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Nicolas Darío Valenzuela Levi

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Infraestructura; servicios básicos; desigualdad; sostenibilidad urbana; economía institucional.

Educación

  •  PhD in Land Economy, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2020
  •  Development Studies, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2016
  •  Desarrollo Urbano, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2012
  •  Arquitecto, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2012

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Instructor Adjunto Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Diseño y Estudios Urbanos

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - 2015

  •   Profesor Instructor Adjunto Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Diseño y Estudios Urbanos

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2014

  •   Limited-term replacement lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    2018 - 2019

  •   Co-investigador proyecto Iniciativa de Bienestar Planetario Other

    UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

    Ciiencias Políticas y Sociales

    Barcelona, España

    2019 - 2019

  •   Investigador Postdoctoral Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - 2021

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Director Secretaría Comunal de Planificación Full Time

    Municipalidad de Providencia

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2015

  •   Director Part Time

    Metro de Santiago

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Supervision of theses:
Role: Supervisor. Year: Current. Student: Jeanett Saavedra, Architecture, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Supervisor. Year: Current. Student: Ana Perez, Architecture, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Supervisor. Year: Current. Student: Exon Naranjo, Architecture, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: Current. Student: Jocelyn Herrera, MBA, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: 2025. Student: Vicente Llanos, Civil Telematic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: 2025. Student: Cristóbal Nilo, Civil Telematic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: 2025. Student: Agustín Ovando, Civil Telematic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: 2025. Student: Jorge Rojas, Civil Telematic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: 2024. Student: Rayen Díaz, Architecture, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Supervisor. Year: 2024. Student: Lu Zhang, Architecture, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Role: Co-Supervisor. Year: 2024. Student: Fernanda Henríquez, Master in Urban Development, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Role: Supervisor. Year: 2019. Emily Christensen, Land Economy, University of Cambridge.


Difusión y Transferencia


Media appearances:
Activity: Spots in a report on the entry into force of the update of the General Ordinance of Urbanism and Constructions within the framework of the implementation of the REP Law. Outlet: Magazine “País Circular”. Objective: to provide a technical opinion on the modification of the General Ordinance of Urbanism and Constructions and the application of the Law of Extended Producer Responsibility and Promotion of Recycling. Date: April 29, 2024
Activity: Appearance on the radio program “Copano.News”. Outlet: Radio La Clave. Objective: dissemination of results of the Research Summary “Dynamic Mapping of Street Commerce in Santiago Centro” and announcement of the launch of the book “Feeding the city: Dialogues on urban food infrastructure”. Date: April 23, 2024
Activity: Appearance on the radio program “Ciudad Pauta”. Outlet: Radio Pauta. Objective: dissemination of results of the Research Summary “Dynamic Mapping of Street Commerce in Santiago Centro” Street vendor in downtown Santiago” and announcement of the book launch “Feeding the city: Dialogues on urban food infrastructure”. Date: April 17, 2024
Activity: Spots and data in the “National” section report. Outlet: La Tercera Newspaper. Objective: dissemination of results of the Research Summary “Dynamic Mapping of Street Commerce in Downtown Santiago”. Date: April 16, 2024
Activity: Appearance on the radio program “Ciudad Pauta”. Outlet: Radio Pauta. Objective: dissemination of the book “Feeding the city: Dialogues on urban food infrastructure”. Date: April 11, 2024
Activity: Appearance on the radio program “Vuelta en U”. Outlet: Radio Universo. Objective: dissemination of recycling research. Date: August 26, 2021
Activity: Mention in the radio program “Mesa Central” section “Rat Pack”. Outlet: Tele 13 Radio. Objective: dissemination of recycling research
Date: August 19, 2021. Activity: Column “Home recycling in Chile: we want it, but they don't let us”. Outlet: CIPER Academic. Objective: dissemination of recycling research. Date: April 9, 2021.
Activity: Column “Informality after the October outbreak. Repress or take advantage of the opportunity”. Outlet: CIPER. Objective: opinion column. Date: January 17, 2020
Activity: Column “The fax in the 1988 plebiscite: some technological, social and political memory for today's Chile”. Outlet: CIPER. Objective: opinion columnDate: December 13, 2019
Activity: Column “How to achieve universal access to broadband internet in Chile?”. Outlet: El Mostrador. Objective: opinion column. Date: May 15, 2018
Activity: Column “Recycling goals decree, will we be ambitious or mediocre?” Outlet: El Mostrador. Objective: opinion column. Date: April 20, 2018
Activity: Column “Public transport, the new conflict between capital and labor”. Outlet: CIPER. Objective: opinion column. Date: May 2, 2017
Activity: Column “The necessary new step for the public bicycle system in Santiago”. Outlet: CIPER- Objective: opinion column. Date: November 25, 2016
Activity: Column “The future of Transantiago: New private concessions or public company?”. Outlet: CIPER. Objective: opinion column. Date: September 7, 2016


