Teaching
My undergraduate and postgraduate teaching prioritizes problem-based learning and is guided by the conviction that students must actively engage to learn to think autonomously. This reflective work is not something that can be purely done by listening to lectures and taking notes, so in my courses, I promote seminar dynamics where students work in small groups around a question, excerpts of texts to interpret, or some empirical material. This aligns with the continuous effort I make to enrich students' experience with debates and materials related to the research topics I work on. This makes my courses intellectually challenging and versatile in their content. The connection between teaching and research is also realized in the effort to involve students in instances that allow them to familiarize themselves with the craft of research and scientific communication
Postgraduate
2020-24: “Social Sciences Seminar: Contemporary debates”, PhD in Social Sciences, Universidad Diego Portales, March-June (co-taught with Alfredo Joignant).
2018: “Theory of Society: Sociology & Philosophy” (co-taught with Daniel Chernilo), MA in Contemporary Thought, Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, March.
2017: “Dialectics and genealogy: Elements for a sociology of concepts”, Intensive seminar, PhD in Political Institutions and Processes, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, August.
2016: “Concepts and problems in critical theory: Power”, MA in Contemporary Thought, Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, March-April.
2015: “Concepts and problems in critical theory: Hannah Arendt” (co-taught with María Isabel Peña), MA in Contemporary Thought, Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, March-April.
2014: “Concepts and problems in critical theory: crisis and critique” (co-taught with Margarita Palacios), MA in Contemporary Thought, Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, March-April.
2013: “Concepts and problems in critical theory: Foucault”, MA in Contemporary Thought, Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, March-April.
Undergraduate
2015-2024: “Introduction to Sociology”, BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, March-July.
2011-2019: “Sociological Theory III: Social Action”, BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, August-December.
2016: “Advanced Seminar in Sociological Theory: The concept of power in Arendt and Foucault”, BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, March-July.
2014: “Advanced Seminar in Sociological Theory: The concept of communication in Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann” (with Darío Rodríguez), BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, March-July.
2013: “Advanced Seminar in Sociological Theory: Capital & Marx’s Social Theory”, BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, March-July.
2012: “Advanced Seminar in Sociological Theory: Capitalism & Critique”, BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, August-December.
2012: “Historical sociology” (with Alfredo Joignant), BA program in sociology, Universidad Diego Portales, August-December.
2009-2010: “Sociology of Human Rights” (with Robert Fine), BA program in sociology, University of Warwick, Autumn term-Spring term.