Liliana De Simone Polania

mail rldesimo@uc.cl

La Dra. Liliana De Simone (n. 1985) es académica e investigadora interdisciplinaria especializada en estudios del consumo, forecasting y políticas para el desarrollo y comunicación estratégica. Es Profesora Asociada en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC-Chile), donde forma parte del cuerpo docente desde 2016 y es Directora Fundadora del Observatorio de Consumo, Cultura y Sociedad (OCCS-UC) desde 2019.

Es Doctora en Estudios Urbanos (2018) y Magister en Desarrollo Urbano (2011). Su investigación se basa en el prácticas ciudadanas de consumo, la geografía humana, la sociología urbana y los estudios culturales para analizar cómo las transformaciones digitales y éticas reconfiguran las relaciones entre mercados, marcas, consumidores y sociedad.

Con más de quince años de experiencia docente e investigadora, ha publicado en revistas indexadas en ISI/Scopus y ha contribuido a volúmenes internacionales con Wiley-Blackwell y Springer Nature. Su trayectoria internacional incluye estancias como profesora visitante en la UC Berkeley (2015), la Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (2024) y la Universidade de São Paulo (2025), entre otras.

Su trabajo promueve un enfoque humanista y sostenible del consumo, haciendo hincapié en la sensibilidad cultural, la ética de marca y la ciudadanía digital, mediante métodos de investigación multimodales y transdisciplinarios. Multilingüe y con una trayectoria internacional, aporta una perspectiva intercultural al estudio de las culturas de consumo emergentes.

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II. ACADEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2023-present	Associate Professor	Department of Advertising and Strategic Communication. Faculty of Communications. Universidad Católica de Chile.
2018-present	Academic Director	Observatory of Consumption, Culture, and Society OCCS, Faculty of Communications. Universidad Católica de Chile.
2016-present	Professor	Professor for Professional Diploma in Marketing and Advertising Program. Faculty of Communications and Consortium of Creative Industries. Universidad Católica de Chile.
2022-present	Professor	Professor for Master in Strategic Communication. Faculty of Communications. Universidad Católica de Chile.
2016 – 2022	Assistant Professor	Department of Department of Advertising and Strategic Communication. Universidad Católica de Chile
2014-2018	Lecturer	Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies. Universidad Católica de Chile.
2012-2016	Lecturer	Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design. Universidad Diego Portales

III. VISITING SCHOLAR APPOINTMENTS

2025	Visiting Professor	Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna. Barcelona. España
2025	Visiting Professor	Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Comunicações e Artes. São Paulo. Brasil
2024	Visiting Professor	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Department of Economics and Business Management Sciences. Milan. Italia
2019	Guest Scholar	Lund University. Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management. Sweden.
2015	Visiting Professor	University Of California. Institute of Urban and Regional Development, College of Environmental Design. Berkeley. USA.

IV. AWARDS AND HONORS

2025	XXII Research and Creation Competition Awards for Academics. Institute of Applied Ethics, Center for Bioethics and Directorate of Pastoral and Christian Culture of the UC-Chile. (€5000).
2024	II Global Linkage and Collaboration Mission Awards 2024, Global Mobility Directorate of the Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs UC and Santander Universidades. (€4500).
2020	PRED UC Award for Teaching Excellence 2020. Rectory and Academic Vice-Rectory UC. (€2500).
2017	Influential Young Person Award Diario Financiero. Recognition of under 35 who have excelled in their achievements, projection, and influence by a open media and scientific consortium.
2017	UC Young Leader Award. Recognition by the Student Affairs Directorate of the Academic Vice-Rectory, UC-Chile.
2017	Academic Insertion Program PIA-VRI Award UC Vice-Rectory of Research, UC-Chile. Three-year funding. (€8000).
2016	*3MT, “Three Minutes Thesis Competition“* Second Place.
2016	Graduate LASA Award 2016. XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. (€1000).
2015	Visiting Fellow Award Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley, USA. (€800).
2014	Excellence in Academic Achievement Award VRI-UC Vice-Rectory of Research, UC-Chile. (€4000).
2013	Organization of American States Fellowship (OAS) Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), Specialization Financial assistance grant (€1000).
2013	Postgraduate Scholar Award. Women Deliver Foundation. New York and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (€5000).
2012	Graduate Lasa Award 2012. Excellence scholarship for postgraduate student’s paper. May 2012. (€1000).
2011	Best Master Thesis UC Award, Maximum Distinction Award, Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies, Catholic University of Chile. December 2011.
2011	Academic Excellence Award 2011. Maximum Distinction in the 2011 Graduation of the UC School of Architecture. UC-Chile.
2011	Graduate Scholar Award. Spaces & Flows Organization. University of Illinois Research Park, Common Ground y Monash University of Melbourne. Chicago. EEUU
2011	Shenzhen and Hong Kong Biennale 2011. National Jury Selection.

V. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Teaching

Social Trends and Consumption, lower-division college-wise course, 28 editions: 2012-1 to 2025

Urban Culture and Consumption, lower-division college-wise course, 2013-2 to 2014-1.

Urban Explorations: The Forms of the City, lower-division upper-division course 2015-2 to 2016-1

Gender and City, lower-division college-wise course, 1 edition: 2019-1

Research-Action: Methods for Transforming Territories, Institute of Sustainability UC, 2021 to 2022

Undergraduate Research Seminar in Consumer Studies, lower-division college-wise course,

Graduate Teaching

Doctoral Qualitative Research Methods: Netnography, graduate doctoral course, 2021 to 2024-2.

Perceptions, Branding and Brands, upper-division master course, 2023-2 to 2025-1

The Language(s) of Economy and Enterprises: Economic Discourses and Discourses, graduate doctoral course with Lund University, 2022 to 2023.

