Curriculum Vitae

Education, academic employment, research, teaching, awards, and professional service.
Author

Sergio Huertas-Hernández

Keywords

political science, comparative politics, political institutions, legislative studies, executive-legislative relations, democratic resilience, Latin America, Universidad Mayor

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Updated September 2, 2026.

Academic Employment and Affiliations

Education

  • Ph.D. in Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2025
    Dissertation: Oversight of the Executive by the Legislative Opposition in Latin America
    Awarded the highest distinction
  • M.A. in Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2022
  • M.Res. in Comparative Politics, FLACSO Ecuador, 2019
  • B.A. in Political Science, Universidad del Tolima, Colombia, 2016

Research Interests

Political institutions; democracy; comparative politics; legislative studies; executive-legislative relations; legislative oversight; political behavior; political science methodology.

Recent Publications

See the complete Publications page.

Selected Research Experience

  • Research Assistant, Subnational Politics Project, 2025-2026
  • Researcher, FONDECYT Project No. 1230307 on China’s economic rise and the erosion of U.S. hegemony in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024-2025
  • Researcher, FONDECYT Project No. 1211663 on legislative urgency authority in Latin America, 2021-2023
  • Researcher, FONDECYT Project No. 1211297 on senatorial influence and political autonomy, 2021-2023
  • Co-investigator, Research Support Fund project on executive vetoes in Ecuador, FLACSO Ecuador, 2019
  • Leader, Research Group on Political Institutions and Democracy in Latin America, Ecuadorian Political Science Association, 2018-2023

Teaching Experience

I teach undergraduate courses in quantitative research methods, state and government theory, and final-project supervision at Universidad Mayor. I have also taught political science, public policy, comparative politics, data science, and research methodology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Diego Portales, FLACSO Ecuador, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Universidad San Sebastián, and Universidad de los Hemisferios. See Teaching for course details.

Selected Awards and Training

  • Doctoral dissertation awarded the highest distinction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2025
  • Recognition of Teaching Excellence, Universidad Diego Portales, 2025
  • Travel grant and participant, Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Syracuse University, 2025
  • ANID Doctoral Scholarship, Chile, 2020-2025
  • ECPR Winter School scholarship for Panel Data Analysis, KU Leuven, 2023
  • M.Res. thesis awarded distinction, FLACSO Ecuador, 2019

Selected Recent Academic Activities

  • Opening lecture, “El estado de la democracia: tendencias globales, América Latina y los desafíos de Ecuador,” Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and FLACSO Ecuador, 2026
  • Opening conference, “Entre libros y preguntas: ¿cómo se construye la Ciencia Política en América Latina?”, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, 2026
  • Presenter, XIII Congress of the Latin American Political Science Association (ALACIP), Argentina, 2026

Professional Service

  • Editorial Board Member, Revista Ecuatoriana de Ciencia Política, 2022-present
  • Reviewer for journals including European Journal of Political Research, Political Studies, Journal of Policy History, Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics and Society, PS: Political Science & Politics, América Latina Hoy, Colombia Internacional, and Revista de Ciencia Política

Methods and Software

Stata, R, and SPSS (advanced); LaTeX (advanced); Python and ArcGIS (intermediate). Quantitative modeling, QCA, archival research, game theory, and natural language processing.

Languages

  • Spanish (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • Portuguese (basic)

Academic Memberships

APSA · ECPR · ALACIP · LASA · Society for Political Methodology · ACCPOL · AECIP · ACCP · SAAP