
Jorge Atria
Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Taxation and Fiscal Sociology; Elites; Economic Sociology; Inequality and Social Stratification
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Sociology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
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Master (MSc) in Sociology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
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Sociology, FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN. Alemania, 2015
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Sociologist, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Part Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
2015 - 2018
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Assistant professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR
Interdisciplinary Studies
Santiago, Chile
2018 - 2019
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Assistant professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES
Social Sciences and History
Santiago, Chile
2019 - 2024
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Faculty of Social Sciences
Chile
2024 - A la fecha
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Director "Centro de Investigación Social (CIS)" Full Time
Fundación Techo (Un Techo para Chile-Un Techo para mi País)
Chile
2006 - 2009
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Ministry advisor Full Time
Ministry of Labor and Social Security
Chile
2009 - 2010
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Executive Director Full Time
Presidential Advisory Council against Influence Peddling, Conflicts of Interest and Corruption
Chile
2015 - 2015
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Research Assistant Part Time
ANID-Fondecyt No 1040266
Chile
2005 - 2005
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Lecturer, Poverty and Inequality Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2008 - 2010
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Lecturer, Sociology of Inequality Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2015 - A la fecha
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Teacher - Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity Part Time
"Penta UC" - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2008 - 2008
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Teacher - Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity Part Time
"Penta UC" - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2010 - 2010
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Lecturer - Microenterprise 1 Other
INFOCAP (Instituto de Formación y Capacitación Popular)
Chile
2007 - 2007
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Advisor at the Tax Policy Area Other
Ministry of Finance
Chile
2022 - 2023
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Core Member, Research Grant Committee of Sociology, Social Work and Communications Sciences Other
National Agency of Research and Development (ANID), Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation
Chile
2023 - A la fecha
HUMAN CAPITAL TRAINING SINCE 2019
1. Postdoctoral Fellow
• González, C. (2024). "Endless working days in a pandemic: the cases of women teleworkers in Chile's commercial and service sectors". ANID-Fondecyt Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidad Diego Portales.
2.- Master’s students
• Allende, P. (2024). “Social representations of money in the upper class” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Villagra, M. (2023). “Regulating the cannabis market in Chile: assessing elasticities for a potential source of tax revenue via corrective taxation” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Economic Analysis. University of Chile (Co-supervision).
• Tramon, J. (2022). “Territorial tax in Chile: diagnosis and proposals" (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Public Policy. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Messina, G.(2022). “Chilean tax system with a gender perspective: evaluation from the opinion and perception of specialists” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Ortiz, L. (2021). “Attitudes towards taxation in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Concha, M. (2021). “The 2014 Tax Reform: the suspension of agreements between the centre-left and the business elite” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Political Science. University of Chile (Co-supervision).
• Arancibia, A. (2021). “From tax control to control of the labour process. An approach to the case of the workers of the Internal Revenue Service in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Sociology. Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Co-supervision).
• Joustra, C. (2023). “Dispositions towards inequality according to material class position and subjective status. Relevance of the interrelationship between material class position and subjective status” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Co-supervision).
• Águila, F. (2023). “Control in action: Collective Ethnography in Detention Control Hearings” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.
3.- Undergraduate students
• Maldonado, A. & Molina, N. (2024). “Educational Inequality: The Influence of Secondary Education on Experiences and Expectations” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Barra, R. & Quezada, A. (2024). “Algorithm production and its class-differentiating effects according to experts” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Astudillo, L. & Castro, A. (2023). “Football fans and their new social role within communities" (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Inostroza, S. & Santis, R. (2023). “The role of sports in community development of neighborhoods” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Cofré, A. & Salazar, J. (2022) “Middle and Lower Class Perceptions and Preferences on Taxation” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.
3. Thesis Committee (PhD, Master, Undergraduate)
• Vargas, N. (2024). “Authoritarian legacies in the policy making process of Chilean higher education, 1967-2018” (Phd's thesis). PhD in Public Policy, Universidad Mayor (Thesis Committee).
