Roberto Velasquez

Roberto Velasquez

Ph.D. candidate in Sociology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at UC (Chile). His main research interests include social network analysis, economic sociology, and the sociology of arts. As of today, his dissertation explores how state-level economic regulations shape aesthetic dispositions, cultural markets, and art socialization in Latin America. Additionally, Roberto’s methodological interests focus on measuring the social production of aesthetic values from a relational perspective.

Interests
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Economic Sociology
  • Sociology of Arts
Education
  • M.Sc. in Social Theory (LSE), 2012

    London School of Economics

  • M.A. in History, 2009

    Columbia University

  • Sociologist and Historian (UC Chile), 2008

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile