The Center for Economics and Social Policy (CEAS) is an interdisciplinary academic research center that integrates disciplines such as anthropology, economy, geography, engineering, public policy and sociology, amongst others. We specialize in the study of inequality, economic development and wellbeing, using a variety of methodological approaches: qualitative and quantitative analysis, theoretical models and experimental games.
Inaugurated in November 2018, CEAS is integrated in the Research Vice-Rectory of Universidad Mayor, and is also associated with the Humanities Faculty of the same university. CEAS is committed to the education of pre-graduate students in Universidad Mayor, and also to the Public Policy PhD program, which is in managed by the center.
Our main research topics are poverty, inequality, elites, wellbeing, public policy, labor market, education, health, environment, behavioral economics, experimental economics, gender and feminist economics, urban studies, indigenous population and time use.CEAS wishes to create deep bonds with the national and international academic community through the organization of academic seminars, international collaboration visits, international conferences and a permanent dialogue with social, economical and political organizations.
To carry out scientific, social, interdisciplinary and collaborative research in a rigorous, relevant and innovative way to address society's main concerns about inequality, economic development and social welfare
To become a national and international reference in interdisciplinary social research on economic and social issues and thus contribute to the public debate on social inequalities comprehended broadly and encompassing their forms, levels, determinants, consequences and policies.
Based on the most recent advances in economic and social research, the Center for Economics and Social Policy, composed of researchers from various disciplines (such as economics, sociology, engineering, geography and political science) aims to conduct rigorous, relevant and innovative research in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment to address society's concerns about economic development, inequality and social welfare, incorporating a wide range of issues such as poverty and inequality, labor economics, time use, value of time, sustainability, concentration, behavioral economics, experimental economics, economics of education, health economics, economic and social development, political economy, urban studies, economic geography, economic sociology, feminist economics, family economics, and public policy.
PhD en Estudios Políticos / Ciencias Sociales, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, París / FACSO, Universidad de Chile.
Candidata a doctora en Territorio, Espacio y Sociedad en la Universidad de Chile
PhD en Sociología, University of Manchester, Reino Unido. / Magister en Sociología, P. Universidad Católica de Chile. / Socióloga, Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
Estudiante Doctorado en Políticas Públicas, Centro de Economía y Políticas Sociales (CEAS) y Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud (CISS), Universidad Mayor.
Programa de Mentorías, Instituto Milenio para la Investigación del Cuidado MICARE, Santiago, Chile.
Académica Escuela de Terapia Ocupacional, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor. Terapeuta Ocupacional, Magíster en Educación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Chile.
Línea de investigación: Trayectorias de vida; Envejecimiento; Cuidado; Participación laboral y trabajo; Desigualdad y territorios; Políticas Públicas intersectoriales; Relación entre Estado, Sociedad y Políticas Públicas.
Soy Académico de la Escuela de gobierno y administración pública (EGAP), mis intereses de investigación son por una parte los temas de sexualidad, específicamente temas LGBT, participación, prevención del VIH, estigma y discriminación. Por otro lado, los temas de prevención de riesgos de desastres y gestión pública inclusiva, ambos temas ligados a la gestión del Estado, las políticas públicas y su implementación.
Soy parte de la organización JEVIH, Administrador Público, Magister en gobierno y, Doctor (C) en políticas públicas.
Centro de Economía y Políticas Sociales, U. Mayor
José Toribio Medina 29
