
Juan Antonio Carrasco Montagna
Professor
Universidad de Concepcion
Concepcion, Chile
Socio-spatial analysis of mobility; Land use, urban geography and mobility; Travel behavior analysis and modeling; Travel demand modeling and forecasting; Social networks and activity-travel behavior
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Industrial Engineer, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2001
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Engineering, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1999
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Transportation Engineering, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2001
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Transportation Engineering and Planning, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. Canada, 2006
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Professor Full Time
Universidad de Concepcion
Engineering
Concepción., Chile
2007 - At present
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Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Engineering
Toronto, Canada
2006 - 2006
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Research Assistant Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Engineering
Toronto, Chile
2002 - 2006
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Special lecturer Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Engineering
Toronto, Chile
2004 - 2006
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Director Master's in Engineering Science Degree Other
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Engineering
Chile
2008 - 2010
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Board member Other
Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Concepción
Concepcion, Chile
2009 - 2010
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Advisor (ad-honorem) Chilean National Transportation Policy White Paper Other
Ministry of Transport of Chile
Chile
2013 - 2013
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Consultant Project “Recommendations for the urban transport system in a model city: Talca” Other
Instituto de Transferencia Tecnológica (IIT) Universidad de Concepción
Chile
2010 - 2011
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President of the Board Other
EFE Sur
Concepción, Chile
2022 - At present
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Board member Other
EFE Trenes de Chile
Chile
2022 - At present
THESIS SUPERVISION AND COMMITTEE MEMBER
Supervisor
Postdoctoral fellows, Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, CEDEUS
? Carole Gurdon (2024-)
? Francisca Zegers (2022-2023)
? Catalina Marshall (2020-2021).
Doctorate Program in Industrial Engineering
? Beatriz Millán, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Patricio Salas, 2023, “Integrating Discrete Choice Models and Machine Learning Methods to Predict and Understand Travel Mode Choice,” co-supervisor.
Master’s Degree of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering
? Jorge Ortiz, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Juan Cofré, TBD, co-supervisor (in progress)
? Hans Werner, “Analyzing the impact of incorporating principles of justice in project appraisal for transport railway projects in the Chilean context”, supervisor (2024)
? Diego Medina, “Analyzing the relationship between social network geography and productive, reproductive and leisure activity spaces,” supervisor (2024)
? Sebastián Henríquez, “Mainstreaming gender data in time use and travel surveys,” supervisor (2023)
? Rubén Miranda, “Analysis of dietary and mobility patterns in the Concepción metropolitan area, Chile,” supervisor (2023)
? Víctor Allendes, “Activity-travel modelling through a temporal transferability of an activity-based microsimulation model: An application in the Greater Temuco Area,” supervisor (2021).
? Álvaro Toledo, “Análisis espacial de los impactos en la demanda de transporte público producto de una nueva línea de metro utilizando datos masivos,” supervisor (2020).
? Rodrigo Victoriano, “Time, Space, Money, and Social Interaction: Using Machine Learning to Classify People’s Mobility Strategies through Four Key Dimensions,” supervisor (2020).
? Tomás Rebolledo, “Time use and expenditure in activities for mobility analysis in neighbourhoods in Concepción”, co-supervisor (2018).
? Maximiliano Lizana, “Analysis of the spatial, temporal, expenditure and social patterns of mobility in neighbourhoods from Concepción”, co-supervisor (2017).
? M. Fernanda Viveros, “Relationships between transport-activity barriers and subjective well-being,” co-supervisor (2017).
? Óscar Chávez, “Personal network dynamics and mobility,” (2016).
? José Moore, “Social exclusion modelling in the UK context,” (2013).
? Claudia García, “Analysis of the relationship between the urban context and social interactions: Four cases from Concepción, Chile”, (2012).
Master’s degree in Development and Social Research (Sociology)
? Diego Solsona, “Redes sociales, capital social y modos de transporte: Una mirada a cuatro barrios del Gran Concepción” (2015)
? Paulina Henríquez, “Association in small and medium size metal-mechanic businesses in Concepción,” co-supervisor (2013)
Master’s degree in Geographic Analysis
? Felipe Aguilera, “Geo-spatial representation of travel strategies,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Herty Roa, “Mobility dynamics in three Chilean cities: A study using GIS indicators,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Claudia Valenzuela, “Mobility strategies and time use in Concepción: A mixed mode analysis method,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Valentina Cortés, “The relationship between urban and transportation policies: A case study,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Marcela Martínez, “Accessibility to health services in Concepción,” co-supervisor (2015).