Postgraduate Teaching

Methodologies for Analysis in Consumption Studies, postgraduate diploma, 2019-1 to 2021-1

Rights and Gender Equality in Citizen Participation, postgraduate course, 2017-2 to 2018-2

Methodologies for Gender Mainstreaming in Public Policies, postgraduate course, 2017-2 to 2018

VI. RESEARCH FUNDING, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (SELECTION)

2025-2026	UC Bioethical Fund of Research for Academics (Faith and Technology Future Challenges call). Principal investigator (€5000)
2021-2024	Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. Regular Research National Fund FONDECYT/ANID Co-investigator. Nº 1210418. (€53.240)
2021	UC Center For Public Policies (Research on Public Policy for Market Innovations). Co-investigator. (€7300).
2019-2020	UC Corporate Governance Center (New themes for corporate governance call) . Co-investigator. (€5600).
2018-2023	Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. Regular Research National Fund FONDECYT/ANI. Nº 11180678. Principal Researcher. (€106.064).
2017-2021	UC Vice-Rectorate for Research. Academic Insertion Program PIA-VRI UC. (€7500).
2019	UC Vice-Rectorate for Research. Grant Competition for the Organization of Scientific Meetings and Interdisciplinary Seminars. N°RS19055 (€3500)
2014-2018	National Doctoral Scholarship. National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research and Ministry of Sciences, Chile. (€25.000).

VII. PUBLICATIONS

Books

DE SIMONE, L. (2024, [2015]). Metamall. Espacio urbano y consumo en la ciudad neoliberal en Chile. Colección Estudios Urbanos. Santiago: Ediciones EURE UC y Editorial RIL. https://books.google.cl/books?id=ZFo3EQAAQBAJ&dq=info:Qmi9hNxRfjkJ:scholar.google.com&lr=&hl=es&source=gbs_navlinks_s

SALCEDO R. y DE SIMONE, L. (2013). Los malls en Chile. 30 años. Santiago: Uqbar Editores.

Refereed Journal Articles:

DE SIMONE, L. & RACCIATTI, C. (2026). Controversias, afectos y performance marcaria: una mirada semiótica al consumo político y la comunicación publicitaria en tiempos de crisis DeSignis. 55-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.35659/designis.i44p55-68
DE SIMONE, L. & HELLÍN, P. (2026). Signos, cuerpos y placeres: una conversación con Roberta Sassatelli sobre cultura del consumo y vida cotidiana. DeSignis. 139-151. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.35659/designis.i44p139-151
LABARCA, C., & DE SIMONE, L. (2026). Beyond financial communication: Corporate Reports as a trustworthiness tool for Stakeholders. A case from Latin America, International Journal of Strategic Communication, (forthcoming)
DE SIMONE, L. (2024). Consumo y Profanación: Sobre Territorios Consumerizados y Ciudades Consumibles. Materia Arquitectura, 1(27), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.56255/ma.v1i27.593 [WoS ESCI]
DE SIMONE, L. (2024). El consumo como inversión identitaria en la ciudad: Entrevista con Joel Stillerman. Materia Arquitectura, 1(27), 26–48. https://doi.org/10.56255/ma.v1i27.595 [WoS ESCI]
GÓMEZ-LORENZINI, P; DE SIMONE L., SAIZ-ECHEZARRETA, V., C RACCIATTI. (2024). “Consumo, contestação e configurações afetivas na explosão social”. MATRIZes 18 (3), 303-327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v18i3p303-327
VERGARA E.; DE SIMONE, L. GÓMEZ LORENZINI, P., LABARCA, C.; GUEVARA, A. (2024). “Representación de la mujer en el Chile autoritario: una aproximación desde la publicidad”. Historia y Comunicación Social. 29-1. Pp. 189-200. https://doi.org/10.32995/rev180.Num-46.(2020).art-669 [WOS/ISI].
DE SIMONE, L. (2024) “Negociando el Tejido Urbano: Revelando las Dinámicas del Urbanismo de retail en el desarrollo del megamall Costanera Center.” Revista 180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32995/rev180.Num-54.(2024).art-1275 [WOS/ISI].
VERGARA E.; DE SIMONE, L., BUSQUET, J.; GÓMEZ LORENZINI, P.; LABARCA, C. (2023) “Representación e ideología en la publicidad dirigida a la mujer: Chile, 1952, 1970 y 2010”. Comunicación y medios. Vol. 32. Nº 48. 71–83. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-1529.2023.70648 [WOS/ISI].
LABARCA, C.; DE SIMONE, L. (2023) “Cuando la crisis te hace visible: El caso de las memorias corporativas de Metro S.A”. Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas. 2023;13(26):105-120. https://dx.doi.org/10.5783/revrrpp.v13i26.845 [Latindex/WoS ESCI]
VERGARA, E., DE SIMONE, L., GÓMEZ-LORENZINI, P. LABARCA, C. (2022). Mujer y Consumo a través de la gráfica en Chile. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/grafica.226 [SCOPUS]. RSCH Grafica. 01-08.
DE SIMONE, L. (2022) Notas sobre la ciudad confinada en una pandemia urbana. Revista RITA. Nº 17. 132-137 https://doi.org/10.24192/2386-7027 (2022)(v17)(10) (EWOS/ISI/SCOPUS)
DE SIMONE, L. y PEZOA, M. (2021). Urban shopping malls and sustainability approaches in Chilean cities: relations between environmental impacts of buildings and greenwashing branding discourses. Sustainability, 13(13), 7228; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137228 [ISI].
VERGARA, E. y DE SIMONE, L. (2020). Publicidad y representación de la mujer en revistas femeninas: una aproximación al caso de revista Eva. Revista 180. pp-15-20. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32995/rev180.num-46.(2020).art-669 [ISI].
VERGARA, R.; GARRIDO, C.; DE SIMONE. L.; CONDEZA, R.; PINO, B. (2019). “Visualidad y consumo en Chile. Un análisis de la publicidad del mall en los años ochentas”. Revista AIRS. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad. Pp 659-675. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.61768 [ISI].
DE SIMONE, R.L. (2018) “Instalando la ciudad del consumo: el palimpsesto urbano del primer shopping mall chileno en el fundo San Luis, Santiago.” Revista EURE. nº 133. pp. 143-164. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0250-71612018000300091 [ISI].
MUÑOZ, J.C., TIRONI, M., DE SIMONE, L., LÖBEL, H. Y BARTON, J. (2018) Smart City: la ciudad del futuro. Revista Universitaria. Nº 151:28-33. https://revistauniversitaria.uc.cl/especial/smart-city-la-ciudad-del-futuro/3387/
ARRIAGADA, A., y DE SIMONE. L. (2018). “Social media, branding y consumo: Analizando cadenas de valor comunicacionales”. Cuadernos.Info. (42):12-15. DOI: https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/cdi/article/view/23009
HIDALGO, R.; DE SIMONE, L.; SANTANA, D.; ARENAS, F. (2016) “Geografías Del Comercio En Santiago De Chile (1990-2010): De La Reestructuración Comercial Al Policentrismo Inmobiliario.” Revista Geográfica Venezolana, n 57(1). pp 10-33. Universidad de Los Andes. Venezuela. DOI/URL: http://www.saber.ula.ve/handle/123456789/41972 [SCOPUS]
DE SIMONE, R.L. (2016) Deseos urbanos: género, erotismo y consumo en la ciudad contemporánea. Revista Planeo Academia Nº 26 (vol.1) pp. 1-15. Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales UC. (LATINDEX).
DE SIMONE, L. (2013). City of consumption: thoughts on the commodification of urban space and the development of the retail infrastructure in Santiago de Chile (1982-2003). Revista E-metropolis de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais (CAPES/Qualis). Observatório das Metrópoles. IPPUR/UFRJ. Año 4. Nº 15. pp. 32-38. DOI/URL: http://www.emetropolis.net/download/edicoes/emetropolis_n15.pdf
SALCEDO, R. y DE SIMONE, L. (2013). “Una crítica estática para un espacio en constante renovación: El caso del mall en Chile”. Atenea (Concepción) 2013, nº 507. pp. 117-132. DOI/URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-04622013000100008 [ISI].
DE SIMONE, L. (2012). Caracoles comerciales y otras especies en vías de extinción: la evolución del proto-mall en Santiago de Chile y su vigencia actual. Bifurcaciones: Revista de estudios culturales urbanos. https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/105914
DE SIMONE, L. (2012). Forward a Re-conceptualization of Malls, Protomalls and other Pseudo-public Spaces: Evolution in Commercial Typologies in Santiago, Chile and Possibilities for Topological Restructuration. Spaces & Flows: An International Journal of Urban & Extra Urban Studies, 2(3).
DOI: 10.18848/2154-8676/cgp/v02i03/53645
DE SIMONE, L. (2012). Costanera Center y los Mall-estares urbanos: La urgencia de un Urbanismo Comercial en la planificación de las estructuras de consumo en la ciudad. Revista Planeo Academia (LATINDEX), nº 5, 2012. DOI/URL: http://revistaplaneo.uc.cl/planeo-hoy/columnas/costanera-center-y-los-mallestares-/
DE SIMONE, L. (2012). Caracoles comerciales y otras especies en vías de extinción: La evolución del protomall en Santiago de Chile y su vigencia. Bifurcaciones, Revista de Estudios Culturales Urbanos. Nº 10. (LATINDEX). DOI/URL: http://www.bifurcaciones.cl/2012/11/caracoles-comerciales/

