Chile. Sociologist from the University of Chile and Doctor of Sociology from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Researcher at CISOC of the Alberto Hurtado University and researcher for the Human Development Report of the UNDP. Some of his recent publications include: A Basic Basket of Cultural Consumption for Latin America (with Tomás Peters and Rommy Morales), Alberto Hurtado University, Convenio Andrés Bello, Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2011) and Notables, Technocrats and Mandarins. Elements of the Sociology of Elites in Chile (1990-2010) (co-edited with A. Joignant), Ediciones UDP, 2011.