• Peñailillo, F. (2024). “Adverse effects of NCRE installation: territory de la Estrella and Litueche” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Olivares, P. (2023). “Public policy and homelessness in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Pizarro, B. (2022). “The problem of social reintegration: Institutional trajectories of immigrants sentenced to the alternative penalties of probation and intensive probation in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Álvarez, M. (2021). “Municipal management of the Social Household Register 2016-2018” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Olivares, A. (2021). “Choice in inequality: Analysis of attribution of ideas to enrolment decisions in the Chilean education system” (Mster's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Silva, C. (2021). “Economic news in the digital public sphere of Twitter. An approach to the Chilean news environment” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Weinstein, T. (2021). “Feelings of insecurity in the face of crime in Villa Frei: Representations, emotions and practices” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).
• Chamorro, C. & Hernández, N. (2024). “A quantitative approach to the occupational well-being of paid domestic workers in the upper middle sectors in Santiago, Chile.” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales (Reader professor).
• Brstilo, J. & Matetic, V. (2024). “Conditions and experiences of women's access, use and repayment of bank credit in Chile” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.
• Gavilán, C. & Ortega, B. (2023). “Parceling in Linares: New land uses and the logic of finance behind the motivations of social actors” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales (Reader professor).
• Monsalve, C. & Ramírez, F. (2022). “Explorations of the meritocratic ideal. A case study of the Liceo Bicentenario de Excelencia San Pedro de Puente Alto” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales (Reader professor).
PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORIES AND CONSULTANCIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES SINCE 2019
• Advisor at Tax Policy Area, Ministry of Finance. 2022-2023.
• Expert Member of the Consortium of Universities against Informality in Chile [Consorcio de Universidades contra la Informalidad en Chile], convened by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
INTERVIEWS AND OPINION SINCE 2019
-Interview with Constanza Santa María, Radio Pauta, "Mercado Central", 27.03.2024.
-Interview with Francisco Aravena, Podcast "Crónica Estereo", "La ética de la elite", 20.11.2023.
-Atria, J. (2023). "Los apellidos del crecimiento". La Tercera Opinion Piece, 08.09.2023.
-Atria, J. (2023). "Un gesto insolidario". La Segunda Opinion Piece, 07.09.2023
-Interview with Mirna Schindler, El Mostrador TV, "Al pan pan", Chapter 59, 23.06.2023
-Interview with Sebastián Reyes, El Desconcierto, 12.11.2022.
-Interview with Juan Pablo Silva, Diario Financiero, 02.01.2022.
-Traces Dreams (2021) - Inequalities. Chapter 43: "Taxation and inequality". Interview with Alice Krozer. Available at: https://www.tracesdreams.com/inequalities-with-alice-krozer/.
-Atria, J., Contreras, D., Joignant, A., Méndez, M. & Rovira, C. (2021). "Elite: sus conflictos internos y su compleja relación con la ciudadanía". CIPER Piece opinion, 10.04.21. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2021/04/10/elite-sus-conflictos-internos-y-su-compleja-relacion-con-la-ciudadania/
-Interview Radio El Conquistador Puerto Montt, 31.03.2021.
-Interview with Constanza Stipicic, Javier Beghelli and Matías de la Maza, Radio Infinita, "Qué hay de nuevo". 25.03.2021.
-Interview, Radio Universidad de Chile, "Radioanálisis", 26.03.2021.
-Interview with Constanza Santa María and Andrés Vial, Radio Concierto, "Mañana será otro día": "Se sabe poco de quienes tienen el poder en Chile". 23.03.2021.
-Interview with Ivan Guerrero and Werne Nuñez, Radio Rock & Pop, "Un País Generoso": Capítulo 11 – 22.03.2021.
-Interview Radio USACH, 30.11.2020.
-Atria, J. (2020). "Por qué la economía no basta para pensar los impuestos. CIPER Piece opinion, 24.11.2020. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/11/24/por-que-la-economia-no-basta-para-pensar-los-impuestos/
-Atria, J., Grau, N., Inostroza, V., Joignant, A., Madariaga, A. & Sanhueza, C. (2020). "La política económica frente al COVID-19 en Chile y el mundo: una invitación a ampliar las fronteras de lo posible". CIPER Piece Opinion 24.05.2020. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/05/24/la-politica-economica-frente-al-covid-19-en-chile-y-el-mundo-una-invitacion-a-ampliar-las-fronteras-de-lo-posible/
-De Amesti, J. & Atria, J., (2020). "Servicios públicos como asunto de caridad: el verdadero costo social de las políticas focalizadas". CIPER piece opinion, 07.01.2020. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/01/07/servicios-publicos-como-asunto-de-caridad-el-verdadero-costo-social-de-las-politicas-focalizadas/
-Interview with Cecilia Roman, La Tercera, ""La élite tiene un abismo de empatía y no capta la importancia de las demandas sociales". 12.12.2019.
-Maldonado, L., Castillo, J., Iturra, J., Atria, J. & Meneses, F. (2019). "La demanda por igualdad y los caminos que cuentan con amplio respaldo ciudadano". CIPER piece opinion, 06.12.2019. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2019/12/06/la-demanda-por-igualdad-y-los-caminos-que-cuentan-con-amplio-respaldo-ciudadano/
-Atria, J. (2019). "¿Ventana de oportunidad? La búsqueda de igualdad en una coyuntura histórica". La Tercera piece opinion, 12.11.2019. Available at: https://www.latercera.com/opinion/noticia/ventana-oportunidad-la-busqueda-igualdad-una-coyuntura-historica/897319/.
-Atria, J. (2019). "Evadir impuestos y evadir el Metro: desigual impacto social y desigual castigo". CIPER piece opinión, 18.10.2019. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2019/10/18/transporte-publico-e-impuestos-desigualdad-de-evasiones/
-Interview with Constanza Michelson, Radio Universo, "Universos Paralelos", 23.07.2019.
-Interview with Alfredo Joignant, Radio T13, Podcast "Hay Algo allá afuera", 22.07.2019.
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Premio Liderazgo e Innovación Docente (Teaching leadership and Innovation Award)
UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES
Chile, 2023
Teaching Leadership and Innovation Award 2022, awarded by Universidad Diego Portales to one academic per faculty.
Impuestos justos para el Chile que viene. Diagnósticos y desafíos tributarios para un nuevo pacto fiscal |

Luis Maldonado
Profesor asistente
Instituto de Sociología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

María de las Nieves Bedregal
Director Integrative Medicine Unit
PUBLIC HEALTH
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile

Claudia Sanhueza
Directora
Vicerrectoría de Investigación
Universidad Mayor de Chile
Santiago, Chile