Peer review Book chapters

SAGARIS, L. & DE SIMONE, L. (2026). Violence, Gender and Power: Socio-spatial mechanisms shaping accessibility. In: Making way for accessibility. Governance, plans, and policy for urban mobility, urban form, and social inclusion in Latin America and the Global South. Editors: D. Lopez-García, N. Villamizar Duarte, A. M. Ardila Pinto. London, UK. (printing).
DE SIMONE, L. (2026). Gender-Conscious Critical Research for Sustainable Urban Futures. In: The Routledge Handbook of Critical Urban Research. Editors: Nausheen Anwar; Mark Davidson; Loretta Lees; Julie Miao; Susan Moore. Routledge. (printing).
DE SIMONE, L. (2026). Retail, Consumption, and Gender, In: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the City, Retail, and Consumption. Editors: Retail, Consumption, and Gender. John Wiley & Sons. p. 193-211
DE SIMONE, L. (2022). Urbanismo y planificación urbana con conciencia de género. In: Ciudad y Género. Miradas desde la arquitectura y el espacio urbano. Editors: Elke Schlack, Valentina Salgado, Francisco Quintana. Ediciones ARQ. 108-129.
DE SIMONE, L. (2022) The air, the wind, and the city: Notes on a pandemic in an urban era. In: Allegri, Alessia (eds) A cidade pelo ar. The city up in the air. Tinta de China, Lisboa. 98-126
DE SIMONE, L. (2021). Artefactos neoliberales: la construcción y especulación de la ciudad a través de la arquitectura para el consumo masivo. 1973-1990. In: Talesnik, Daniel, (ed.) Santiago 1977-1990. Santiago: Ediciones ARQ; 2021. pp. 16-29.
CONCHA, P., DE SIMONE, L., & CATALÁN, R. (2021). E-commerce más justo para la postpandemia. Lineamientos de política pública para los microemprendedores frente al comercio electrónico. Propuestas Para Chile, Centro de Políticas Públicas UC. p. 45–68.
DE SIMONE, L. (2020). Consumir para producir la ciudad: Arquitectura de consumo y urbanismo de retail en la ciudad chilena. In: Alonso, Pedro; Correa, Pedro, (ed.) Anales de Arquitectura (2018-2019). Santiago: Ediciones ARQ; 2020. pp. 62-73.
DE SIMONE, L. (2020). Gender-Conscious Urbanism and Urban Planning. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_152-1
DE SIMONE, L. (2019). Consume this! Alternative urban consumption and Chilean shopping malls. In: American Sociology Association ASA Section on Consumers & Consumption. https://asaconsumers.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/consume-this-alternative-urban-consumption-and-chiles-shopping-malls
DE SIMONE, L. (2018) The Latin American Shopping Center: cultural translation, symbolic adaptation, and typological evolution of commercial architecture in Latin American cities”. In: Acculturating the Shopping Centre, editado por Janina Gosseye, Tom Avermaete. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. TUDelft. London: Routdledge.
DE SIMONE, L. (2018) Piratas y consumidores. Libertades y valores de lo que compartimos. In: Crear, Copiar, Pegar y Piratear. Reflexiones sobre la Propiedad Intelectual en Iberoamérica. Facultad de Comunicaciones UC; 2018. p. 87-110.
DE SIMONE, L. (2018) Mujeres y ciudades. Urbanismo Género-Consciente, espacio público y aportes para la ciudad inclusiva desde un enfoque de derechos. In: El Estado y las Mujeres: el complejo camino hacia una necesaria transformación de las instituciones, editado por Javiera Arce. Santiago: RIL Editores. p. 229-250ff
SALCEDO R. y DE SIMONE, L. (2017). ¿Qué criticamos cuando criticamos un mall?. In: Salcedo. Errazuriz, T. y Greene, R.,(ed.). Talca: Editorial Bifurcaciones; 2017. p. 351-365.
DE SIMONE, L. y MILLÁN, R. (2017). Desde un Mundo Aparte. Entrevista con Alain Musset. In: En la vereda: conversaciones de Cultura y Ciudad. Editado por Ricardo Greene. Santiago: Editorial Bifurcaciones. p. 73-92.
DE SIMONE, L. (2017) Espacios de consumo y Urbanismo de Retail: Construyendo la ciudad del consumo en Santiago de Chile. In: Ciudad, Comercio y Consumo, editado por José Gasca y Patricia Olivera. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas UNAM. DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM. p. 44-99.
DE SIMONE, L. (2017) The Caracoles: Chile’s Snail-Shaped Shopping Centers. In: From Mall to Prison: El Helicoide’s Downward Spiral, editado por Celeste Olalquiaga and Lisa Blackmore. New York: UR Terraform. p. 114-145.
DE SIMONE, L. (2017) Retail urbanism: the neoliberalization of urban society by consumption in Santiago de Chile. In: Neoliberalism and Urban Development in Latin America: The Case of Chile, editado por Camillo Boano y Francisco Vergara-Perucich. London: Routledge. p. 176-204.
DE SIMONE, L. (2012) Georg Simmel y la Moda: Hacia una Comprensión de la Sociedad de Consumo en la Ciudad. In: Ciudades de George Simmel, Ed: Francisca Márquez. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. p. 62-84.
DE SIMONE, L. (2011) Comida Guerrilla: la lucha por la ocupación espacio público y la visualización de la cultura urbana. In: Guatita Llena, Corazón contento: Escenas de la comida callejera en Santiago, Ed: Rodrigo Salcedo y Alejandro Durán. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad del Pacífico. p. 11-28.

Indexed Conference Proceedings

DE SIMONE, L., CAMPOS DE OLIVEIRA, P., “AI’Not organic”: How Fear and Deception Are Shaping Ethical Consumer Perspectives in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. International Conference of Netnography 2025. Marseille, France. p. 63-64
DE SIMONE, L., CAMPOS DE OLIVEIRA, P., The energy that moves us: Using geo-netnography for mapping user’s perceptions about sustainable energy and electric power distribution in South America. International Conference of Netnography 2024. Milan, Italy. p. 43-44.
DE SIMONE, L. (2023). Global pandemics in the streets, emotional consumption on the screens. Using netnography for studying consumer behaviour changes from a trauma response lens in the Chilean case. International Conference of Netnography 2023. Manchester. UK. p. 61-63.
GÓMEZ-LORENZINI, P., DE SIMONE, L., RACCIATTI, C. (2020). La mujer en la publicidad chilena: cambios en las representaciones a partir de las movilizaciones estudiantiles de 2018. 10 anos de ProPesqPP: consumo, existência, resistência. X Encontro Nacional de Pesquisadores em Publicidade e Propaganda :Ed. Clotilde Perez et.al. São Paulo: ECA-USP, Brasil. p. 62-83.
DE SIMONE, L., GÓMEZ-LORENZINI, P., RACCIATTI, C. (2019). Shopping Malls Y Consumo En Chile: Morir En El Discurso, Crecer En La Ciudad. Anais do IX Encontro Nacional de Pesquisadores em Publicidade e Propaganda: ciencia & atitude. Ed: Clotilde Pérez [et al.] – São Paulo: ECA-USP, p. 30-43.
VERGARA, E., DE SIMONE, L., CONDEZA, R., GARRIDO, C., PINO, B. (2017) Virtualidad y espacios de consumo: la publicidad del mail como expresión digital y física en un contexto postmoderno. In: Reality and screen, a postmodern mirror. IX International Conference on Communication and Reality. Ferran Sáez Mateu; Lluïsa Llamero Llamero; Josep Rom Rodríguez, (ed.). Barcelona: Universitat Ramon Llull; 2017. p. 283-292.
DE SIMONE, R. L. (2014). La Ciudad del Consumo: Nuevos roles simbólicos y territoriales de los espacios de consumo en la ciudad latinoamericana. Memoria VII ENEC. Encontro Nacional Estudos do Consumo. Rio de Janeiro.
DE SIMONE, R. L. (2014. La ciudad del consumo: dinámicas neoliberales y transformaciones urbanas en el caso del primer shopping mall chileno en el Fundo San Luis, Santiago, Chile. Conference: XIII Seminario da Red Iberoamericana de Investigadores sobre Globalización y Territorio (RII). Salvador de Bahia.

