Teaching

Teaching experience in political science, public policy, public administration, data science, and quantitative methods.
Author

Sergio Huertas-Hernández

Keywords

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

My teaching connects political institutions and public policy with research design, quantitative methods, and applied data analysis. I teach undergraduate and graduate students across political science, public administration, public policy, and international relations.

Universidad Mayor

School of Government and Public Administration

  • Quantitative Research Methods and Techniques (ADPB1005, 2026-present) - Undergraduate
  • Theory of the State and Government (ADPD1012, 2026-present) - Undergraduate
  • Final Project (ADPE1059, 2026-present) - Undergraduate

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

School of Government

  • Introduction to Comparative Politics (ICP0103, 2026) - Undergraduate
  • Evidence for Public Management (ADP005G, 2025-2026) - Undergraduate
  • Introduction to Political Science (ICP0101, 2024-2026) - Undergraduate

Institute of Political Science

  • Statistical Tools Applied to Political Analysis (ICP5009, 2025-2026) - Master’s
  • Introduction to Political Science (ICP0101, 2022-2026) - Undergraduate
  • Institutions and Strategic Behavior (ICP0151, 2025) - Undergraduate

Universidad de Chile

Faculty of Government

  • Professional Practice Seminar (CP5201, 2023-2026) - Undergraduate
  • Evolution of Political Institutions II (CP2101-1, 2023) - Undergraduate

Universidad Diego Portales

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Comparative Politics Seminar (CPO3019, 2022-2025) - Undergraduate
  • Theories, Concepts, and Comparative Methodology (CPO3001, 2024) - Undergraduate

Faculty of Management and Economics

  • Quantitative Methods II (MPP0219, 2025-2026) - Master’s in Public Policy
  • Quantitative Methods I (MPP0218, 2023-2026) - Master’s in Public Policy
  • Statistical Levelling (MPP0218_OB01, 2023-2026) - Master’s in Public Policy
  • Introduction to Political Science (ADP01114, 2026) - Undergraduate
  • Data Science Workshop (ADP01321, 2025) - Undergraduate
  • Political Economy (MPP0222, 2023) - Master’s in Public Policy

Other Teaching Experience

FLACSO Ecuador

  • Quantitative Methods Applied to International Relations (2026) - Master’s
  • Social Research Methodology (2022) - Specialization

Universidad Alberto Hurtado

  • Basic Quantitative Methods (2428CPO01/02, 2025) - Undergraduate
  • Statistics II (3149CPO01/02, 2024) - Undergraduate

Universidad San Sebastián

  • Public Administration (ADPSB001, 2025-2026) - Undergraduate

Universidad de los Hemisferios

  • Research Methodology (POL_R304, 2019) - Undergraduate
  • Research Methodology in Political Science (POL808, 2019) - Undergraduate

Areas of Teaching

  • Quantitative methods, statistics, and data science
  • Comparative political institutions
  • Legislative politics and executive-legislative relations
  • Political economy, public administration, and state capacity
  • Research design and social science methodology

Thesis Supervision

  • Public Administration, Universidad Mayor - one undergraduate dissertation in progress, 2026-present
  • Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales - five completed undergraduate dissertations and one in progress, 2024-2026
  • Master’s in Public Policy, Universidad Diego Portales - three completed theses, 2024-2026

Teaching Assistantships

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  • Political Change from the Neolithic Age to the Internet: Analyzing History with Big Data (ICP0153-1, 2023), with Prof. Valentín Figueroa
  • Quantitative Methods II (ICP5929, 2022), with Prof. Francisco Urdinez
  • Quantitative Methods I (ICP5928, 2022), with Prof. Catherine Reyes-Housholder
  • Statistical Tools Applied to Political Analysis (ICP5009, 2021), with Prof. Catherine Reyes-Housholder
  • Introduction to Political Science (ICP0101, 2020), with Prof. Carla Alberti

FLACSO Ecuador

  • The Logic of Scientific Research in Comparative Political Studies (2019), with Prof. Santiago Basabe Serrano
  • Parties and Party Systems (2018), with Prof. Alejandro Olivares