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 am author of Twittarquía: la política de las redes en Uruguay (2019, Universidad Católica Press/Taurus) and Empowering Labor? Leftist Approaches to Wage Policy in Unequal Democracies (forthcoming 2024 at Cambridge University Press).
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 have been a research fellow at the Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad Mayor de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. I am Founding Chair of the Department of Social and Political Sciences at UCU (2012-16) and member of the National Research System at ANII. I was Editor at the Latin American Political Economy Series, Palgrave MacMillan (2019-2023). I obtained my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012). I currently serve as Chair of REPAL's (Red Latinoamericana de Economía Política) Steering Committee.
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 have been a research fellow at the Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad Mayor de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. I am Founding Chair of the Department of Social and Political Sciences at UCU (2012-16) and member of the National Research System at ANII. I was Editor at the Latin American Political Economy Series, Palgrave MacMillan (2019-2023). I obtained my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012). I currently serve as Chair of REPAL's (Red Latinoamericana de Economía Política) Steering Committee.
MAIN CURRENT PROJECTS
NEW BOOK: Empowering Labor? Leftist Approaches to Wage Policy in Unequal Democracies. Cambridge University Press.
Through a comparative study of three small countries—two in the Southern Cone of Latin America (Chile and Uruguay) and one in Southern Europe (Portugal)—this book theorizes about the underlying political dynamics that shape the use of wage policy as a pre-distributive strategy of leftist parties in power. The key insight is that the unity of the Left and labor’s political legitimacy are the two main drivers for relating on wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument for promoting inclusion.
Funded by the Uruguayan Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), Fondo Clemente Estable [FCE_1_2017_1_135444]
Through a comparative study of three small countries—two in the Southern Cone of Latin America (Chile and Uruguay) and one in Southern Europe (Portugal)—this book theorizes about the underlying political dynamics that shape the use of wage policy as a pre-distributive strategy of leftist parties in power. The key insight is that the unity of the Left and labor’s political legitimacy are the two main drivers for relating on wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument for promoting inclusion.
Funded by the Uruguayan Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), Fondo Clemente Estable [FCE_1_2017_1_135444]
Book Manuscript: 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
Big Data applied to public opinion surveys
This project (w/Rosario Queirolo, at UCU & Peter Enns, at Cornell) aims to create a longitudinal dataset from pooling public opinion data from 1993 to 2020. This is collaborative project with four Uruguayan pollsters (CIFRA and Opción Consultores) and the ROPER Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University.
Funded by the Uruguayan Research an Innovation Agency (ANII), Fondo Sectorial de Investigación a Partir de Datos [FSDA_1_2018_1_154765]
This project (w/Rosario Queirolo, at UCU & Peter Enns, at Cornell) aims to create a longitudinal dataset from pooling public opinion data from 1993 to 2020. This is collaborative project with four Uruguayan pollsters (CIFRA and Opción Consultores) and the ROPER Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University.
Funded by the Uruguayan Research an Innovation Agency (ANII), Fondo Sectorial de Investigación a Partir de Datos [FSDA_1_2018_1_154765]
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NEW ARTICLE on Recidivism, Market & Prison Conditions at World Development.
This project explores different policing strategies results and the causes for recidivism in Uruguay. Incarceration rates in Uruguay are high in comparative terms in Latin America, which poses important challenges in terms of public policy and the safeguard of human rights. Funded by ANII, Fondos Sectoriales de Seguridad Ciudadana [FSSC_2018_1_147750 & FSSC_1_2020_1_164825] |
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