Encyclopedia Entries

DE SIMONE L. (2020) Gender-Conscious Urbanism and Urban Planning. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. DOI: http://doi-org-443.webvpn.fjmu.edu.cn/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_152-1
DE SIMONE, L. (2019) Festival Malls. In: The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional. M. Orum (Ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0101

Manuscripts in Submission

DE SIMONE, L. (2025) “Grieving Through Consumption: Technocultural Insights and Team Netnography for Understanding Consumer Adaptations during Crisis”. Qualitative Research. (2nd round revision)
DE SIMONE, L. & CAMPOS DE OLIVEIRA, M. (2025) “From Performance to Agency: Digital Consumer Activism and Corporate Accountability in Climate Crises—A Geo-Netnographic Approach”, Futures (2nd round revision).
DE SIMONE, L. (2025). From Trauma to Coping Through Consumption: A Netnographic Model of Consumer Grief and Phygital Practices During Crisis. Psychology and Marketing (submitted).
DE SIMONE, L. (2025). Buycotting for justice: Contested consumption and consumer politicization in disputed market spaces. Journal of Cultural Economy (submitted).
SAGARIS, L. & DE SIMONE, L. (2025). Violence, gender and power: the socio-spatial components of accessibility. In: Making way for accessibility. Governance, plans, and policy for urban mobility, urban form, and social inclusion in Latin America and the Global South. Ed: D. Lopez-García, N. Villamizar Duarte, A. M. Ardila Pinto. London, UK.
DE SIMONE, L. (2026*) Consumption as a Production of Space: Retail Urbanism and the Development of the Chilean Urban Culture. Urban Geography. (2nd round revision).

Manuscripts in Preparation

DE SIMONE, L. LABARCA, C. DUSSAILLANT, P. GOMEZ, P. From Trauma to Coping Through Consumption: A Netnographic Model of Consumer Grief and Phygital Practices During Crisis
DE SIMONE, L. Infraestructura consumerizada- efectos urbanos y simbólicos de la instalación de mega-proyectos comerciales al interior de ciudades. El caso de Costanera Center

Other publications

DE SIMONE, L. (2019). Consume this! Alternative urban consumption and Chilean shopping malls. (columna). ASA Section on Consumers & Consumption. https://asaconsumers.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/consume-this-alternative-urban-consumption-and-chiles-shopping-malls/
DE SIMONE, L. (2019). Mujeres Y Ciudades. Por qué pensar en género para planificar la ciudad. (columna) Consejo Nacional De Desarrollo Urbano CNDU. https://cndu.gob.cl/
DE SIMONE, L. (2017). Letters to the Mayor/Cartas al Alcalde. XX Bienal de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de Chile 2017. Identidad y Futuro. Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York.
DE SIMONE, L. y MOURA, P. (2013) Global landscapes, local clichés. Entrevista a Martin Parr. Bifurcaciones, Revista de Estudios Culturales Urbanos. nº 11. ISSN: 0718-1132. DOI/URL: http://www.bifurcaciones.cl/2013/01/martin-parr-mordaz-fotografia/
DE SIMONE, L. (2013). Ludópatas urbanos: el juego de la especulación y los mega-eventos deportivos (columna). Bifurcaciones, Revista de Estudios Culturales Urbanos. 20/03/2013. DOI/URL: http://www.bifurcaciones.cl/2013/03/ludopatas-urbanos-cariocas/
DE SIMONE, L. y MELLA, B. (2013) Género y Ciudad. Editorial Planeo Nº13. Revista Planeo. Nº 13 (vol.1) pp. 1-3. Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales UC. DOI/URL: http://revistaplaneo.uc.cl/2013/11/11/editorial-planeo-no13-genero-y-ciudad/
DE SIMONE, L. (2013). Patagonia Big Box (fotoensayo). Bifurcaciones, Revista de Estudios Culturales Urbanos.11/01/2013. DOI/URL: http://www.bifurcaciones.cl/2013/01/patagonia-big-box/
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DE SIMONE, L. (2009) Arquitectura como Producto Cultural de Consumo: Producción arquitectónica en el post-capitalismo y su relación con construcción de identidad. Plataforma Urbana Selección Universitaria. DOI/URL: http://goo.gl/VEQSZ8

