Prospective Students

Prospective Students

I am always open to working with new graduate and undergraduate students, including those from other disciplines and universities. If you are interested in working with me, please feel free to get in touch so we can arrange a time to talk. If you are considering pursuing a PhD at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, I am authorised to supervise doctoral students in Sociology and to serve on graduate committees in other departments. If we decide to work together, I would expect you to take an active part in the activities of the Social Network Group at UC.

MSc

• Dr. Laura Nurski (2025 - 2026) “Data-driven Organisation Design: A blockmodeling approach to organisational structue”. Master Thesis, M.Sc in Sociology: Quantitative Analysis & Social Data Science, KU Leuven (Approved: Summa Cum Laude).

PhD

• MSc. Evelyn Soto Ruiz (2023 - Current) “Governance, Conservation and Environmental Justice Networks in urban wetlands in Chile”. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Concepción (main supervisor: Robinson Torres Salina).

• MSc. Guillermo Beck (2022 - Current). “Exploring The Role Of Homophily In Shaping Preferences For Redistribution”. PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (main supervisor: Luis Maldonado). 

• MSc. Roberto Velázquez Quiroz (2019 - 2025). “The art of juries: narrative networks and small world effects across cultural policy in Chile and Argentina (1990-2019)”. PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (main supervisor: Mauricio Bucca). 

MSc

• BSc. Chiara Zanchetta Ukstin (2026 - Current) “Mapping Collaboration Dynamics in the European Vocational Education and Training Ecosystem: A Social Network Analysis”. Master Thesis, M.Sc in Sociology: Quantitative Analysis & Social Data Science, KU Leuven (main supervisor: Wim Van Lancker).