February 2016

CURRICULUM VITAE - PAOLO MONCAGATTA PERSONAL DATA_______________________________________________________ Address:

Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Universidad San Francisco de Quito Diego de Robles y Vía Interoceánica Cumbayá, Quito, Ecuador

Email:

[email protected] ; [email protected]

Web:

https://usfq.academia.edu/PaoloMoncagatta https://www.upf.edu/survey/paolo.html

Birth:

Guayaquil, Ecuador. October 5, 1977.

Citizenships: Ecuador, Italy, U.S.A.

EDUCATION___________________________________________________________ 2015

Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Dissertation: “Studies in support for democracy”. Thesis director: Dr. Willem E. Saris. Dissertation committee: Dr. Hanspeter Kriesi (chair), Dr. Clara Riba, Dr. Jonas Linde.

2010

M.A. in Political and Social Sciences. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

2007

B.A. in Liberal Arts. Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador. Honors: Cum Laude.

EMPLOYMENT_________________________________________________________ 2015-

Full time Professor and Researcher. School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidad San Francisco de Quito – Quito, Ecuador.

2015-

External collaborator / researcher. Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona, Spain.

2013-2015

Associate professor. Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona, Spain.

2009-2015

Researcher. Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona, Spain.

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2008-2009

Research assistant. Survey Research Centre, ESADE Business School (Universitat Ramón Llul) - Barcelona, Spain.

2007-2008

Freelance translator (Spanish – English). Barcelona, Spain.

PUBLICATIONS________________________________________________________ Kriesi, H., Saris, W.E. & Moncagatta, P. (2016). “The structure of the meaning of democracy: citizens’ models of democracy”. In M. Ferrín & H. Kriesi (Eds.), How Europeans view and evaluate democracy. Oxford University Press. Moncagatta, P. (2013). “Support for democracy in Venezuela: Does trust in Hugo Chávez play any role?” Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública, 3, 113–141. Moncagatta, P. (2013). “El perfil socio-demográfico del votante de Rafael Correa”. Carta Económica - Corporación de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CORDES), 19(3), 2–4. Moncagatta, P. & Safranoff, A. (2013). “¿Quién apoya a la izquierda “populista” latinoamericana?” Revista Mexicana de Análisis Político y Administración Pública, 2(1), 29–48. Moncagatta, P. (2013). “El por qué del voto por Rafael Correa”. www.gkillcity.com, 89, http://www.gkillcity.com/articulos/el-mirador-politico/el-que-del-voto-rafael-correa. Moncagatta, P. (2013). “¿Quién vota por Rafael Correa?” www.gkillcity.com, 86, http://www.gkillcity.com/articulos/el-mirador-politico/quien-vota-rafael-correa. Torcal, M. & Moncagatta, P. (2011). “Support, political”. In B. Badie, D. Berg-Schlosser & L. Morlino (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Political Science (pp. 2564–2567). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE_________________________________________________ 2015-

Professor of the courses: “Political Culture”, “Introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods”, and “Introduction to quantitative political analysis”. B.A. in International Relations and Political Science. Universidad San Francisco de Quito – Quito, Ecuador.

2012-2015

Teacher of the course “Mathematics and computer tools in political analysis”. B.A. in Political Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona, Spain.

2012-2013

Teaching assistant of the course “Quantitative Research Techniques”. B.A. in Political Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona, Spain.

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2010-2011

Teaching assistant of the course “Design, evaluation and analysis of questionnaires for survey research” (with Prof. Dr. Willem E. Saris). M.A. in Political and Social Sciences. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

2006-2007

English teacher. Bénédict School of Languages, Quito, Ecuador.

1998-1999

Teaching assistant of the course “Logical Reasoning” (with Prof. Emilio Cerezo). B.A. in Anthropology. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.

SPECIALIZED COURSES, WORKSHOPS and OTHER DIPLOMAS__________________ 2014

“Econometrics using Stata” Course. Prof. Christopher F. Baum. Cass Business School, City University London, United Kingdom. September 2014.

2013

“Regression Analysis II: Linear Models” Workshop. Prof. Brian Pollins. ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. University of Michigan. July-August 2013.

2013

“Categorical Data Analysis” Workshop. Prof. Shawna Smith. ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. University of Michigan. July-August 2013.

2013

“Introduction to the R Statistical Environment” Workshop. Prof. John Fox. ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. University of Michigan. July-August 2013.

2011

“Presenting Data and Information” Course. Prof. Edward R. Tufte. Graphics Press LLC, New York, U.S.A. October 2011.

2010

“Political and Election Forecasting” Course. Prof. Michael Lewis Beck. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Summer School in Methods and Techniques. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. August 2010.

2010

“Accuracy of Survey Estimates: Sampling, Weighting, Variance Estimation and Design Effects in Cross-Sectional Surveys” Course. Professors: Dr. Ralf Münnich and Dr. Matthias Ganninger. 9th European Social Survey Training Course. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. August 2010.