? Gerson Araneda, “Physical and social space of personal networks,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Cristián Borjas, “Geo-spatial standards for a transport data platform,” co-supervisor (2014).
Professional degree, Engineering
? Alejandro Concha, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Jorge Ortiz, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Sofía San Martín, “Analysis on the trip changes in metro de Santiago after COVID-19 using telecommunication data,” supervisor (2024).
? Samuel Fernández, “Methodological proposal to integrate train and bicycles, applied to Biotren in Concepción,” supervisor (2024).
? Cristóbal Muñoz, “Development of a pilot survey about mobility of care in the Greater Concepción Area using a gender and interdependence framework,” supervisor (2023).
? Javier Henríquez, “Assessment of a methodology to analyze the quality of public transport operations,” supervisor (2023).
? Claudio Figueroa, “Desarrollo de metodologías para recopilar información para diarios de viajes de manera mixta,” supervisor (2022).
? Jonathan Meneses, “Impacto de corredores de transporte público en las características del entorno urbano en el Gran Concepción,” supervisor (2022).
? Sebastián Campos, “Elaboración de metodología para la evaluación de la caminabilidad de un sector, y aplicación a San Pedro de la Costa,” supervisor (2022).
? Bárbara Zárate, “Análisis de la movilidad del cuidado con especial énfasis en alimentación y perspectiva de género, en cuatro comunas del Gran Concepción,” co-supervisor (2021)
? Lilian Briceño, “Comportamiento de actividades de viajes y movilidad del cuidado bajo un enfoque de género: caso de estudio en Concepción, Chile,” co-supervisor (2021)
? Andrés Pino, “Análisis operacional para la provisión de infraestructura ferroviaria mediante la simulación con Opentrack,” supervisor (2021)
? Sebastián Henríquez, “Mobility and time use differences between male and female from Concepción using a gender perspective,” supervisor (2021)
? Eduardo Valencia, “Influence of the built environment in school choice”, supervisor (2021)
? Rubén Miranda, “Analysis on food and mobility patterns in Concepción,” supervisor (2020)
? Fernando Sáez, “Analysis of food shopping and consumption patterns in the Greater Concepción Area,” supervisor (2020)
? Daniela de la Hoz, “Accessibility análisis to fresh fruits and vegetables in the households at the Greater Concepción Area,” supervisor (2020)
? Víctor Allendes, “Activity-travel modeling using microsimulation models: An Application in Temuco”, supervisor (2019)
? Arantxa Oyharcabal, “Mobility analysis at Universidad de Concepción,” co-supervisor (2019)
? Nicolás Viveros, “Satisfaction of public transport users in Transmilenio, Bogotá,” supervisor (2019)
? Álvaro Toledo, “Smart card data validation to understand travel”, co-supervisor (2018)
? Marcela Rebolledo, “Qualitative and quantitative data to understand mobility strategies,” co-supervisor (2018)
? Joaquín Martínez, “Mobile phone data validation to understand travel”, co-supervisor (2018)
? Raúl Bustamante, “Psychological factors, transport-activity barriers and subjective well-being,” co-supervisor (2018).
? Rodrigo Victoriano, Time use and activity strategies, co-supervisor (2018)
? Cindy Stumpfoll, “Temporal, special and social activities of mobility in four neighbourhoods in Concepción: A gender perspective,” co-supervisor (2017).
? Tomás Rebolledo, “Time use and expenditure in activities for mobility analysis in neighbourhoods in Concepción”, co-supervisor (2017).
? Maximiliano Lizana, “Analysis of the spatial, temporal, expenditure and social patterns of mobility in neighbourhoods from Concepción”, co-supervisor (2016).
