I am Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU). I am also co-Director of the Lab on Public Opinion and Social Media (LOPReS). I obtained my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012). My research focuses on the political economy of redistribution and inequality. I am interested in the study of comparative capitalisms, education & skills formation, crime and welfare, and the dynamics of distribution. I teach courses on political economy, econometrics and research design. I am author of Twittarquía: la política de las redes en Uruguay (2019, Universidad Católica Press/Taurus), Empowering Labor? Leftist Approaches to Wage Policy in Unequal Democracies (2024, Cambridge University Press), and Skills, Values and Development: The Political Economy of Education in Latin America (2025, Oxford University Press).
I am member of the Researchers National System (SNI) in Uruguay, member of EGAP, served as Chair of REPAL's (Red Latinoamericana de Economía Política) Steering Committee (2023-25), and was Founding Chair of the Social Sciences Department at UCU (2012-2016). I was Editor at the Latin American Political Economy Series, Palgrave MacMillan (2019-2023). I have been a research fellow at the Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad Mayor de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
I am member of the Researchers National System (SNI) in Uruguay, member of EGAP, served as Chair of REPAL's (Red Latinoamericana de Economía Política) Steering Committee (2023-25), and was Founding Chair of the Social Sciences Department at UCU (2012-2016). I was Editor at the Latin American Political Economy Series, Palgrave MacMillan (2019-2023). I have been a research fellow at the Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad Mayor de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
MAIN CURRENT PROJECTS
NEW BOOK: Skills, Values and Development. The Political Economy of Education in Latin America
This book project, coedited with Aldo Madariaga (Universidad Diego Portales) explores the political economy of education in Latin America. It asks how have states combined value-orientations and skills in education reforms, what have been the roles of different actors—such as the State, the Catholic Church and businesses—in these efforts, how have different processes such as the diffusion of foreign ideas, state building and democratization affected differences between countries, and how have changing economic requirements shaped education and skills formation.
Funded by CONICYT Chile, Fondo de Fortalecimiento de Redes de Investigación Institucionales
This book project, coedited with Aldo Madariaga (Universidad Diego Portales) explores the political economy of education in Latin America. It asks how have states combined value-orientations and skills in education reforms, what have been the roles of different actors—such as the State, the Catholic Church and businesses—in these efforts, how have different processes such as the diffusion of foreign ideas, state building and democratization affected differences between countries, and how have changing economic requirements shaped education and skills formation.
Funded by CONICYT Chile, Fondo de Fortalecimiento de Redes de Investigación Institucionales
Special Issue: The Futures of Labor at Latin American Politics and Society
This project, coedited with Andrés Schipani (Universidad de San Andrés), with the collaboration of several colleagues from Latin America, North America and Europe, explores the future of labor from diverse angles, with a political economy perspective. The special issue project has a focus on Latin America from a comparative lens.
This project, coedited with Andrés Schipani (Universidad de San Andrés), with the collaboration of several colleagues from Latin America, North America and Europe, explores the future of labor from diverse angles, with a political economy perspective. The special issue project has a focus on Latin America from a comparative lens.
NEW ARTICLE on Growth Models in Latin America at Competition and Change
This project, coauthored with Aldo Madariaga, explores how governments in peripheral economies have usually faced problems fulfilling their distributive mandate. Because of their inability to earn foreign exchange to pay for imports or service their debt, these governments often ended in epic balance of payments crises and renounced their electoral programs while embracing stabilization and fiscal austerity. How can we understand variation in the form of distributive strategies advanced by governments if they are subject to balance of payments constraints? And how can we understand the emergence of different growth models within those constraints? Some clues in here.
This project, coauthored with Aldo Madariaga, explores how governments in peripheral economies have usually faced problems fulfilling their distributive mandate. Because of their inability to earn foreign exchange to pay for imports or service their debt, these governments often ended in epic balance of payments crises and renounced their electoral programs while embracing stabilization and fiscal austerity. How can we understand variation in the form of distributive strategies advanced by governments if they are subject to balance of payments constraints? And how can we understand the emergence of different growth models within those constraints? Some clues in here.
Contact info
Departamento de Ciencias Sociales
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Av. 8 de Octubre 2738 - CP.11600 - Montevideo - Uruguay
(+598) 2 4872717 - ext. 6366
[email protected]
http://ucu.edu.uy/es/dcs
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Av. 8 de Octubre 2738 - CP.11600 - Montevideo - Uruguay
(+598) 2 4872717 - ext. 6366
[email protected]
http://ucu.edu.uy/es/dcs
