DR TOMÁS UNDURRAGA Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Sociología B.A. Sociology

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1 DR TOMÁS UNDURRAGA Department of Science & Technology Studies, University College London 22 Gordon Square, London, WC1E 6BT Telephone: EDUCATION University of Cambridge, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Ph.D. Sociology (Supervisor: Prof. Göran Therborn). Passed without corrections University of Cambridge, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences M.Phil. Modern Society and Global Transformations. Distinction letter: 1/ Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Sociología B.A. Sociology Universidad Católica de Chile, Bachillerato en Ciencias Sociales B.A. Liberal Arts AREAS OF SPECIALISATION Comparative Political Economy, Latin America, Media & Public Sphere, Public Policies, Globalisation, Economic Sociology, Sociological Theory. AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Cambridge Oversees Trust, University of Cambridge: PhD Scholarship Government of Chile, Beca Conicyt Gestión Propia: PhD Scholarship UK Government, Chevening Scholarship: MPhil Scholarship Beca Ciencias Sociales, PUC: Scholarship Exchange at the University of Leeds Grant awards for fieldwork research and conferences: Society for Latin American Studies; Cambridge Political Economy Trust, Latin American Studies Centre, Darwin College, Sociology Department, University of Cambridge ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE Present Research Associate, History and Philosophy of Science Department, University of Cambridge / Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London Adjunct Professor, Institute of Sociology, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile 1

2 OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPRIENCE Consultant / Political Economy analyst (Head of Research and Development Department) Tironi Asociados, Santiago, Chile Public Policy Research Assistant, Asesorías para el Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile PUBLICATIONS Book Divergencias: Trayectorias del neoliberalismo en Argentina y Chile. Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales: Santiago pp. Peer- reviewed journal articles Making news, making the economy: technological change and financial pressures in Brazil. Journal of Cultural Sociology (accepted / forthcoming). Neoliberalism in Argentina and Chile: common antecedents, divergent paths. Revista de Sociología e Política, Brasil. no v.23n.55, Sept pp DOI / Apresentação de dossiê: Estado, mercado e desenvolvimento. (Co- authored with Cristiano Monteiro) Revista de Sociología e Política, Brasil. no v.23n.55, Sept pp DOI / Transformaciones sociales y fuentes de poder del empresariado chileno ( ), Revista Ensayos de Economía, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, No.41, Julio- Diciembre de pp Business, politics and ideology: neoliberalism and capitalist class formation in Argentina and Chile ( ). Revista Política, Universidad de Chile. Vol. 54, December 2016 (forthcoming). Book chapters Complexo de vira- lata: The use and abuse of The Economist in Brazil s domestic disputes. Chapter in 175 years of The Economist, edited by Tiago Mata, Routledge (2017). Rearticulación de grupos económicos y renovación ideológica del empresariado en Chile : la paradoja de la concentración. Chapter in Grupos Económicos y Mediana Empresa Familiar en América Latina, edited by Martín Monsalve Zanatti (Lima, Perú: Universidad del Pacífico, 2014). pp Instrucción, indulgencia y justificación: Los circuitos culturales del capitalismo chileno. Chapter in Adaptación. La empresa chilena después de Friedman, edited by José Ossandón & Eugenio Tironi (Santiago, Chile: Universidad Diego Portales, 2013). pp Contribution in Comunicación Estratégica. Vivir en un mundo de señales. Edited by Eugenio Tironi & Ascanio Cavallo, Taurus, Santiago de Chile. 2004, 285 pp. 2