2010

“Hierarchical Models and HLM” Course. Prof. Hanna Ayalon. Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Juan March Institute. Madrid, Spain. June 2010.

2010

“Advanced Research Design” Course. Professor Gøsta Esping-Andersen. Ph.D. in Political Sciences Program. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. January – March 2010.

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2007

TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Degree. Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Quito, Ecuador) / Juniata College (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.). September 2007.

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS________________________________________ 2015

Award for the “Best paper written by a PhD student in 2014” of Universitat Pompeu Fabra’s Department of Political and Social Sciences. Paper: “Behind citizen support for democracy: the democracy people support”.

2013-2015

Ecuadorian State scholarship for the pursuit of doctoral studies (“SENESCYT” scholarship).

2011-2013

Catalan Government grant for new research personnel (“FI” grant).

2011

Finalist for the best presentation award at the Seminario Internacional de Jóvenes Investigadores sobre la “Transformación del Estado y Desarrollo”. Instituto de Iberoamérica, Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain), September 2011.

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS__________________________________ 2010-2015

The European Social Survey – Data for a Changing Europe. Project Acronym: ESS-DACE. Project Reference: 262208. Funded under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme. Total project cost: 6.72 million euro. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Willem E. Saris.

2009-2011

European Social Survey Infrastructure - Improving Social Measurement in Europe. Project Acronym: ESSI. Project Reference: 26042. Funded under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme – Infrastructures. Total project cost: 6.24 million euro. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Willem E. Saris.

2010

La calidad de la democracia. Una perspectiva empírica y comparada. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Plan Nacional de I+D+I). Project reference code: CSO2008-06525-C02-01. Principal investigator: Prof. Manuel Pérez Yruela.

2009

European Social Survey Round 4 - Improving Social Measurement in Europe. Project Acronym: ESS4. Project Reference: 28365. Funded under the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme – Citizens. Total project cost: 1.67 million euro. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Willem E. Saris.

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PARTICIPATION AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS_____________________________ 2016

Seminario Internacional: Los Retos de la Educación Superior en el Nuevo Milenio. Paper presented: “El presente y futuro de la ciencia política en el Ecuador”. Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Quito, Ecuador, Enero 12-13, 2016.

2013

1st Southern European Conference on Survey Methodology (SESM) - VI Congreso de Metodología de Encuestas. Paper presented: “How measurement error affects the analysis of democratic conceptions: a study using the European Social Survey”. Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, Spain, December 12-14, 2013.

2013

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política (ALACIP) - VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política. Paper presented: “Support for the ‘ideal’ of democracy vs. ‘real’ support for democracy”. Universidad de los Andes: Bogotá, Colombia, September 25-27, 2013.

2013

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política (ALACIP) - VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política. Paper presented: “¿Quién vota por la ‘nueva izquierda’ latinoamericana?” Universidad de los Andes: Bogotá, Colombia, September 25-27, 2013.

2012

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política (ALACIP) - VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política. Paper presented: “Un análisis multi-dimensional del apoyo a la democracia: Venezuela y Chile en perspectiva comparada”. FLACSO Ecuador: Quito, Ecuador, June 12-14, 2012.

2012

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política (ALACIP) - VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política. Paper presented: “Hacia una mejor comprensión de la satisfacción con la democracia: un ejemplo comparado entre el Reino Unido y Rusia”. FLACSO Ecuador: Quito, Ecuador, June 12-14, 2012.

2012

4th Graduate Network Conference. Paper presented: “Towards a better comprehension of satisfaction with democracy”. Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin: Germany, March 22-24, 2012.

2011

Seminario Internacional de Jóvenes Investigadores sobre la Transformación del Estado y Desarrollo. Paper presented: “Un análisis multidimensional del apoyo a la democracia: Venezuela y Chile en perspectiva comparada”. Universidad de Salamanca - Instituto de Iberoamérica: Salamanca, Spain, September 29-30, 2011.

2011

4th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA). Coordinator of the “Comparative Research” session. University of Lausanne: Switzerland, July 18-22, 2011.

2010

World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) – III Congreso Latinoamericano de Opinión Pública. Paper presented: “Support for democracy and support for the political system in Venezuela”. Querétaro, México, April 16, 2010.

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LANGUAGES___________________________________________________________ English: Native. Spanish: Native. Italian: Basic. Catalan: Basic.

INFORMATIC SKILLS____________________________________________________ Office / presentation delivery: Word, Excel, Prezi, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat – high proficiency. Internet: Google environment, HTML, Adobe Dreamweaver, mailers, etc… – high proficiency. Statistics / Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): Stata, SPSS - high proficiency; R, Mplus, LISREL – medium proficiency. Graphic / Web Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator – medium proficiency. Audio: Ableton Live, Digital Performer, Pro Tools – medium proficiency.

EXTRACURRICULAR INTERESTS__________________________________________ Music production and interpretation. Football (soccer). Cuisine. Chess.