Felipe González

Felipe González is a Reader (equivalent to Associate Professor) at Queen Mary University of London and a Visiting Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2024-2026). Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley, his scholarly work bridges Political Economy, Economic History, and Development Economics with regional focus on Latin America.

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of California – Berkeley

His research critically examines authoritarian regimes' enduring impacts on education systems, social mobility, and infrastructure development. González employs historical quasi-experimental methods to analyze how dictatorships like Pinochet's Chile reshape institutions, with recent work exploring repression geographies, gender programs under authoritarianism, and pandemic policy trade-offs. His interdisciplinary approach integrates economics, political science, and historical analysis to uncover long-term societal legacies.

Recent publications (2021-2025) reveal three dominant themes: (1) intergenerational transmission of inequality through education disruptions, (2) spatial dynamics of political repression and resistance, and (3) institutional persistence in post-authoritarian transitions. His work consistently leverages Chilean historical episodes while drawing broader comparative insights across Latin America.

Scientific Awards

• Arthur H. Cole prize (2020) for "The privatization origins of political corporations: Evidence from the Pinochet regime"

González maintains extensive collaborative networks, particularly with Mounu Prem, María Angélica Bautista, and Luis Martínez across 15+ joint publications since 2015. His research is supported by institutional grants enabling large-scale data collection on historical political economies, though specific funding bodies aren't detailed in source materials. Current projects examine vaccine politics and female empowerment under dictatorships.

No dedicated laboratories or formal research teams are referenced, though his work implies coordination with interdisciplinary collaborators across economics, political science, and history departments.