Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) and a degree in Sociology from the University of Chile. Prior to joining the Institute, he was a Full Professor at Universidad Diego Portales (UDP), a Marie-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, and a post-doctoral researcher at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB) and Nuffield College at Oxford University. He has been a visiting professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, Science Po in Paris, the Free University of Berlin, and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA). His area of expertise is comparative politics, with particular emphasis on Europe and Latin America.

His work focuses on the study of populism in comparative perspective, especially its relationship with the democratic system. He works as an associate researcher at the Center for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES), is the principal investigator of the FONDECYT project (2022-2025) entitled "The Populist Radical Right in Chile in Comparative Perspective," and is in charge of the project "The Far-Right in Latin America" funded by the Open Society Foundations (OSF). He is currently Director of the Doctorate in Political Science at UC.

Recents Publications

Carsten Wegscheider, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser y Steven M. Van Hauwaert (en prensa): “How Citizens’ Conceptions of Democracy relate to Positive and Negative Partisanship towards Populist Parties”, West European Politics (DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2023.2199376).

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser y Paul Taggart (en prensa): “The Populist Radical Right and the Pandemic”, Government & Opposition (DOI: 10.1017/gov.2022.46).

Cédric M. Koch, Carlos Meléndez y Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser (en prensa): “Mainstream Voters, Non-Voters and Populist Voters: What Sets Them Apart”, Political Studies (DOI: 10.1177/00323217211049298).

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser y Lisa Zanotti (2023): “The Populist Radical Right beyond Europe”, Journal of Language and Politics 22(3): 285-305.

Camila Díaz, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser y Lisa Zanotti (2023): “The Arrival of the Populist Radical Right in Chile: José Antonio Kast and the Partido Republicano”, Journal of Language and Politics 22(3): 342-359.

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser (2022): "Rethinking the Right in Latin America", Latin American Politics & Society 64(4): 146-156.

Tim Bale y Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwaser (eds.) (2021): Riding the Populist Wave. Europe's Mainstream Right in Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Courses Taught

Doctorado

• Seminario de Especialización en Política Comparada
• Dirección de Tesis

Pregrado

• Seminario de Grado
• Introducción a la Política Comparada