Roberto Cantillan

Ph.D. (c) in Sociology
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Sociologist • Researcher • Data Analyst

I am a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an assistant at the ‘Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Labor Market Mismatch’ (LM2C2). My doctoral research uses a structural and network perspective to analyze the patterns of mobility, diffusion, and segregation in labor markets from an intragenerational viewpoint.

Recent Updates

• Aug 2026 — Presented “A Matthew Effect in Occupational Skill Content: Divergent Diffusion of Cognitive and Physical Skills Reinforces Inequality” at RC28 NYU 2026. Slides
• Jan 2026 – Presented “Structurally Conditioned Diffusion Reproduces Skills-Based Stratification How Skill Requirements Propagate — And Why They Preserve Hierarchies” Online RC28 SciencePo International Conference Slides
• Dec 2025 — Presented “Structurally Conditioned Diffusion Reproduces Skills-Based Stratification How Skill Requirements Propagate — And Why They Preserve Hierarchies” at the International Conference “The future of Social Mobility”.