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Fulbright Chair visiting professorship, Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA

    COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE

    Estados Unidos, 2025

    Ganador de concurso para profesor visitante convocado por el programa Fulbrighr.


 

Article (24)

Intervening public spaces by subtraction: A randomised controlled trial in Montevideo, Uruguay
Should the market decide where the waste goes? Municipal bidding war between private landfills in Santiago de Chile
A Cyborg Walk for Urban Analysis? From Existing Walking Methodologies to the Integration of Machine Learning
Community kitchens as metropolitan infrastructure: Mapping the fight against food insecurity in Santiago de Chile during COVID-19
Crime as an excuse for not providing internet in specific neighbourhoods: a quantitative approach to broadband 'Red Zones' in Santiago de Chile
Market concentration in industrial and commercial non-hazardous waste valorisation: the case of Chile
Bidding against each other: local procurement of personal protective equipment in the context of decentralization and high socio-economic inequality
COVID-19, waste production and municipal recycling programs: Insights from Chile to the global south
Income inequality and rule-systems within public transport: A study of Medellín (Colombia) and Santiago (Chile)
The role of socio-territorial conditions and distance to infrastructure for promoting recycling in Latin American cities: The case of Santiago de Chile
Urban sustainability and perceived satisfaction in neoliberal cities
Housing and accessibility after the COVID-19 pandemic: Rebuilding for resilience, equity and sustainable mobility
Income inequality and efficient resources allocation policy for the adoption of a recycling program by municipalities in developing countries: The case of Chile
Poor performance in municipal recycling: The case of Chile
Promoting adoption of recycling by municipalities in developing countries: Increasing or redistributing existing resources?
The income equality dividend in 'green' infrastructure: Evidence from the transport and waste sectors in the OECD
The rich and mobility: A new look into the impacts of income inequality on household transport expenditures
Waste
The written and unwritten rules of internet exclusion: inequality, institutions and network disadvantage in cities of the Global South
Waste Political Settlements in Colombia and Chile
Do the rich recycle more? Understanding the link between income inequality and separate waste collection within metropolitan areas
Factors influencing municipal recycling in the Global South: The case of Chile
Why do more unequal countries spend more on private vehicles? Evidence and implications for the future of cities
El derecho a la conexión: imaginarios, luchas, derechos e instituciones

BookSection (4)

‘Somos zona roja’: top-down informality and institutionalised exclusion from broadband internet services in Santiago de Chile
Igualmente libres en la ciudad: sobre redes, políticas socio-industriales, y la necesidad de nuevas ideas libertarias
Public Housing Investment to Defeat Poverty: Looking into Production and Effectiveness through Quantitative and Qualitative Results
The mobility regime in Santiago and possibilities of change

BookWhole (1)

El Peso de las Ciudades en América Latina y el Caribe: requerimientos futuros de recursos y potenciales rutas de actuación.

Proyecto (7)

Cooperation for sustainable food systems associated to global port infrastructure
Caracterización de escenarios y factores para la gestión de residuos en el espacio público mediante inteligencia artificial
Desigualdades territoriales e informalidad en la Infraestructura Alimentaria Urbana: el caso del Gran Santiago
Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS)
Impacto del COVID-19 en la gestión y finanzas municipales: Análisis de sostenibilidad financiera y resiliencia de la cadena de suministro de los municipios chilenos
Núcleo Milenio Centro de Estudios Urbano-Territoriales para la Región del Maule
Condicionantes de la equidad en los proyectos de vivienda económica en grandes áreas urbanas (2006-2010). Lecciones para el problema habitacional post terremoto.
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