RESEARCH AREA

Technologies, knowledges and contemporary life

Projects in this area

01
Configurations of contemporary digital experience. Processes of subjectivation, embodiment and screen–nature relations among heavily online young adult TikTok users
Period
2026
Funding
DIDCA Fund, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Researcher
Pablo Castillo
Link
https://www.instagram.com/identidades_virtuales/
02
Epistemological integration in transdisciplinary research: evaluating an intelligent agent as a facilitator of knowledge co-creation
Period
2026–2027
Funding
DIDCA, Universidad Alberto Hurtado — Research Competition for Academic Staff Affiliated to Collaborative Research Units
Researcher
Researcher
Co-investigator
Amaranta Alfaro
 — Department of Journalism
Cristian Olivares Rodríguez
 — Faculty of Engineering
Renato Moretti Tapia
 — Department of Educational Psychology
03
The sociotechnical imaginaries of engineering in Chile: nature, technology and society
Period
2025–2026
Funding
VIDCA – Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh)
Researchers
Tomás Undurraga and Cristian Olivares-Rodríguez
04
Civil engineering in Chile. A sociological study of the education, practice and performativity of a profession in times of climate crisis
Period
2023–2026
Funding
FONDECYT Postdoctoral 3230083
Researcher
Francisco Salinas
05
Territorial Intelligence System for Tourism in Protected Wild Areas and Gateway Communities
Period
2022–2026
Funding
FONDEF IDeA ID22I10129
Researcher
Cristian Olivares-Rodríguez
06
Knowledge production in contemporary Chile: A multidisciplinary study of science in the making
Period
2019–2022
Funding
CONICYT – PIA Anillo
Researcher
Tomás Undurraga

OTHER RESEARCH AREAS

Experimentation, Association and Habitability

Socio-ecological transformations

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