VIII. RESEARCH PROJECTS EXPERIENCE

2025-2026	Principal Investigator NetCath: A comparative netnographic study of digital identity and institutional communication towards GenZers in social media, to study how SACRU universities (URL, UNICATT, PUC-Rio and PUC-Chile articulate their mission in dialogue with new generations of students.
2024	Principal Investigator *New concepts about the consumption of knowledge and value of the University. Generational changes in higher education and the future*. Applied research for College UC through OCCS-UC.
2021-2024	Co-Investigator Women, representation and consumption through advertising. An approach to the case of women’s magazines. FONDECYT N°1210418, to study how marketing evolved in the past century to adapt to and contest to gender societal roles and consumer trends.
2018-2023	Principal Investigator. *City, commerce and consumption. Urban restructuring, citizen imaginaries and media discourses in Chilean retail*. INITIATION FONDECYT N° 11180678, to study retail urban and marketing success strategies and social response on ESG strategies.
2023	Principal Investigator *New generational meanings: higher education versus mistrust, radical transparency, and uncertainty.* Applied research for UNIVERSIA and Santander Universities through OCCS-UC
2023	Principal Investigator *Empathic listening for the socio-communicational diagnosis in Education. Perceptions and generational changes on education and the future*. Applied research for Diaconal Schools through OCCS UC.
2023	Principal Investigator *What does agriculture mean for Chilean society? Future perceptions and trends in agronomy and forestry engineering*. Applied research for Faculty of Agronomy through OCCS UC.
2023	Principal Investigator *To Give creates Futures: On giving, donating and showing solidarity. Study of social perceptions of philanthropy within the framework of the Giving Day UC campaign*. Applied research for the Philanthropy Office of Institutional Management trough OCCS-UC.
2021	Co-Investigator Analysis of the incorporation of gendered indicators for socio-financial evaluation in public investment projects for the Chilean Ministry of Social Development.
2021	Principal Investigator Public policy proposal to support the digitalization of local commerce during the pandemic. UC Public Policy Center.
2021	Principal Investigator *Santander by OCCS. Trend #3: Transformations and reorganizations of domestic, urban and work structures. Emerging Trends for Santander Bank in the post-crisis society.* Applied research for Santander Chile through OCCS FCOM-UC.
2021	Principal Investigator *Santander by OCCS. Disruption #3: Future Banking. New Debates on Money, Property, and Society. Emerging disruptions analysis for Santander Bank in the post-crisis society.* Applied research for Santander Chile through OCCS FCOM-UC.
2021	Principal Investigator *Santander by OCCS. Disruption #2: Netnography to the culture of Call-Out, Funa and Cancellation. Emerging social disruptions analysis for Santander Bank in the post-crisis society..* Applied research for Santander Chile through OCCS FCOM-UC.
2020	Principal Investigator *Santander by OCCS. Trend #2: New Demographics and emergent activism. Emerging Trends for Santander Bank in the post-crisis society.* Applied research for Santander Chile through OCCS FCOM-UC.
2020	Principal Investigator *Santander by OCCS. Trend #1: Map of consumptions and attitudes during the Pandemic.* *Emerging Trends for Santander Bank in the post-crisis society.* Applied research for Santander Chile through OCCS FCOM-UC.
2020	Principal Investigator *Santander by OCCS. Disruption #1: Social ecpathy, consumption and social unrest. Emerging disruptions analysis for Santander Bank in the post-crisis society.* Applied research for Santander Chile through OCCS FCOM-UC.
2019	Principal Investigator *Dignifying the consumer: a study of institutional responses to consumers from vulnerable groups.* Applied research for the National Service of the Consumers SERNAC through OCCS UC.
2019	Principal Investigator *Digital reporting and online responses: Netnography of consumers uses of reporting channels on social networks*. Applied research for the National Service of the Consumers SERNAC through OCCS UC.
2020-2021	Associate Researcher: *International Pandemic Observatory*. UC-Chile; USP Brazil; University of Seville, University of Murcia, Spain. Analysis of strategic communication, marketing and advertising discourses during the pandemic.
2019	Principal Investigator: *Netnographic analysis of emerging trends in consumers in Chileans shopping centres, Scenarios and recommendations*. Applied research for the Chilean Chamber of Shopping Centers through OCCS UC.
2018-2019	Co-Principal Investigator: *Graphic Heritage and Women’s Magazines. An Aesthetic Approach through Advertising Aimed at Women.* Project Creation and Artistic Culture VRI 2018 CCA 2018-9815. Directorate of Arts and Culture VRI UC.
2016-2017	Co-researcher *Visuality and Consumption in the 1980s. An approach to the advertising campaigns of Mall Parque Arauco*. FONDECYT Regular No. 1160839. ANID/CONICYT.

