I’m a Lecturer in Public Policy (equivalent to an Assistant Professor in other academic systems) at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. I previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Policy at the University of Oxford (2021–2025).

My research centers on people management and performance management in the public sector, drawing on large-scale surveys, survey experiments, extensive administrative datasets, and qualitative fieldwork. It focuses on low- and middle-income countries, particularly Latin American bureaucracies.

My research projects regularly involve partnerships with governments and international organizations, such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). These collaborations have also resulted in numerous policy publications and opinion articles.

I have taught public management, applied statistics, quantitative methods, and other policy-related courses at the University of Oxford, Rutgers University, and the University of Chile. At the University of Melbourne, I currently teach The Principles of Public Management, The Research–Policy Nexus, and Public Policy in the Digital Age.

I completed my PhD in Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University as a Fulbright Fellow. Born and raised in Chile, I hold an MA in Management and Public Policy and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Chile.

My research has been published in Public Administration Review, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Public Management Review, Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and International Public Management Journal, as well as by the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Labour Organization.