Gonzalo Contreras Aguirre

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research

Stone Center Departments
CIPR
People Classification
Postdoctoral Fellows
Tulane Affiliation
Visiting

Research

Political Representation, Citizen Involvement in Politics, Political Participation, Clientelism.

Degrees

  • DPhil., University of Oxford, Politics, 2024
  • MSc. Oxford University, Politics Research, 2019
  • B.A., Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, Political Science, 2012

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research, Tulane University, 2024-
  • Seminar Instructor, University College London, 2021-2024
  • Lecturer, Universidad Diego Portales, 2016-2017
  • Senior Adviser. Home Office, Chilean Government, Santiago, Chile. 2014-2018.

Distinctions

  • Excellence in Student Feedback Award. University College London, Department of Political Science. 2024
  • Virginia Gray Graduate Student Research Award for the APSA Annual Conference 2023, Los Ángeles, United States, in the Political Organizations and Parties section. 2023.
  • APSA Organized Section Support Grant for the APSA Annual Conference 2023, Los Ángeles, United States, in the Comparative Politics section. 2023.
  • APSA First Generation Scholars in the Profession Annual Meeting Travel and Accessibility Grant. Awarded by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs of the American Political Science Association.
  • APSA Graduate Student Member Support Grant. APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession.
  • Travel Grant funded by Ms Julia Poschinger-Bray, St. Hugh’s College alumna. University of Oxford. Grant to attend APSA Annual Meeting 2023.
  • Vacation Course and Travel Grant. St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Grant to conduct fieldwork in Santiago, Chile. 2021.
  • Barbinder Watson Travel Fund. St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Grant to conduct fieldwork in Santiago, Chile. 2021.
  • Marco Villani Graduate Research Grant Fund. St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Travel grant to participate at CEISAL conference, Helsinki, Finland. 2022.

Languages

  • Spanish

Overseas Experience

  • Chile
  • United Kingdom

Selected Publications

  • 2024. Contreras, G. ”Outsourcing Machines. How programmatic parties include clientelistic strategies.” Comparative Political Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241271310.
  • 2024. Contreras, G. and M. Morales. “Masking Electoral Turnout. Invalid Voting and Class Bias When Compulsory Voting is Reinstated.” Electoral Studies (92): 102878.
  • 2023. Belmar, F., G. Contreras, M. Morales, C. Troncoso. 2023. “Demanding non-programmatic distribution: evidence from local governments in Chile”. Policy Studies, Vol. 44(2).
  • 2018. Contreras, G. and Morales, M. 2018. "Ethnic solidarity and the vote: Mapuche candidates and voters in Chile". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1371582.
  • 2017. Cantillana C., Contreras, G., Morales, M., Oliva, D. and Perelló, L. 2017. "Malestar con la representación democrática en América Latina". Política y Gobierno, vol. 24 (2): 245-274.
  • 2017. Contreras, G. and Morales, M. 2017. "Why was the voluntary vote approved in Chile? Reasons and arguments that drove the reform". Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, vol 8 (2), 1-37