? M. Fernanda Viveros, “Relationships between transport-activity barriers and subjective well-being,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Nicolás Urrutia, “Mobility indicators in the Greater Concepción Area,” co-supervisor, (2014)
? Óscar Chávez, “Understanding the dynamic of social networks in time and space,” (2014)
? Cristián Cares, “Modelling a Participation Index for understanding social exclusion in different areas,” (2014)
? Hernán Linco, “Modelling the differences between four neighbourhoods in the Greater Concepcion Area,” (2013)
? Álvaro Gamonales, “Social exclusion indicators using Origin-Destination surveys,” (2013)
? José Moore, “Time use and personal networks in Concepción,” (2012).
? Mónica Parada, “Frequency and spatial distribution of social activities and travel in Concepción: analysis from a social network approach,” (2012).
? Nicolás Céspedes, “T-communities and spatial autocorrelation,” co-supervisor (2011).
? Cristián Bustos, “Spatial indicators of social networks,” (2011).
? Marcelo San Martín, “Voyager module, software CUBE,” (2011).
? Mauricio Jara, “Social exclusion indicators from a transportation perspective,” (2009)
? Camila Galdames, “A panel study about the role of psychosocial factors on mode choice: A structural equations approach,” co-supervisor, (2010).
? Natalia Ruminot, “Vulnerable nodes in networks: An autocorrelation approach,” co-supervisor (2009).
? Felipe Sanhueza, “Mode choice, attitudes and physical environment in a campus University,” co-supervisor, (2009).
? David Permuth, “Evolution of the travel structure in Concepción, 1989-1999”, co-supervisor, (2009)
Professional degree, Sociology
? Daniel Sandoval, “Personal networks in small agro-businesses,” co-supervisor (2012).
? Joaquín Núñez, “ICT and social networks,” co-supervisor (2009).
Professional degree, Geography
? Diego Medina (2020), “Socio-spatial segregation and neighborhood typologies for six municipalities in the Metropolitan Area of Concepción”
? Tiara Rodríguez, “Food desserts and accessibility in Concepción,” (2019)
? Fabián Pérez, “Social networks social segregation and mobility,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Gloria Fuentes, “Social exclusion indicators for services,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Consuelo Peyrin, “Social exclusion indicators for educational purposes: Quality of destination indicators,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Felipe Aguilera, “Social exclusion indicators for health purposes,” co-supervisor (2013).
? Herty Roa, “Social exclusion accessibility indicators in Los Ángeles,” co-supervisor (2013).
? Andrés Shaffer, “Social exclusion indicators for educational purposes,” co-supervisor (2012).
Committee member (students from Universidad de Concepción, except when noted)
Graduate level, Engineering
? Lorenzo Muñoz, “Evaluation of endogeneity due to variable omission on psychosocial variables in discrete choice models,” (2024)
? Pedro Da Cunha Rego Logiodice, “Urban (im)mobilities interdependency across groups: towards a new framework,” Master of Science by the Postgraduate Program in Transport Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brasil (2022).
? Cristhian Bocanegra, “Uso de tiempo para propósitos no obligatorios,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2021).
? Renny Márquez, “Overlapping Community Detection in Static and Dynamic Social Networks,” Doctor in Engineering Systems, Universidad de Chile (in progress).
? Luis-Ángel Cantillo, “Characterizing fare evasion in public transport,” Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, P. Universidad Católica de Chile (2020).
? Javier Peña, “Walk generation model and urban environment in Bogotá”, Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2019).
? Diego Candia, “Time use analysis and modeling in Chile,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile (2018).
? Jaime Allen, “Modelling perceived satisfaction from public transport users,” Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, P. Universidad Católica de Chile (2018).
? Jorge Fuenzalida, “Can new technologies improve participation for sustainability? Use of PPGIS in the Nueva Alameda-Providencia Project,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, P. Universidad Católica de Chile (2018).
? Arnoldo Tapia, “Psychological factors in car ownership,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering (2016).
? Néstor Gallegos, “Fare evasion correction factors for public transport origin-destination matrices in Santiago obtained through smart cards,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile (2015).
? Max Echeverría, “Effects of social integration dynamics in creativity potential levels at a local scale: The case of Chile,” Master’s in Industrial Engineering (2015).
? Andreas Frei, “Social networks and travel,” Doctor of Philosophy, ETH, Switzerland (2012).