IX. SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

2025	España		“Digital Protest, Crisis Communication, and Algorithmic Visibility: Geo-Netnography of Consumer Activism During Climate-Induced Energy Blackouts in Chile and Brazil”. Presented at Blanquerna–Emerson Global Communication Summit 2025, Universidad Ramon Llull Blanquerna, Barcelona, 10 october 2025.
2025	España		“Marcas bajo Fuego: El impacto de la política en las marcas y las prácticas de consumo corporativos”. FELS Congresso de Semiótica. Universidad de La Rioja. 1-4 october 2025.
2025	Francia		AI’Not organic”: How Fear and Deception Are Shaping Ethical Consumer Perspectives in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. International Conference of Netnography 2025. KEDGE Business School. Marseille. 28-30 May 2025.
2025	Brazil		“Controvérsias públicas e construção de marca: existe vida após o consumo político?”. *XV Propesq 2025.* 20-21 may 2025.
2024	Brazil		“Semiótica del anticonsumo: Signos y significantes en la circulación digital de modelos alternativos de vida a la sociedad del hiperconsumo”. Presented at *X Congresso Latino-Americano de Semiótica*. ECA-USP, São Paulo, Brasil, 2- 5 july 2024.
2024	Italia		“The energy that moves us: Using geo-netnography for mapping user’s perceptions about sustainable energy and electric power distribution in South America”. Presented at International Conference of Netnography 2024. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, 26- 31 may 2024.
2023	Chile		“Rabias Marcarias: Emociones y Contestación del Consumo en la protesta contra malls durante el estallido social chileno. 2019-2020”. Presented at XIII Congreso Internacional Chileno de Semiótica “Sociedad, Cultura, Emociones”. Santiago, 4- 6 october 2023.
2023	UK		“Global pandemics in the streets, local responses on the screens. Using netnography for studying consumer behavior changes during the social uprest in Chile”. Presented at International Conference of Netnography NETNOCON. Manchester, 26 – 29 july 2023.
2023	Brazil		“O conhecimento está morrendo ou novos alunos estão nascendo? Universidade do Futuro, Desafios e Tendências Emergentes no Ensino Superior. Presented at XIII Propesq 2023. “Publicidade, Consumo, Sustentabilidade”. Belem do Pará, 31 de Mayo al 2 de junio 2023.
2023	Switzerland/Chile		“Writing Her: Making Visible Women Writing Architecture”. Panel presented at an event of the same name organized by the Department of Architecture de la Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Rengo, 9-10 January 2023.
2022	Chile-Sweden		Organización de Panel y Ponencia “Interdisciplinary perspectives on urban sustainability: Communicational challenges and future development prospects towards sustainable cities and communities” for Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden ACCESS Forum 2022 Punta Arenas, 7 al 12 de Noviember 2022.
2022	España		“Megaproyectos de consumo y urbanismo de retail en centros urbanos: efectos urbanos y resiliencia comercial en el caso de Costanera Shopping Center en Santiago de Chile. Presented at III Congreso de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Historia Urbana, Madrid, 22-25 de noviembre de 2022.
2022	España		“The consumer flâneuse: imaginaries of consumption, gender and space in the construction of the neoliberal city”. Presented at III Congreso de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Historia Urbana. Madrid, 22-25 de November de 2022.
2022	Brazil		“Consumption, anger and contestation: the emergence of (another) new post-pandemic consumer?” Presented at XII PROPESQ 2022 Light Sensations. Rio de Janeiro, 18-19 November 2022.
2021	España		Is a megamall the chicken or the egg? Urban effects, urban triggers and regulatory changes following the arrival of the Costanera Center retail megaproject in Santiago de Chile. Presented at VIII Seminario Ciudad, Comercio y Consumo: Consumo, Comercio y Ciudad y la geografía de la post-globalización, España ( hybrid ), 13-17 de Septiembre, 2021
2021	Canada		Consumption, gender and space: imaginaries of consumption and gender in the construction of the city in the second half of the twentieth century. Presented at: LASA 2021. XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Canada (hybrid), 26-29 de Mayo, 2021
2020	Brazil		Consumption, gender and space: imaginaries of consumption and gender in the construction of the city in the second half of the twentieth century. Presented at: Branding International Congress 2020. Brasil. 21-25 Noviembre 2020.
2019	Italia		“Teaching for a gender rights transition. The urgent introduction of gender-conscious urbanism in urban planning schools”. Presented at: AESOP Congress 2019. Association of European Schools of Planning. Venecia, Italia 7-13 Julio, 2019.
2019	Italia		“Selling the Smart City. Consumer culture, urbanism and the impacts of privatization of smart urbanism. Presented at AESOP Congress 2019. Association of European Schools of Planning. Venecia, Italia 7-13 July 2019.
2019	Chile		“Market Ethnography and the transformation process of the value and meaning in urban space Ethnographic Research on the city of Valparaiso, Chile”. Presented at: Theorizing Consumer Culture III at MBA UC. Santiago, Chile. 22-23 Abril, 2018.
2019	USA		“Importing the consumer culture to the Latin American city: cultural translation and retail urbanism in Pan-American urban planning. 1955-1985. Presented at: LASA 2019”. XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Boston, EEUU, 24-27 de May, 2019.
