Curriculum vitae

PhD in Social Sciences

Thesis: Paternalistic ageism in political speech: A rhetorical analysis of Chilean parliamentary debates on old age and older people. Funded by ANID Becas Chile.

BA in Sociology and professional degree of Sociologist (Licenciado en Sociología y Sociólogo)

Thesis: Articuladores del discurso sobre la vejez en adultos mayores chilenos (with C. Melián). Matrícula de Honor 2008 and 2009, the annual distinction for the student with the highest marks in the cohort.

Postdoctoral researcher

FAI Postdoctoral project on digital inclusion in later life: quantitative analysis of the relationship between communication and social infrastructure and the wellbeing of older people in Chile, with a focus on rural contexts.

Research assistant

Principal investigator: María Isabel Pavez. Qualitative fieldwork and analysis: focus groups with teachers in rural communities.

Lecturer

School of Psychology and Bachelor's Programme in Psychology.

Researcher

Organisational structures, compensation and workplace wellbeing using administrative payroll data from Chilean firms: scaling of hierarchies, predictive models of turnover and salary reference frameworks.

External lecturer

Doctoral researcher

Researcher

Psychometric validation of instruments with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in R; research on wellbeing, mental health and the quality of clinical teaching.

Researcher in student integration, wellbeing and performance

Research design, questionnaire design and psychometric validation, analysis and reporting.

Research assistant

Project ¿Cómo se evalúa la calidad en el GES-depresión? [How is quality assessed in the GES depression guarantee?] (Concurso de fomento a la investigación 2016). Principal investigator: Ximena Zabala. Literature review, interviews with experts and professionals, coding, rhetorical and discourse analysis.

Research assistant

Concurso Adulto Mayor y Envejecimiento 1/2013, Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Programa Adulto Mayor UC. Principal investigator: Andrés Haye. Running and analysing discussion groups and biographical interviews with older people; my undergraduate thesis was the first analytic phase of that material.

Research assistant

Studies on Basic Concepts in Psychological Theorizing: Memory, Thinking, Emotion. Principal investigator: Andrés Haye.

Research assistant in NGO governance

With Professor Alfredo Enrione.

Director of Healthcare Studies

End-to-end direction of healthcare market research, from design and sales through delivery and presentation of results. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies, client management and team leadership.

Researcher and developer of educational content

Design, coordination and analysis of mixed-methods research to identify the knowledge, skills and training needs of the target population, and development of large-scale e-learning programmes for workers and professionals.

FAI Postdoctoral Grant (Fondo de Ayuda a la Investigación, Formación de Capital Humano, Postdoctorado 2025)

Principal investigator; sponsoring academic María Isabel Pavez. Context Matters: Linking Meso-Level Digital Infrastructure and Social Resources to Older Adults' Wellbeing using Multilevel Modelling of CASEN-EBS Data. Awarded in November 2025 after external peer review;{{private: one of five projects funded; CLP 39,600,000 over}} 24 months.

Overseas Doctoral Scholarship, Becas Chile

Manuscript review

Manuscript review