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Nicolás Somma

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Dissertation Year Fellow
Former Kellogg Doctoral Student
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Positions & Degrees
PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2012
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PhD Year
2012

Working Papers

Social and Political Effects of Religiosity and Religious Identities in Latin America
Working Paper Number: 362
Published: December 2009

The Enduring Presence of Religion in Chilean Ideological Positionings and Voter Options
Working Paper Number: 336
Published: March 2007

Resilience and Change: The Party System in Redemocratized Chile
Working Paper Number: 416
Published: December 2016

Grant Year: 2018-2019   Chile’s ‘Machuca’ Students: Long Term Effects of Social Integration in Elite Schools
Grants to Support Faculty Fellows' Research
2009-2010   How Do Governments Shape Insurgency? Nation-States, Democracy, and Armed Insurgency in Post-Independence Latin America, 1820–1920
Dissertation Year Fellowship
2004-2009   PhD Fellowship
PhD Fellowships
Former Kellogg PhD Fellow and Dissertation Year Fellow Nicolás Somma
In Brief

Update: Former Doctoral Student Nicolás Somma '11

Nov 16, 2021

Former Kellogg PhD Fellow and Dissertation Year Fellow Nicolás Somma '11 (PhD, sociology) is an associate professor of sociology at the Instituto de Sociología at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he has chaired the institute since January 2020

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New Mainwaring Book a Who's Who of Kellogg Scholars

Mar 9, 2018

Scott Mainwaring, former director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, looks at party systems through the lens of the Latin American experience in a new book, which includes contributions from a number of Kellogg-affiliated scholars.

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