? Rodrigo Díaz, “Transporte de Alto Tonelaje: Análisis mecanicista-empírico del impacto structural en pavimentos asfálticos,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering (2011).
? Pablo Bass, “Assessing public transport demand stability using mode choice and quality service data,” Master of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile (2011).
? María Francisca Yáñez, “Discrete choice models with panel data,” Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering, P. Universidad Católica de Chile (2010).
Graduate-level, Urban Planning
? Beatriz Mella, Master in Urban Development, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, (2013)
Undergraduate level, Engineering
? Lorenzo Reyes (2024), Nicolás Flores (2018), Alejandro Hernández (2017), Nicole Morales (2017), Aníbal Cortés (2017), Carla Durán (2017), Isabel Lastra (2016), Nicolás Bastías (2015), Arnoldo Tapia (2014), Valentina Sichel (2013), Víctor Solís (2011), Constanza Alderete (2011), Rodrigo Benavente (2009), Rodrigo Winkler (2009), Javier Mondaca (2009), Manuel Escobar (2008), Rodrigo Gutiérrez (2007).
Graduate level, Geography
? Marcela Martínez, “Accessibility to health indicators,” (2015)
Undergraduate level, Geography
? Helen de la Fuente (2012), Marcela Martínez (2012)
Undergraduate level, Sociology
? Priscila Rodríguez (2010)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
Undergraduate and M.Sc. programs, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción (from 2002)
? Redes de Transporte (Transportation Networks, cross-listed graduate/undergraduate course)
? Modelos de Demanda de Transporte (Travel Demand Analysis, cross-listed graduate/undergraduate course)
? Fundamentos de la Ingeniería de Transporte (Transportation Engineering Fundamentals, undergraduate course)
? Planificación de Transporte (Transportation Planning and Policy, cross-listed graduate/undergraduate course)
? Uso de Suelo y Transporte (Land Use and Transportation, cross-listed graduate/undergraduate course)
? Métodos de Optimización (Operation Research Methods, undergraduate course)
? Desafíos de la Ingeniería Civil (Introduction to Civil Engineering, undergraduate course)
? Seminario de Postgrado (Graduate Thesis Seminar, graduate course)
? Proyecto de Ingeniería Civil (Civil Engineering Final Project, undergraduate course)
Doctoral Program in Engineering, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción (2024)
? Seminario Doctoral (Doctoral Seminar)
Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering, Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción (from 2018)
? Modelos Estadisticos y Econométricos Avanzados (Advanced Statistical and Econometric Models)
Masters Degree in Geographical Analysis, Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción (2014-2017, 2019)
? Análisis Espacial de la Movilidad y el Transporte (Spatial Analysis of Mobility and Transport)
Masters Degree in Sustainable Urban Processes, Departamento de Urbanismo, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción (2017, 2018, 2020)
? Instrumentos, Capacidades y Roles en los Procesos Urbanos (Instruments, Capabilities, and Roles in Urban Processes)
? Análisis, Planificación y Gestión en la Ciudad (Urban Analysis, Planning, and Management)
Masters Degree in Social Research and Development, Departamento de Sociología y Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción (2012, 2013)
? Escuela de Verano Análisis de Redes Sociales (Social Network Analysis, graduate summer school)
Postgraduate Diploma on Design and Management of Sustainable Urban Projects, Departamento de Urbanismo, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción (2016-2018)
? Modelos de movilidad y localización (Location and Mobility Models)
Postgraduate Diploma on Sustainable Urban Design, Facultad de Arquitectura, Construcción y Diseño, Universidad del Bio Bio (2014)
? Transporte y Planificación Urbana (Urban and Transport Planning)
Summer Graduate Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2018)
? Modelos Estadísticos y Econométricos de Comportamiento de Transporte (Statistical and Econometric Models of Travel Behaviour)
Graduate Program, Institut für Verkehrswesen (Institute for Transport Studies), Universität für Bodenkultur (BOKU), Vienna, Austria (2024)
? Data Analytics for Socially Sensitive Infrastructure Planning
Graduate Program in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
? Applied Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering (graduate course, 2003 – 2006)
Teaching assistant
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Eng., University of Toronto
? Transport Operations (cross listed graduate and undergraduate course, 2005 – 2006)
? Traffic Engineering (cross listed graduate and undergraduate course, 2003)
? Economic Decision Analysis (undergraduate course, 2002)
Department of Transport Engineering, Faculty Engineering, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
? Econometric Models in Engineering (graduate course, 1999 – 2000)
? Travel Demand Modelling (graduate course, 1999)
? Numerical Analysis in Engineering (undergraduate course, 1998)
? Stochastic Models (undergraduate course, 1997 – 1998)
? Marketing (graduate course, 1999 – 2000)
TEACHING TRAINING
? University Teaching (Programa de Pedagogía Universitaria, Universidad de Concepción, 2007). 95-hour workshop about teaching, didactic, and course evaluation techniques and theory.
