Investigación / Research

Ongoing Research

My main area of research examines party organizations and political activism in Latin America. Over the past ten years, I have investigated how the structures and rules within parties influence activists’ political engagement and its reproduction. Together with Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez, I am now analyzing how the digital age is shaping both party organizations and how citizens participate in politics.

Along with Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez and Verónica Pérez Bentancur, I am also researching the political incorporation of popular sectors in Latin America. Our aim is to elucidate the factors that explain the different forms of political incorporation in Latin America and how the different forms affect stability and the capacity to build political order.

Research Grants (selected)

Researcher for the Project “Estructuras partidarias y vínculos con actores sociales en el proceso de incorporación de intereses en las democracias de América Latina,” funded by Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay, 2026-2028. With Verónica Pérez-Bentancur and Rafael Piñeiro-Rodríguez.

Principal Researcher for the Project “El proceso de desinstitucionalización del sistema político en Chile (1990-2019),” funded by the Chilean Agency of Research and Development, National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (Fondecyt). 2023. Awarded and declined.

Researcher for the Project “Incorporación política, conflicto y democracia en América Latina,” funded by Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay, 2022-2024. With Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez (PI), Verónica Pérez Bentancur, Fernando Rosenblatt, Laura Wills-Otero, and Santiago Anria.

Principal Researcher for the Project “How parties take advantage of immigrant waves. Political incorporation in Chile,” funded by EGAP LATAM Regional Hub Small Grants Fund, 2022-2023. With Bruna Fonseca de Barros, Inés Fynn, Lihuen Nocetto, Isabelle Beaudry, Juan Pablo Luna, and Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez.

Principal Researcher for the project “El impacto del Big Data en las Organizaciones Partidarias en América Latina,” funded by Programa Fondecyt –Conicyt, Chile. 2019-2023. Fondecyt # 1190072.

Researcher for the project “The Role of Facebook in Legislative Campaigns in Chile (2017),” funded by Social Media and Democracy Research Grants (Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and Social Science One. With Juan Pablo Luna (PI), Cristian Pérez Muñoz, Bárbara Poblete, Sergio Toro, and Sebastián Valenzuela. 2019-2020.

Researcher for the Chilean Millennium Science Initiative – Millenium Institute for Foundational Research on Data, Chile, 2018-present.

Associate Researcher for the project “Transparencia y acceso a la información pública en Uruguay, Chile y Perú,” funded by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay, 2018-2020. With Rafael Piñeiro (PI), Cecilia Rossel, Paula Muñoz, and Fabrizio Scrollini.

Principal Researcher for the project “Conformación de grupo de estudio sobre organizaciones partidarias y activismo político,” funded by Programa de Cooperación Internacional – Conicyt, Chile. 2018-2019.

Principal Researcher for the project “Determinantes organizacionales y resiliencia del involucramiento sostenido de tipos de activistas en partidos políticos,” funded by Programa Fondecyt – Conicyt, Chile. 2015-2018. Fondecyt #11150151.

Associate Researcher for the project “Centro para el estudio de los efectos del cambio global en las dinámicas de inestabilidad política, económica y demográfica en América Latina,” funded by MECESUP-VRI (PUC1566) # INTER 6732. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. With Juan Pablo Luna and Mauricio Lima (PIs) et al., 2018-2019.

Associate Researcher for the project “Impact evaluation with experimental methodology of the Compra de Vivienda Nueva program of the Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente (MVOTMA),” funded by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay, 2015-2017. With Rafael Piñeiro (Principal Researcher), Felipe Monestier, Guadalupe Tuñón, Craig McIntosh.

Associate Researcher for the project “Engendering Compliance: Evaluating and Improving a Randomized Tax Holiday Policy,” funded by The Governance Initiative-JPAL (USA), 2014-2016. With Thad Dunning (Principal Researcher), Felipe Monestier, Rafael Piñeiro, and Guadalupe Tuñon.

Young Researcher for the project “Desafíos a la Representación,” funded by Chilean Millennium Science Initiative (NS130008), 2014-2017. With Rossana Castiglioni (PI), Cristóbal Rovira (PI), et al.

Associate Researcher for the project “La Arquitectura de la Diversidad: Diseño y Capacidades Institucionales para Resolución de Conflictos en las Américas,” funded by Conicyt (Chile) and International Development Research Centre, IDRC (Canada), 2013-2015. With Jorge Gordín (Principal Researcher), Sergio Toro, and Lucio Renno.

Principal Researcher for the project “Testing Static and Dynamic Party Institutionalization in Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay,” Proyecto Semilla (Seed Fund) funded by Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, 2013.