2018		CHILE		“Consumption, city and citizenship: new approaches to consumption in everyday life in Santiago de Chile”. Presented at: Theorizing Consumer Culture III at MBA UC. Santiago, Chile. 2-3 May 2018.
2018		BRASIL		“Shopping, malls y consumo en Chile: morir en el discurso, crecer en la ciudad”. Presented at: IX Pró-Pesq PP – Encontro Nacional de Pesquisadores em Publicidade e Propaganda en Universidade de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 22-25 May 2018.
2017		CHILE		“Nuevos actores en la creación de discursos en torno a la ecología y el medio ambiente. El caso del retail chileno”. Presented at: Knowledge/Culture/Ecologies International Conference. Santiago, Chile. 15-18 November 2017.
2017		PORTUGAL		“Urbanismo de Retail: Infraestructura de retail y producción del espacio urbano en la sociedad de consumo. Caso de Chile”. Presented at: VI International Seminar City, Retail and Consumption en Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa, Portugal, 11-16 de September 2017.
2017		CHILE		“Consumo en tiempos de redes. E-commerce y oportunidades para un consumo híbrido”. Presented at: I Congreso de Móviles y Redes Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile, 8-9 de August 2017.
2016		EEUU		“Consumption’s urbanism: symbolic and territorial roles of consumption spaces in the latín american city”. Presented at: LASA 2016: XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. New York, EEUU, 27-31 de May 2016.
2016		BRASIL		“Architecture For Consumption and Retail Urbanism: Building the consumerist city in Santiago de Chile”. Presented at: V CINCCI International Colloquium on Commerce and City, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo FAU-USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 21-24 de Marzo, 2016.
2015		MÉXICO		“La Ciudad del Consumo: Roles simbólicos y territoriales de los espacios de consumo en Santiago de Chile 1975-2015”. Presented at: 5to Seminario Internacional Ciudad, Comercio y Consumo. UNAM Universidad Nacional de México. Ciudad de México, 19-23 de Octubre, 2015.
2014		CHILE		“El mall en Chile. Dinámicas Neoliberales de acumulación del capital global y efectos socioculturales en Santiago de Chile”. Presented at: Congreso de Administración – Una mirada Alternativa, en la Facultad de Economía y Negocios. Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile. 6, 7 y 8 de October 2014.
2014		BRASIL		“Socio-cultural dynamics of global capital accumulation and effects in Chile: the global mall in Chile”. Presented at: VII ENEC Encontro Iberoamericano de Estudos do Consumo, en PUC Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 24–26 September 2014.
2014		BRASIL		“Consumo e Cidade: Novas funções simbólicas e subjetivas dos espaços de consumo na cidade latino-americana“. Presented at: VII ENEC Encontro Iberoamericano de Estudos do Consumo, PUC Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. September 24-26 de September 2014.
2014		BRASIL		“Dinámicas Neoliberales y Transformaciones Urbanas en el caso del primer Shopping Mall Chileno en el Fundo San Luis”. Presented at: XIII Seminario Internacional de la RII Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Globalización y Territorio. Salvador de Bahía, Brasil. 1-4 September 2014.
2014		CHILE		“Geografías de Consumo. Mercado inmobiliario de retail en el Área Metropolitana de Santiago. Efectos urbanos de 30 años de infraestructura comercial”. Presented at: en Seminario De la ciudad de los negocios, al negocio de la Ciudad. FADEU. Santiago, Chile. 16-17 January 2014
2013		CHILE		“La ciudad del consumo: dinámicas neoliberales de reproducción del capital y efectos socioculturales en Santiago de Chile. 1960-2012.” Presented at: ALAS XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Sociología. Santiago, Chile. 28 de Septiembre – 4 de October, 2013.
2013		MALASIA		“Gender and the City: Perspectives of gender conscious urban planning for safer cities in Latin America”. Presented at: Women Deliver 3rd Global Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malasia. 28-31 de Mayo, 2013.
2013		COLOMBIA		“Retail property market in the metropolitan area of Santiago de Chile. Logics for investment and urban effects of 30 years of commercial infrastructure”. Presented at: RIDEAL Seminario Internacional (Red de Investigación sobre Áreas Metropolitanas de Europa y América Latina). Medellín, Colombia. 7-11 Abril, 2013.
2012		CHILE		“Urbanismo comercial y tipologías de retail en la configuración reciente del espacio público en Santiago de Chile. 1970-2010”. Presented at: Seminario Especulaciones Públicas: Conversaciones y Debates en torno a la Noción Contemporánea de lo Público. Santiago, Chile. 25 de November 2012.
2012		CHILE		“Commercial Urbanism and Retail Prototypes in the recent Configuration of Santiago de Chile: 1960-2010”. Presented at: International Seminar “Shaping the Twentieth Century City: Chapters of Latin America’s Urban Agenda”. Santiago, Chile, 15 de October 2012.
2012		EEUU		“Malls, protomalls y other commercial spaces: Evolution in Commercial Typologies in Santiago, Chile”. Presented at: LASA 2012: XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. San Francisco, EEUU, 28-31 de Mayo, 2012.
2012		ITALIA		“Evolution in Commercial Typologies in Santiago, Chile. Paradero 14 Case of retail hybridization”. Presented at: Spaces and Flows Conference 2011: International Conference on Urban and Extra Urban Studies. Prato, Italia. 25 y 26 de November. 2012.

