Education

  • PhD en Political Science, Humboldt-University of Berlin (2008)
  • Profesional Title in Sociology, Universidad de Chile (2003)

Languages

  • Spanish, mother tongue
  • German, very fluent
  • English, very fluent

Academic positions

  • Since 07/2023, Professor, Institute of Political Science, Pontificial Catholic University of Chile
  • 07/2022, Visiting Professor, Humboldt Residency-Programme in Berlin
  • 03/2021-07-2021, Visiting Professor, Government Department, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • 11/2019-06/2023, Director, Social Science Research Institute (ICSO), Diego Portales University, Chile
  • 07/2019, Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Paris
  • 09/2018-06/2023, Full Professor, School of Political Science, Diego Portales University, Chile
  • 07/2018-08/2018, Visiting Professor, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
  • Since 09/2017, Associate Researcher, Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES)
  • 07/2017, Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Paris
  • 06/2016-07/2016, Visiting Professor, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
  • 10/2013-08/2018, Associate Professor, School of Political Science, Diego Portales University, Chile
  • 09/2013-09/2011, Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Sussex, Department of Politics
  • 04/2009-08/2011, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
  • 01/2010-06/2010, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Nuffield College
  • 03/2010, Visiting Lecturer, University of Salamanca
  • 03/2009-07/2009, Part-Time Lecturer, Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Social Sciences
  • 10/2008-03/2009, Research Assistant, Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Social Sciences
  • 01/2003-08/2004, Research Assistant, Chilean Bureau of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Fellowships and research grants

  • Research project financed by the Open Society Foundation to undertake an investigation on "The Far Right in Latin America"
  • Research project financed by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) to undertake an investigation on “The Populist Radical Right in Chile in Comparative Perspective"
  • Research grant of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation to realize a workshop on “The Mainstream Right in Western Europe” at Queen Mary University of London with Prof. Tim Bale
  • Research project financed by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) to undertake an investigation on “Responding to Populism: From Normative Debates to the Empirical Analysis of Demand-Side and Supply-Side Responses”
  • Research project financed by the Millenium Science Initiative (ICM) to undertake an investigation on “Challenges to Representation”
  • Research project financed by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) to undertake an investigation on “Populism, Constitutionalism and the Politics of Representation: Cross-regional Patterns”
  • British Academy International Partnership and Mobility (IPM) grant to undertake a three-year project on “Populism: A Cross-Regional Perspective” with Paul Taggart (University of Sussex) and Pierre Ostiguy (Catholic University of Chile).
  • Marie Curie Intra-European Research Fellowship (IEF) to realize a two-year research project on “Populism and Democracy” in the Department of Politics, University of Sussex
  • Research grant of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation to realize a workshop on “The Right in Contemporary Latin America” at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
  • Post-doctoral fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation to undertake a two-year project on “Populism in Europe and Latin America” at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
  • Research grant of the Volkswagen-Foundation to realize a workshop on “Populism and Democracy in Europe and the Americas” at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
  • Fellowship from the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) to work on the manuscript of the doctoral thesis and deliver it to a publisher
  • Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to write a Ph.D. at the Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Scholarship from the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg to spend one year at the University of Heidelberg

Member of editorial board of the journals "Comparative Political Studies", "Political Research Exchange" and "PS: Political Science & Politics"

Reviewer for Acta Politica, Ashgate, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Cambridge University Press, Colombia Internacional, Comparative Politics, Contemporary Politics, Current Sociology, Democratization, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, Fondo Nacional de Desarollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT), Government & Opposition, International Journal of Press/Politics, Journal of Political Ideologies, Journal of Politics in Latin America, Latin American Politics & Society, Latin American Research Review, Mobilization, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Party Politics, Perfiles Latinoamericanos, Persona y Sociedad, Political Studies, Politics, Revista de Ciencia Política, Routledge, Sociological Forum, Sussex European Institute Working Papers, Swiss National Science Research Foundation (SNSF), Third World Quarterly, University of Wisconsin Press, West European Politics, World Politics