? Didactic and Evaluation Techniques (Formas Didácticas y Evaluativas para Mejorar la Calidad de la Educación Superior, Universidad de Concepción, 2007). One–week workshop about didactic, and course evaluation theory and techniques.
? Service Learning (Aprendizaje y Servicio, U. de Concepción, 2007). One-week workshop.
? Teaching in Higher Education. (University of Toronto, 2004). Half year seminar and workshop course about key aspects of teaching such as presentation skills; stimulating class discussion; grading, assessment, and evaluation; equity issues; technology use; and course design.
? Evaluation Techniques (Técnicas de Evaluación Docente, Universidad de Concepción, 2010). 6-hour workshop about multi-response evaluation instruments.
? Course Syllabus based on the Competences’ Paradigm (Programas de Cursos Basado en el Paradigma de Competencias, Universidad de Concepción, 2010). 6-hour workshop implementing syllabus with that approach.
PUBLIC POLICY PAPERS (since 2019)
1. “Accessibility in the Bio Bio and Ñuble regions during COVID” (Central-South Regional Secretariat, Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation, 2020).
2. “Recommendations for the Design, Implementation and Planning for a Safe and Sustainable Mobility in the context of COVID-19” (Chilean Society on Transport Engineering, SOCHITRAN, 2020)
3. “Support on developing new technologies and analytical approaches using digital data to optimize the planning and operation of transport systems,” (Interamerican Development Bank y Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, 2020).
4. “Fare Policies for Route 5 Private Concession” (Infrastructure Policy Council, Consejo de Políticas de Infraestructura, CPI, 2020).
5. Marshall, C., Flores, M., Altamirano, H., Carrasco, J.A., (2020). Mecanismos de incentivos y accesibilidad urbana: Recomendaciones para la planificación urbana local. Documento para Política Pública Nº14. Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, Santiago. https://doi.org/10.7764/cedeus.dpp.
RESEARCH PROJECTS, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
“Measuring walkability: A comprehensive index for enhancing pedestrian-friendly environments in Latin American cities,” (VREF – Volvo Research and Educational Foundations project EP-2023-WK-12) (PI). Total budget: SEK 500.000.
“Climate change and the sociohydrology of floods” (2022-2025) Anillo de Investigación en Áreas Temáticas Específicas (ANID project ATE220021) (Co-I). Total budget: US$611,000
“Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS),” (2013-2025) Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigación en Áreas Prioritarias (Fund for Advanced Research in Priority Areas, Centers of Excellence FONDAP) (ANID FONDECYT project 15110020). Total budget: US$14,500,000 (PI).
“Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de la Ingeniería” (Institute of Complex Systems of Engineering) (2010-2025), Programa de Financiamiento Basal para Centros de Excelencia, Chilean Research, Science and Technology Council (CONICYT), FBO-16. Direct budget: US $52,000 (researcher).
“A microeconomic theory-based time-use model with detailed activity classification and heterogeneous minimum time allocations: the value of time of Chilean workers and non-workers” (2022-2025) (ANID FONDECYT project No 1221724) (Co-I). Total budget: US$60,000
“An interdependence, social networks, gender approach to understand daily activity-travel and mobility of care in two Chilean cities,” (2020-2024) Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology, FONDECYT (project No 1201362). Total budget: US $145,000 (PI).
“Escenarios probables de preservación o pérdida del patrimonio construido en procesos de conflicto social; el caso del patrimonio industrial textil de Tomé” (2019-2022), Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology, FONDECYT (project No 1190992) (Co-I).