XI. KEYNOTE AND GUEST SPEAKER

BRAZIL	“Netnography and Social Cohesion: consumption of social networks during the Chilean social outbreak of 2019”. Conference presented at the Media e Mediações Socioculturais Research Group of the Escola de Comunicação de lade Comunicação de la Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, 20 y 21 de diciembre de 2023.
CHILE	“New Meanings: Higher Education and Generations in Dialogue”. Opening Conference for the XIV Meeting of Communications Directors of Partner Institutions, organized by UNIVERSIA Chile and the Vice-Rectory of Communications UC. October 5, 2023.
CHILE	“Social Networks, Consumer Amphitheaters. Opportunities and Challenges. Conference for Security and Social Media Seminar of the Chilean Chamber of Shopping Centers. October 4, 2023.
CHILE	“Hybrid Spaces and Social Practices: Netnographies for the Analysis of Representations and Narratives in Consumption Spaces in Chile”. Lecture presented at the Permanent Seminar on Qualitative Methods. UC Institute of Sociology. May 25, 2023.
SPAIN	“The City of Consumption”. Lecture presented at *IAAC Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.* May 8, 2023
CHILE	“Sustainability, Communication and Gender for Local Governments“. Opening Conference for the “Open University of Rancagua”, organized by the Municipality of Rancagua and the Regional Government of O’Higgins. January 7, 2023.
CHILE	“Gen Alfa and Centennials. Demographic changes and sociocultural context of media consumption”. Opening conference for KANTAR Media Ibope. October 12, 2022.
ESPAÑA	“Contestation and consumption. Attitudes and consumption in a pandemic”. Lecture presented at the Blanquerna, Universidad Ramón Llull. Barcelona. 20 de Julio 2022
CHILE	“Social trends and citizen consumption: ethical challenges of research with empathy”. Keynote Speaker presented at: Cycle of Conferences on Applied Ethics 2021. Vice-Rectory for Research. UC-Chile. Santiago, Chile. 25 May 2021.
BRASIL	“Chile 2019-2020: Consumption and material culture in times of crisis. Changes and continuities in advertising discourse“. Guest lecturer at Observatorio da Pandemia: consumo, estilos e gostos. Opening of the year in Advertising and Propaganda, PUC Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 3 March 2021.
CHILE	“Challenges for the incorporation of gender in university teaching on city and architecture”. Guest lecturer in: GENER-ARQ: Teaching Architecture and Gender Approach. School of Architecture of the University of Bío Bío. Concepción, Chile. 23 October 2020.
MÉXICO	“Women and Spaces. The pandemic and conflict in public and domestic spaces”. Guest speaker at: Cultural Forum of Architecture 2020, Guanajuato, Mexico. October 28-30, 2020.
CHILE	“Gender Equality Approaches for Sustainable Urban Futures”. Guest speaker at VI Dialogues for Sustainability. Institute for Sustainable Development UC. Santiago, Chile. 5 November, 2020.
CHILE	“Towards a New Deal for Consumers“. Guest speaker at: SERNAC Seminar Consumer Conversations: challenges and opportunities for consumers in pandemic. Santiago, Chile. 9 September, 2020
CHILE	“How to understand and study the post-digital consumer”. Guest speaker at MIND – UC Seminar: How to understand the POST Digital consumer? Santiago, Chile, July 23, 2020
CHILE	“Consumption, evasion and the city”. Guest lecturer at *BIF19. Talks on Space and Culture.** Santiago, Chile. April 20, 2020.
CHILE	“The history that inhabits us”. Guest speaker for the presentation of the book “The city that inhabits me. Statues, memories and heritage. by Volker Gutiérrez“, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna Museum. 21 January 2020.
CHILE	“The history that inhabits us”. Guest speaker for the presentation of the book “The city that inhabits me. Statues, memories and heritage. by Volker Gutiérrez“, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna Museum. 21 January 2020.
CHILE	“Medio Ambiente y Constitución”. Keynote speaker at Cumbre Social por la Acción Climática en el marco de COP25. Santiago, Chile. 25 November, 2019
EEUU	“Equity, Gender and Public Transportation: Urban Planning and Gender Perspectives at a Local Level”. Guest speaker at City Planning Program. College of Environmental Design. University of California Berkeley. 3 de November 2015.
EEUU	“Planning the Consumerist City: Santiago De Chile and the physical infrastructure of neoliberalism”. Guest speaker at Institute of Urban and Regional Development IURD. College of Environmental Design. University of California Berkeley. 28 October 2015.
EEUU	“Shopping malls in Chile: Consumer society and the physical infrastructure of neoliberalism in Santiago de Chile”. Guest speaker at Faculty of Anthropology, New York University. New York, EEUU. 8 April 2015.