Hannarae Lee
Associate Professor, Bridgewater State University
The Global Initiative Network
GIN Member
Dr Sigrid Arzt
CEO, Priva Data
Dr. Arzt is CEO of Priva Data – an expert firm in security & data. Sigrid is a former national commissioner at the Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos (IFAI) from 2009-2014.
Further, she is the first woman appointed as Technical Secretary at the National Security Council under President Felipe Calderón (2006-2009). She acted as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) in a project with the Ministry of Energy (SENER) to identify the political and social challenges to implement renewable energy investment projects. Also, she worked in the past with World Bank on public safety and crime prevention.
Dr. Arzt has taught at the Centro de Estudios del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea (CEEFA) and Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales (CESNAV), as well as, the prominent universities of Ibero, Escuela Libre de Derecho, CIDE and ITAM. Dr. Arzt has done two tours as visiting researcher at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., and one at the University of California San Diego for the Pacific Scholarship Award at the U.S.-Mexico Studies Center.
Dr. Arzt has a PhD in International Relations from University of Miami, FL. Her dissertation thesis was on the Mexican Armed Forces and Mexico´s democracy. She also has a master´s degree in International Relations from Notre Dame University, IN and a Bachelor´s degree from Universidad Iberoamerica in Mexico city.
Publications
- Arzt, Sigrid (2020) “La Relación Cívico-Militar en el marco de la Seguridad en México”, en Seguridad y Asuntos Internacionales, volumen coordinado por Alberto Lozano Vázquez y Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano, Siglo XXI Editores y la AMEI.
- Arzt, Sigrid (2019) “ The Collapse of Mexico´s Police and the Militarization of Public Security”, en The Criminalization of States, The Relationship between States and Organize Crime, volume editado por Jonathan D. Rosen, Bruce Bagley y Jorge Chabat, Lexington Books. Boulder.
- Arzt, Sigrid, et.al. (2017) “20 V0ces para prevenir el delito”, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Penales (INACIPE). Primera edición. Octubre. México.
- Arzt, Sigrid (2015) “Police Reform in Mexico: A Never-Ending Story”. Editado por Bruce M. Bagley & Jonathan D. Rosen. Drug trafficking, Organize Crime and Violence in the Americas Today. University Press Florida
- Arzt, Sigrid (2010) “U.S.-Mexico Security Collaboration: Intelligence Sharing and Law Enforcement Cooperation”, Editado por Eric L. Olson, David Shirk and Andrew Selee. Shared Responsibility, U.S. –Mexico Policy Options for confronting organize crime. Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Mexico Institute and University of San Diego, Trans-Border Institute.
- Arzt, Sigrid & Guillermo Vázquez del Mercado (2010) “Violencia en México: realidades y perspectivas” ISTOR. Mosaico del Crimen Organizado. Año XI. No.42.Otoño.
- Arzt, Sigrid, (2007) “The Militarization of the Procuraduría General de la República: Risks for Mexican Democracy” Editado por Wayne A. Cornelius & David Shirk, Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico. University of Notre Dame Press and Center for U.S. Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego.
- Arzt, Sigrid, (2006)”Participación ciudadana y Policía en México”, en libro editado por Gustavo Fondevila, Instituciones, legalidad y Estado de Derecho, En el México de la transición democrática. Fontamara. México.
- Arzt, Sigrid (2002) “Combating Organize Crime in Mexico: Mission (im)possible?” Editado por John Bailey & Jorge Chabat, Transnational Crime and Public Security, Challenges to Mexico and the United States. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego. Published in Spanish by Plaza and Janes.
- Arzt, Sigrid & Arturo Alvarado editores. (2001) El desafío democrático de México: seguridad y estado de derecho. Colegio de México.
- Arzt, Sigrid (2000) “Alcances y límites de un acto de buena fe: La experiencia del PAN al frente de la Procuraduría General de la República”. Editado por John Bailey & Roy Godson, Crimen Organizado y Gobernabilidad Democrática, México y la franja fronteriza. (Versión en inglés publicado por University of Pittsburgh Press).
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