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Monica Michelle Gerber Pluss

Associate Professor

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My research focuses on the relationship between social justice and social psychology. I am interested in how ideological and motivational factors shape people’s attitudes towards justice, crime and punishment.

Educación

  •  Social Research Methods, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE). Reino Unido, 2008
  •  BA in Sociology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
  •  Sociology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
  •  Social Research Methods, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE). Reino Unido, 2012

Experiencia Académica

  •   Lecturer Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

    Ciencias Sociales e Historia

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2018

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias Sociales

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2013

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2013

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2014

  •   Teaching and Research Fellow Full Time

    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)

    Londres, Reino Unido

    2013 - 2013

  •   Postgraduate Teaching Assistant Part Time

    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)

    London, Chile

    2008 - 2012

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

    Psychology

    Chile

    2018 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Teaching and Research Fellow Full Time

    London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, Reino Unido

    2013 - 2013

  •   Survey Research Assistant Part Time

    University of Oxford

    London, Reino Unido

    2008 - 2009

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    United Nations Development Program (PNUD-Chile)

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - 2007

Formación de Capital Humano


I am currently a lecturer for courses in statistical analysis for the MSc in Social Research Methods at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile. I have also taught several courses in methods and statistics for Sociology and Psychology students at Universidad de Chile and Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. At the London School of Economics I was a teaching fellow for one year and a teaching assistant for four years teaching quantitative analysis for MSc students.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)

    Reino Unido, 2012

    Award given to the best postgraduate teaching assistant of the year - Department of Methodology

  •   Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme

    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)

    Chile, 2008

    Award to fund PhD studies

  •   Best overall performance in MSc

    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)

    Chile, 2008

    Award given to the student with the best performance in the MSc in Social Research Methods

  •   Beca Presidente de la Republica

    MIDEPLAN

    Chile, 2007

    Funding for MSc studies

  •   Becas Chile

    CONICYT

    Chile, 2008

    Funding for PhD Studies


 

Article (11)

On the Justification of Intergroup Violence: The Roles of Procedural Justice, Police Legitimacy, and Group Identity in Attitudes Toward Violence Among Indigenous People
Do closed survey questions overestimate public perceptions of food risks?
Justifying violence: legitimacy, ideology and public support for police use of force
Authority and Punishment: On the Ideological Basis of Punitive Attitudes towards Criminals
La lectura en formatos digitales en el Chile actual: nuevas prácticas y viejas desigualdades
Social Identities and Conflict in Chile: The Role of Historical and Political Processes
Publics and biobanks: Pan-European diversity and the challenge of responsible innovation
Retribution as Revenge and Retribution as Just Deserts
Public Opinion towards the Lay Magistracy and the Sentencing Council Guidelines: The Effects of Information on Attitudes
The Plausibility of Cross-National Comparisons of Internet Use Types
Insecurities about crime in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: A review of research findings

BookSection (2)

Ideological Roots of Fear of Crime and Punitive Sentiment in Greece and the UK: A Commentary on Cheliotis & Xenakis
Relaciones intergrupales

Proyecto (6)

Justicia, legitimidad y cambio social=> acerca de la interacción entre justicia distributiva y procedimental
Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (COES)
Justifying the use of violence committed by and against mapuche people in Chile=> the roles of procedural justice, legitimacy and identity in shaping attitudes towards intergroup violence
Fiducia Project for New European Crimes and Trust-based policy
Sensitive technologies and European Public Ethics Project
Euro Justis

Review (1)

Development and validation of a scale of support for violence in the context of intergroup conflict (SVIC): The case of violence perpetrated by Mapuche people and the police in Chile
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Monica Gerber

Associate Professor

Faculty of Psychology

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

4
Roberto Gonzalez

Full Professor

School of Psychology

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Héctor Carvacho

Profesor Asistente

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Chile

1
Cristóbal Moya

Research Fellow

Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

Zeppelin University

Friedrichshafen, Alemania