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Paz Maria Concha Mendez

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Paz Maria Concha Mendez

PhD

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7966-8390
20192025

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Researcher at the Center for Research in Economy and Society (ESOC). Associate Researcher at the Center for Studies of Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES). Paz holds a PhD in Sociology from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a Master's degree in Culture and Society (LSE), and a degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Chile. Her research focuses on cultural economics, economic sociology, urban sociology, and urban studies from an ethnographic perspective. She has studied street food markets (London), associativity for sustainable tourism in Huaraz (Peru), place-making practices in commercial neighborhoods with the case of Persa Bío Bío (Santiago), and the forced digitalization of microenterprises during the pandemic in Chile. Her current project focuses on the circular economy in the textile industry in the cities of Iquique and Santiago.

Research Interests

Cultural economies, economic activity and cities, place-making practices, entrepreneurship, material and sensorial elements of economic life, ethnography.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, PhD in Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science

Award Date: 31 Dec 2017

Master, MSc in Culture and Society, London School of Economics and Political Science

Award Date: 30 Sep 2013

Bachelor, Antropóloga Social, Universidad de Chile

Award Date: 1 Jul 2009

Keywords

  • HM Sociology
  • GN Anthropology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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