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Sociologist, Master in Sociology, and PhD (c) in Sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Universidad Central de Chile and a researcher at the Center for Research in Economy and Society. In addition, he serves as the Executive Director of the Public Conversation Laboratory at the same institution. On the one hand, his work focuses on economic sociology, studying the legitimacy of indebtedness and loans with financial institutions. On the other hand, he conducts applied research in the field of public opinion and social media platforms. He specializes in quantitative methods and causal inference analysis, as well as computational methods for the social sciences, through the production, organization, and reporting of data available on the internet.
Research Interests
Financialization of everyday life; Public opinion and social media; Quantitative and digital methods
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Consumer credit and personal networks: exploring the role of network heterogeneity in consumption and borrowing behaviour in Chile
González-López, F., Gómez-Contreras, M. & Otero, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Review of Social Economy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Continuidades y rupturas del Gobierno Electrónico en Chile: aproximación desde los documentos oficiales de los últimos veinte años (1999-2019)
Gómez Contreras, M., Sep 2022, Gobierno electrónico para un siglo digital. Del éxito del caso coreano a la intermitencia del caso chileno. RIL editores, p. 99-122Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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