#  María Luisa Méndez 

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion (spring 2027).

Professor, Institute of Urban Studies, Universidad Católica de Chile; Director, Millennium Nucleus on Insecurity and Urban Cohesion (NUMIC).

 

 

 



   ![Headshot of Maria Luisa Mendez. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-08/mendez-layera-maria-luisa.jpeg?h=6bd7f822&itok=VEVhaPRi) 

 



 

 laptop\_windows [Personal website](https://estudiosurbanos.uc.cl/academicos/maria-luisa-mendez-layera/) 

 

 



 

**Research interests:** Belonging; social mobility; class; elites; Latin America; Chile; and urban sociology.



 

 

 





 

 

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