Lecturers
Lecturers typically include:
Maristella Svampa, PhD
Maristella holds a PhD in sociology from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and a degree in philosophy from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. She is a published author and a researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Maristella coordinates the Critical and Interdisciplinary Studies about Energy Problems and is a member of the Permanent Group of Alternatives to Development.
Gabriel Kessler, PhD
Dr. Gabriel Kessler holds a PhD in sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. He is a senior researcher at CONICET and a professor at the National University of La Plata and the National University of San Martín (IDAES), where he teaches and conducts research in sociology and public policy. In 2016, he was a Tinker Visiting Professor at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Kessler’s work focuses on social inequality, violence, and urban marginality in Latin America. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles published in national and international journals. He has received several distinctions, including the Konex Career Award in Sociology (2004–2015), and in 2019, he was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government for his contributions to academic exchange and education.
Pablo Vommaro, PhD
Executive Director of CLACSO, Dr. Pablo Vommaro holds a postdoctoral degree in social science with a focus on childhood and youth from the Universidad Católica de São Paulo, Universidad de Manizales, CINDE, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, and CLACSO. He holds a PhD in social sciences and a bachelor’s in history from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, where he teaches and researches in undergraduate and graduate schools of education sciences and history. He is also a researcher at the Oral History Program at Universidad de Buenos Aires, a member of the Foundation for Political and Social Research, and part of the study group on social protest and collective action at Instituto Gino Germani at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Dr. Vommaro coordinates the CLACSO working group on youth and new political practices in Latin America and is involved with the Latin American Program of Distance Learning in Social Sciences. His areas of research are the history of urban social organizations with a territorial base, the political participation and practices of youth, oral history, and recent Argentine history.
Juan Wahren, PhD
Dr. Juan Wahren is a sociologist with a master’s degree in social science research and a PhD in social sciences from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. His areas of research include social movements, natural resource struggles, alternative development, territorial struggles, Latin American movements, and popular education. He is professor of rural sociology, popular education, and social movements in Latin America and Argentina, and protest/collective action research at the Faculty of Social Science at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Dr. Wahren is also a researcher in the rural studies and the Latin American social movements groups at Instituto Gino Germani at Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is a member of the research team Rural Development: Territorial Struggles, Peasants, and Decolonization at Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales. He also directs investigations within the group Social Movements and Popular Education.
Brenda Pereyra, PhD
Dr. Brenda Pereyra holds a bachelor’s in social work from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and a master’s in social policies from Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). She got a PhD in social science from the University of Buenos Aires during 2024. From 2002 to 2014, Dr. Pereyra was academic director for the SIT Study Abroad programs Regional Integration and Development and Social Movements and Human Rights. She is president of World Learning in Argentina and also organizes internships for SIT in Buenos Aires. As professor at the University of Lanús in Buenos Aires Argentina, she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses. She has been visiting professor at the University of Lund (Sweden) and University of Pisa (Italy). She has written multiple academic articles. Her areas of interest are migration, gender, community, and teaching social work.
Gabriel D. Noel, PhD
Dr. Gabriel D. Noel is an anthropologist from Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) with a PhD in social sciences from Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS). He is a researcher at Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), where his research project is Urban at its Limits: A Sociology of the Urban from Small and Medium Agglomerations. Dr. Noel also works as a researcher in the Center of Socio-territorial Studies, Identity and Environment; in the program Migration and Social Transformation in Medium and Small Agglomerations in Argentina; and in the Núcleo de Estudios Urbanos at Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales (IDEAS) from Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM). He is a professor at IDEAS-UNSAM, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and Universidad Nacional de Misiones.
Jerónimo Montero, PhD
Dr. Jerónimo Montero is a doctor in human geography from Durham University (UK) and has a degree in geography from Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. He is a lecturer in economic geography at the Faculty of Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a lecturer in methodology in social sciences at the Global Studies Program (FLACSO). He is a full-time researcher of CONICET at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Dr. Montero studies changes in the organization of clothing supply chains after the 2008 financial collapse and the future of labor in the clothing industry.
Matías Aizenberg
Matias Aizenberg, a history professor, received his degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is an associate professor teaching Problems in Argentinean History at the National University and Arturo Jauretche and Economic and Social History of Argentina at Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is pursuing a master’s degree in cultural sociology and cultural analysis at the National University of San Martín. His work has focused on urban studies and the history of the Peronist party. He has published academic articles and a book about the history of social housing in Argentina.
Marile Di Filippo, PhD
Dr. Marile Di Filippo holds a PhD in social sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), a master’s in cultural studies, and bachelor’s in political science from the National University of Rosario (UNR). Her research topics focus on artistic activism, social movements, and aesthetics of social protest. She is studying activism and forms of social protest in cases of lethal violence against young people, mainly in cases of institutional violence. Dr. Di Filippo is a postgraduate professor in the country and abroad. She is a member of the Work Center on Cultural Practices and Experiences of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the UNR and part of the specialization in cultural management and the master in cultural studies. She is a member of the Advisory Council of Human Rights Organizations and Organizations of the UNR; and a member of the Multisectorial Contra la Violencia Institucional Rosario. Her recently published book is Political Aesthetics. Artistic activism, social movements and popular protests in the Rosario of the new millennium.