Mauricio Salgado
Mauricio is associate professor at the School of Sociology, Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile). He also leads the research project “Antecedent Social Factors of Moral Behaviour”, funded by the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research of Chile.
His previous research experience includes a Postdoctoral position at the Analytical Sociology and Institutional Design Group, based on the Department of Sociology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he was working in the project “Social and environmental transitions: Simulating the past to understand human behaviour (SimulPast)”, part of the framework CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010. He was also a part-time research officer on the “Multilevel and Agent-Based Modelling: Comparison and Integration” ESRC-NCRM Project and a PhD student at the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS), based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey (United Kingdom), under the supervision of Professor Nigel Gilbert.
Hi has a PhD in Computational Sociology. His PhD research was related with computer simulation of communicative interactions and, specifically, the dynamic by which communication constrains individual choices and motivates individuals to act and experience in a relatively coordinated way. This research aimed to study and understand this processes by means of a multi-agent simulation model. The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program and the Chilean Council for Science and Technology funded his research.
Mauricio obtained his degree in Sociology (Magna Cum Laude) at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile). He has been involved in various research projects, such as value-added analysis in education, consumer behaviour in financial markets and organizational development. As well, he has been a teacher and teaching assistant in different courses about sociological theory and social research methods.
Supervisors: Nigel Gilbert
Address: School of Sociology - Universidad Andrés Bello
His previous research experience includes a Postdoctoral position at the Analytical Sociology and Institutional Design Group, based on the Department of Sociology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he was working in the project “Social and environmental transitions: Simulating the past to understand human behaviour (SimulPast)”, part of the framework CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010. He was also a part-time research officer on the “Multilevel and Agent-Based Modelling: Comparison and Integration” ESRC-NCRM Project and a PhD student at the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS), based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey (United Kingdom), under the supervision of Professor Nigel Gilbert.
Hi has a PhD in Computational Sociology. His PhD research was related with computer simulation of communicative interactions and, specifically, the dynamic by which communication constrains individual choices and motivates individuals to act and experience in a relatively coordinated way. This research aimed to study and understand this processes by means of a multi-agent simulation model. The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program and the Chilean Council for Science and Technology funded his research.
Mauricio obtained his degree in Sociology (Magna Cum Laude) at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile). He has been involved in various research projects, such as value-added analysis in education, consumer behaviour in financial markets and organizational development. As well, he has been a teacher and teaching assistant in different courses about sociological theory and social research methods.
Supervisors: Nigel Gilbert
Address: School of Sociology - Universidad Andrés Bello
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