3 Book reviews Designing Industrial Policy in Latin America. Business- State Relations and the New Developmentalism by Ben Ross Schneider, Journal of Latin American Studies, August 2016 (forthcoming). Workers Go Shopping in Argentina: The Rise of Popular Consumer Culture by Natalia Milanesio. Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol 34 (1) Agustín Edwards Eastman: Una biografía desclasificada del dueño de El Mercurio by Victor Herrero (Debate, Chile, 2014), pp Journal of Latin American Studies 47, (2015) La Revolución Capitalista de Chile ( ) by Manuel Gárate Chateau, (Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2012), pp la- revolucion- capitalista- de- chile de- manuel- garate/ Work in progress papers Journalists and knowledge brokering: The case of Brazil. The newsroom as knowledge site: on journalistic craft in two Brazilian newspapers. Brazilian elites in economic journalism: Trajectories, cultural resources and professional dynamic (with Antonio Pedroso) TEACHING University of Cambridge, Department of History and Philosophy of Science Teaching assistant and supervisor: J.M. Keynes: Making economics and making the economy The politics of science: contemporary debates University of Cambridge, Department of Sociology Teaching assistant / supervisor on the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos: Introduction to Sociology: Modern Societies Adjunct Professor at Instituto de Sociología, Universidad Católica de Chile Comunicación Estratégica Taller de titulación en Sociología Universidad de Talca, Diplomado en Comunicación Pública Invited Lecturer: Comunicación Estratégica Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Diplomado en Políticas Públicas Invited lecturer: Comunicación Estratégica 3

4 PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES I have presented my research at universities in the UK, Latin America, North America and Asia including Cambridge, London, Warwick, Manchester, Brighton, Southampton, St. Andrews, Aberdeen, Santiago, Lima, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Maringa, Campinas, Yokohama and Toronto. I have been invited to give papers and presented at conferences of scholarly organisations such as British Sociological Association (BSA), Society for the Advancement of Socio- Economics (SASE), International Sociological Association (ISA), Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Brazilian Economic Sociology Group and Asociación Lationamericana de Sociología (ALAS), among others. REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS American Journal of Sociology (2011) Journal of Business History (2012) Revista Ensayos de la Economía Colombia (2013) Revista Apuntes Perú (2014) Socio- Economic Review (2015) I have also examined MPhil dissertations at the Sociology Department and the Latin American Studies Centre, University of Cambridge (2012, 2013) and assess projects for the Scientific Body of the Chilean Government Conicyt / Fondecyt (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015). CONFERENCES ORGANISED 175 years of The Economist: An International Conference, UCL, September Brazilian media and the journalistic field, UCL, July, Economic reason: intellectuals and think tanks in the late twentieth century, University of Cambridge, June, Interrogating Economics in the Public Sphere. University of Cambridge, April, Chile s Winter of Discontent: The End of a Paradigm for Latin America? University of Cambridge, 2012 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP British Sociological Association (BSA) Society for the Advancement of Socio- Economics (SASE) International Sociological Association (ISA) Society for the Latin Americas Studies (SLAS) 4

5 READING GROUPS ORGANISED Sociological Theory, Sociology Department, University of Cambridge, 2011 Counting People, History and Philosophy of Science Department, University of Cambridge, 2013 Economic Sociology and STS: Max Weber, STS Dept. University College London, 2015 On the Performativity of Economics, STS Dept. University College London, 2016 BLOGS AND ACADEMIC NETWORKS I also participate in various academic networks both in the UK and Latin America. I am an active collaborator of Estudios de la Economia, a blog/network of 40 scholars that studies the economy from the social sciences perspective. Some of my latest contributions there are: undurraga- responde- comentarios- sobre- divergencias/ are- violent- they- operate- without- any- kind- of- regime- of- justification- they- just- act- an- interview- with- will- davies/ teaches- you- how- to- be- a- neoliberal- agent- an- interview- with- philip- mirowski/ economico- the- search- for- value- in- economic- reporting- in- brazil/ LANGUAGES Native Spanish, fluent English, fluent Portuguese, beginner French. REFERENCES Emeritus Prof. Göran Therborn Sociology Department University of Cambridge gt274@cam.ac.uk Emeritus Reader David Lehmann Sociology Department University of Cambridge adl1@cam.ac.uk Dr. Tiago Mata Lecturer STS Department University College London t.mata@ucl.ac.uk (PhD Supervisor) (PhD Advisor/MPhil Supervisor) (Post- Doc Principal Investigator) Dr. Eugenio Tironi Prof. Ben Ross Schneider Tironi Asociados Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eugenio.tironi@tironiasociados.com brs@mit.edu (Employer) (PhD Examiner) 5