UC Members
Angel Aedo
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Faculty
UC Anthropology
Professional Studies:
PhD in Social Anthropology and Ethnology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Diploma of Advanced Studies DEA (Master's Degree), School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
Master in Anthropology and Development, University of Chile.
Social anthropologist, National School of Anthropology, Mexico.
Research Areas:
Prison archipelagos and ethnography. Forms of life at the ‘edges’ of the State.
Daniela Bolívar
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Faculty
Social Sciences, UC School of Social Work.
Professional Studies:
Ph.D. in Criminology, KU Leuven. Psychologist, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (currently pursuing degree).
Research Areas:
Victimology, restorative justice.
Mauricio Duce
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Faculty
School of Government, UC.
Professional Studies:
Master of Legal Sciences, Stanford University; law degree from Diego Portales University, Chile.
Research Areas:
Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Wrongful Convictions and Indictments, Law of Evidence
Jeanne Hersant
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Faculty
Social Sciences, Social Work, UC.
Professional Studies:
Ph.D. in Sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris).
Diploma of Advanced Studies (Master’s degree) in “Asia Minor and Interior” (sociology and history), School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS, Paris).
Diploma from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Rennes, France, in the “Politics and Society” program.
Research Areas:
Access to justice, LGBTIQ+ family rights, criminal justice, drug treatment courts.
María Elena Santibañez
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Faculty
UC Law School
Professional Studies:
Law graduate from UC; Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Legal Sciences from UC.
Research Areas:
Criminal law, criminal procedure, sex crimes, criminal responsibility of minors, enforcement of sentences.
Patricio Domínguez
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Faculty
UC Engineering.
Professional Studies:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. M.P.P., University of California, Berkeley. M.A. in Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Civil Engineer, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Research Areas:
Migration, social policies, the economics of crime.
Jorge Atria
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Faculty
Sociology at UC.
Professional Studies:
PhD in Sociology from the Free University of Berlin (Germany). Master in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Sociologist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Research Areas:
Education, Social Stratification, and Inequality.
Paula Vial
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Faculty
UC Law.
Professional Studies:
Master's Degree in Criminal Law, Complutense University of Madrid. Law degree, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Research Areas:
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Enforcement of Sentences. Economic Criminal Law, Criminal Liability of Legal Entities, Compliance.
Carolina Muñoz
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Faculty
Social Sciences, School of Social Work.
Professional Studies:
Ph.D. in Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK; Master’s in Social Work, Boston College, US; Bachelor’s in Social Sciences, ILADES/Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; Social Worker, UC.
Research Areas:
Social policies, families and childhood, specialized protection, rights of children and adolescents.
Olaya Grau
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Faculty
Social Work, UC.
Professional Studies:
Ph.D. in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid and Social Worker graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Research Areas:
Social policies, children, migration, participation
Juan Pablo Luna
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Faculty
UC School of Public Administration.
Professional Studies:
PhD and Master in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bachelor in Applied Social Sciences (UCUDAL) and Diploma in Marketing (ORT-Uruguay).
Research Areas:
Data science, State, political representation.
Elwin Van#039;t Wout
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Faculty
UC Engineering.
Professional Studies:
PhD, Delft University of Technology.
Research Areas:
Applied mathematics, high-performance computing, wave propagation, electromagnetism, acoustics.