“Movilidades y Territorios” (Mobility and Territories, MOVYT) (2018-2021), ANID – Millennium Science Initiative Program (Social Sciences), NCS17_027. Total budget: US$320,000 (PI).
“Sistema inteligente de adquisición de datos in situ para apoyar la gestión en tiempo real del transporte público mayor” (2018-2020), Chilean Research, Science and Technology Council (CONICYT), Scientific and Technological Development Support Fund Program (FONDEF), ID18I10248. Budget: US$180,000 (researcher).
“Understanding the relationship between people's mobility and food patterns, and the role of attitudes and social networks,” (2017-2020) Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology, FONDECYT (project No 1171113). Total budget: US $260,000 (PI).
“Participatory Design for Sustainable Public Transportation Planning: Applications in Different Socio-cultural Contexts” (2017-2018) MIT-Chile – PUC seed fund. Budget: US $20,000 (PI).
“Understanding mobility strategies to perform daily activity-travel in two Chilean cities,” (2014-2017) Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology, FONDECYT (project No 1140519). Total budget: US $80,000 (PI).
“Plataforma Tecnológica para la Gestión Integral del Sistema de Transporte en la Región del Bío Bío,” (2012-2015) Fondo de Innovación Tecnológica de la Region del Biobio (Fund for Technological Innovation, Biobio Region), Innova Biobio (project ibb-11-PCS2-1116). Total budget: US $250,000 (co-PI).
“TranSENDaNC Transport and Social Exclusion: New Directions and National Comparisons” (2012-2014), Marie Curie Actions - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES), FP7-PEOPLE-2011, European Union, with Oxford University and Ghent University (project 294963). Total budget: €88,200 (PI).
“Understanding the link between transport and social exclusion in the Chilean context: An assessment through quantitative indicators” (2011-2014) Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology, FONDECYT (project No 1110920). Total budget: US $120,000 (PI).
“La experiencia urbana cotidiana en Concepción: Una exploración por los usos, imaginarios y redes sociales en el Eje Bicentenario” (The daily urban experience in Concepción: An exploration about the use, images, and social networks in a main avenue in the city) (2009-2011) Proyecto DIUC Ciencias Sociales, 209.173.038-1FI (Internal Social Sciences Research Fund, Universidad de Concepción) (co-PI).
“Social networks, mobility, and accessibility: Unravelling the social dimension of travel behaviour in a middle size city” (2007-2010) Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology, FONDECYT (project No 11070075). Total budget: US $60,000 (PI).
“Graduate Students' Exchange Program (GSEP)” and “Emerging Leadrers in America Program (ELAP)” (2008-2011-2017), Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program (CCSP) and Government of Canada Awards (GCA), Government of Canada. US $60,000. Exchange program that has financed six graduate students to perform research in Canada for six months as part of joint research with Professor Antonio Páez (McMaster University).
"Development of an operational integrated urban modelling system" (2006). Transport Canada (NoH057/06), Government of Canada. US $22,500. Total budget of the project: US$ 140,000. (postdoctoral researcher)
“Access to activities and services in urban Canada: Behavioural processes that condition equity and sustainability” (2002-2005). SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative, Government of Canada, US $80,000. Total budget of the project: US$ 2,100,000. (doctoral researcher)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Transportation Research Board (TRB), International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), Sociedad Chilena de Ingeniería de Transporte (Chilean Society of Transportation Engineers, SOCHITRAN, part of the Institute of Engineers of Chile), American Association of Geographers (AAG), Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias Geográficas (Chilean Society of Geographical Sciences), International Network of Social Network Analysts (INSNA), and Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Journal Editorial
? Editorial Board, Research in Transportation Business & Management (from 2022)
? Editorial Board, Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research (from 2016)
? Editorial Board, Latin American Transport Studies (from 2023)
? Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Transport and Land Use (from 2022)
? Editorial Board, Revista Estudios de Transporte (from 2020)
? Editorial Board (Handling Editor), Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, US National Academy of Science (from 2020)
? Associate editor, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (2008-2021)
? Associate editor, Ingeniería de Transporte, dependent of the Chilean Society of Transportation Engineers, SOCHITRAN (2007-2010). Co-editor (2011-2013)
Professional and Scientific International Committees
? Member, International Steering Committee for Travel Survey Conferences (from 2010)
? Board member, Pan American Society of Transport Research (2022-2024)
? Chair, Special Interest Group D4 on Activity, Time Use and Travel Behavior, World Conference on Transport Research Society (2019-2024)
? Co-chair, Time Use and Activity Patterns Subcommittee, ADB10(3), Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2014-2020, maximum tenure).
