP

Comparing how national AI strategies frame Safety/Ethics vs Development/Access using TF-IDF and spaCy pipelines.

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Research Portfolio

Conceptual frameworks and working papers housed in my Research-Portfolio.

01

Technodiversity & Decolonization Coming Soon

Epistemic sovereignty and material impacts of AI supply chains; centering indigenous data governance.

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02

Algorithmic Governance Updated

Working papers on behavioral profiling, dark patterns, and GDPR/EU Law.

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03

Peace Innovation Coming Soon

Conflict-sensitive design loops and curriculum work for peace tech in practice.

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04

Global South Perspectives Coming Soon

Non-aligned data governance and South-South coalitions for AI policy.

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Data & Methods Playground

Interactive Data Lab experiences and reproducible tools from my Data-Analysis-Portfolio.

01

The Trust Paradox

An interactive visualization to explore how trust, security measures, and institutions shift peace from fragile to robust.

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02

The Polarization Spiral

An interactive visualization to explore the evolution of polarization and how media fragmentation, echo chambers, and dialogue reshape division.

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03

Policy Research Tools Coming Soon

Examples, scripts and ideas to explore legal and policy analysis.

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Blog

Notes, thoughts and essays at the intersection of AI governance, Peacetech, Life, the Universe and Everything.

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Should We Dare poem

poetry

Should We Dare?

Posted on January 15, 2026

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Secure Programming in Costa Rica

policy

Secure Programming (CR)

Posted on January 17, 2026

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Teaching

Course materials, lesson plans, and teaching resources.

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Intro to Peace and Conflict Studies

Foundational concepts in peace research, conflict analysis, and transformation approaches.

#UPEACE

Class-Portfolio Repository

Teaching materials, sources, and curated resources organized by course.

Contact

Let’s collaborate on responsible, context-aware AI deployment and peacebuilding.