About
I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. I study how changes in work and social relationships are shaped by the structures in which they occur.
My research connects the sociology of work, network science, and the study of inequality.
Research
Work, skills & technology
My main research examines how the skills and tasks required at work change over time. I ask why some requirements spread and accumulate in higher-status occupations while others become concentrated in lower-status work, and how these patterns contribute to labor-market polarization and inequality.
I approach occupations as connected rather than isolated: changes in one part of the occupational structure can create opportunities and constraints elsewhere. Technological change, including advances in artificial intelligence, is an important context for this work.
Relational persistence
A parallel line of research asks when relationships persist and when they dissolve. I develop models of how available alternatives affect the stability of a tie and who forms a replacement relationship after it ends.
Emerging projects extend this relational perspective to urban and intergenerational mobility.
Approach
I combine longitudinal data and network analysis with formal models and computational experiments. These approaches help me describe patterns of change and examine the mechanisms that could produce them.
Background
My previous research has explored personal networks, social capital, civil society, and scientific collaboration. Across these topics, my interest has been in how social connections shape opportunities and constraints.
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