Centre for Economics and Social Policy

Our goal is to carry out rigorous, relevant and innovative research in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, to focus on pressing matters such as Inequality, economic development and social well-being.

Publications

30 March 2026

Retamal, P., and C.Cazzuffi. 2026. “Negotiating Work and Care: Rural Women's Bargaining Power in Chile's Neoliberal Agrarian Sector.” Journal of Agrarian Change e70078.

Chiara CAzzuffi

https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.70078

02 March 2026

Marchant, J., Cazzuffi, C. & Arensburg, S. Femicide, development, and State Capacity in Chile. Appl. Spatial Analysis 19, 27 (2026)

Chiara CAzzuffi

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-025-09783-y

02 March 2026

Ortiz-Vilches, C., & Ramond, Q. (2026). Explaining neighborhood effects on neighborhood cohesion: The varying influence of residential reputation by household income. Urban Studies, 0(0).

Quentin Ramond

https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251408931

02 March 2026

Water Scarcity, Gender, and Community Organization in Coquimbo, Chile

Mayarí Castillo

https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X261419440

13 January 2026

Castillo, M., & Jenkins, K. (2026). Political Ecology, Gender, and the Environment in Latin America: An Introduction to the Field. Latin American Perspectives.

Mayarí Castillo

https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X251411334

08 January 2026

Alieva, D., ... Ortiz Ruiz, F. et al. (2026). Liber amicorum del profesor José Luis Molina. Revista Redes, 37(2): 313-323.

Francisca Ortiz

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/redes.1183

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Centro de Economía y Políticas Sociales, U. Mayor

José Toribio Medina 29

+56223281785|ceas@umayor.cl

Science for a complex world

CEAS conducts interdisciplinary research for the study of social inequalities, economic development and human well-being

PhD in Public Policy

Training researchers in fundamental aspects associated with the process of discussion, formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies in contemporary societies

What does it mean to be time-poor?

We seek to understand poverty from a multidimensional scope, using perspectives from diverse disciplines

Experiments that contribute to the understanding of social phenomena

Behavioral economics and the role of emotions in decision-making

Socio-ecological inequalities

The unequal distribution of environmental suffering in Chile

Migration and productivity

The impact of cultural, racial and ethnic diversity on regional labor markets

How does business influence public policy?

Corporate power, public policy and the quality of democracy

Centre for Economics and Social Policy

Our goal is to carry out rigorous, relevant and innovative research in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, to focus on pressing matters such as Inequality, economic development and social well-being.

Retamal, P., and C.Cazzuffi. 2026. “Negotiating Work and Care: Rural Women's Bargaining Power in Chile's Neoliberal Agrarian Sector.” Journal of Agrarian Change e70078.

Marchant, J., Cazzuffi, C. & Arensburg, S. Femicide, development, and State Capacity in Chile. Appl. Spatial Analysis 19, 27 (2026)

Ortiz-Vilches, C., & Ramond, Q. (2026). Explaining neighborhood effects on neighborhood cohesion: The varying influence of residential reputation by household income. Urban Studies, 0(0).

Water Scarcity, Gender, and Community Organization in Coquimbo, Chile

Castillo, M., & Jenkins, K. (2026). Political Ecology, Gender, and the Environment in Latin America: An Introduction to the Field. Latin American Perspectives.

Alieva, D., ... Ortiz Ruiz, F. et al. (2026). Liber amicorum del profesor José Luis Molina. Revista Redes, 37(2): 313-323.

CEAS organiza la Tercera Jornada de Redes a nivel latinoamericano

Francisca Ortiz Ruiz presenta en el 10th World Conference on Qualitative Research

Récord de participación en Narrativas Visuales: 32 postulaciones y 28 proyectos seleccionados en su sexta convocatoria

Mayarí Castillo es editora de Special Issue de la revista Latin American Perspectives sobre ecología política, género y medio ambiente

CEAS participa en dos proyectos Fondecyt Regular recientemente adjudicados

Académica de CEAS integra equipo internacional del Bourdieu Study Group de la British Sociological Association

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