? Member, Traveler Behavior and Values Committee, ADB10, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2011-2020, maximum tenure).
? Member, Social and Economic Factors of Transportation Committee, ADD20, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2015-2020, maximum tenure).
? Member, Telecommunications and Travel Behaviour Committee, ADB20, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (from 2009-2018, maximum tenure).
?Scientific and Organizing Conference Committees
? Chair, Scientific Committee 18th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago de Chile, October 2019.
? Chair, scientific committee, Workshop on Urban Sustainable Transportation, Santiago de Chile, September 2-4, 2013.
? Co-chair, organizing committee, 9th International Survey Methods Conference, Termas de Puyehue, Chile, November 14-18, 2011.
? Scientific committee secretariat, Time Use Observatory Workshops (TUO), held in Santiago de Chile (6-8 January, 2009) and Termas Alto Jahuel, Chile (17-19 March, 2010). Member Organizing Committee Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO) held in Santiago de Chile (21-23 March, 2012) and Termas Alto Jahuel, Chile (8-10 March, 2017)
? Member, scientific committee 16th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago de Chile, October 21-24, 2013.
? Member, organising committee 14th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Concepción, October 5-9, 2009.
? Member, organising committee 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Toronto, Canada, July 11-18, 2012.
? Member, organizing committee, Uneven mobilities: Access to activities, people and places in contemporary cities, organized by the PanAmerican Mobility Network, Santiago de Chile, October 2014.
? Volunteer coordinator, organising committee of the 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toronto, September 17-20, 2006.
International networks
? Member, Special Interest Group “Cultural and Social Issues in Transport”, World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS).
? Member, Cluster 7: Social and Health Issues: Changing landscapes of mobility for future social and health inequalities, Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR)
? Member, convening committee of the workshop series Frontiers in Transportation: Social Interactions, Amsterdam (2007), Toronto (2009, 2011), Munich (2013)
? Member, international network of researchers Time Use Observatory (TUO)
? Member, international network of researchers ICT: Mobilizing persons, places and spaces: An International Network on Information and Communication Technologies, Everyday Life and Urban Change. http://www.geo.uu.nl/mobilizingICT/index.php
Scientific Reviewer
? Reviewer for the academic journals Transportation, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Letters, Social Networks, Environment and Planning B, Information Communication & Society (ICS), Journal of Transport Geography, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, New Media and Society, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Field Methods, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Travel Behaviour and Society, Urban Design and Planning, and Revista de Geografía Norte Grande
? Reviewer for the conferences Chilean Transport Engineering Conference, World Conference on Transportation Research, Panamerican Conference on Transport and Traffic Engineering, International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, International Choice Modelling, International Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport, and Transportation Research Board conferences.
? Proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation, (NSF, USA), Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (Alberta, Canada), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium), Sustainable Transportation Center at UC Davis (faculty fellowship, University of California at Davis, USA), and the Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology (FONDECYT, Chile).
? Panel Reviewer Program of Attraction and Insertion of Advanced Human Capital (Programa de Atracción e Inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado PAI), Chilean National Council of Science and Technology (CONICYT, Chile).
? Reviewer Committee Engineering I, Program of Advanced Human Capital Formation, Becas Chile, Chilean National Council of Science and Technology (CONICYT, Chile).
? Reviewer Eric Pas Dissertation Prize, outstanding doctoral dissertations on travel behaviour, awarded by the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, 2011 and 2013.
Advisory Committees
? Member, ad-honorem advisory committee tram project for Concepción (Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Concepción, 2009).
? Member, advisory committee of the Chilean National Transportation Policy White Paper. (Ministry of Transport of Chile, 2013)
? Member, ad-honorem advisory committee on COVID-19 responses in Bio Bio and Ñuble regions (Central-South Regional Secretariat, Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation, 2020).
? Member, ad-honorem task force on “Recommendations for the Design, Implementation and Planning for a Safe and Sustainable Mobility in the context of COVID-19” (Chilean Society on Transport Engineering, 2020)
? Member, Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Urbano (Urban Development National Council), Bio Bio region (representing the Chilean Society of Transport Engineering, 2020).
Consultancy
? Consultant Project “Recommendations for the urban transport system in a model city: Talca” (World Bank, 2011).
? Member, expert advisory committee on the study “Support on the development of new technologies and analytical approaches using digital data to optimize the planning and operation of transport systems”, (Interamerican Development Bank, 2020).
? Consultant project “Fare Policies for Route 5 Private Concession” (Infrastructure Policy Council, 2020).
Accreditation Committee
? Member, Accreditation Committee, Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Comité Nacional de Acreditación (CNA, National Accreditation Committee, Chile, 2022).
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Jane Addams Paper Award
Community and Urban Sociology section, American Sociological Association
Estados Unidos, 2010
Honourable mention (second place), best paper.
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Pyke Johnson Award
Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences
Chile, 2008
Best paper in the area of Planning and Environment Area
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Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
International Association for Travel Behaviour Research
Chile, 2007
Honourable mention, outstanding worldwide doctoral dissertations on travel behaviour in 2006
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Academic merit award
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Chile, 2011
Academic merit on research, teaching, and outreach activities. Given for three years: 2011-2013
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Academnic merit award
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Chile, 2014
Academic merit on research, teaching, and outreach activities. Given for three years: 2014-2016
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Alan Tonks Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Canada, 2002
Scholarship for PhD studies based on academic merit
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Juan Pablo II scholarship
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 1994
Scholarship for all undergraduate studies, based on economic need and academic merit
Transport Survey Methods: Best Practice for Decision Making |
Time Use Observatory |
Social interactions and travel behaviour |
Selected papers on the study of the social context of travel behaviour |
Urban mobility and social-spatial contact-introduction |
Escenarios probables de preservación o pérdida del patrimonio construido en procesos de conflicto social; el caso del patrimonio industrial textil de Tomé |
Understanding the relationship between people's mobility and food patterns, and the role of attitudes and social networks |
UNDERSTANDING MOBILITY STRATEGIES TO PERFORM DAILY ACTIVITY-TRAVEL IN TWO CHILEAN CITIES. |
Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS) |
Plataforma Tecnológica para la Gestión Integral del Sistema de Transporte en la Región del Bío Bío |
TranSENDaNC Transport and Social Exclusion=> New Directions and National Comparisons |
Understanding the link between transport and social exclusion in the Chilean context=> An assessment through quantitative indicators |
Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de la Ingeniería y Tecnología |
SOCIAL NETWORKS, MOBILITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY=> UNRAVELING THE SOCIAL DIMENSION IN A MIDDLE SIZE CITY |
Review and assessment of the nested logit model |

Carolina Rojas
Professor
Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
56223545513, Chile

Sebastian Astroza
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering Department
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Oscar Link
Full Professor
Civil Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA CIVIL
Concepción, Chile

Stefan Steiniger
Profesor (Auxiliar)
Ingeniería de Construcción y Transporte
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaiso, Chile

Rodrigo Ganter Solis
PROFESOR ASOCIADO
SOCIOLOGIA
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION DEPTO. SOCIOLOGIA
CONCEPCION, Chile

Francisco de la Barrera
Profesor asociado
Planificación Territorial y Sistemas Urbanos
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Juan Muñoz
Professor
Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Christian Matus
Profesor Adjunto
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Pablo Pasten
Associate Professor
Department of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile

Elizabeth Wagemann
Profesora Asociada
Facultad de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile

Giovanni Vecchio
Assistant professor
Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Olga Barbosa
Profesora Asociada
Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Valdivia, Chile

Hernán Alcayaga
Director de Escuela / Profesor Asociado
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile

Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Emeritus Professor
Transport Engineering and Logistics
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Alejandra Stehr
Profesor Asociado
Facultad de Ingeniería
Universidad de Concepción
Concepcion, Chile

Maria Molinos
Profesora Asociada
Ingenieria Hidráulica y Ambiental
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile