Valentina Salas

Publications

• Hilbink, L., Salas, V., Gallagher, J. K., & Restrepo Sanín, J. (2022). Why People Turn to Institutions They Detest: Institutional Mistrust and Justice System Engagement in Uneven Democratic States. Comparative Political Studies, 55(1), 3–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140211024299

• Hilbink, L., & Salas, V. (2021). “Advancing Human Rights through Legal Empowerment of the Poor.” In Martha Davis, Morten Kjaerum & Amanda Lyons (eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty. Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Hilbink, L. & Salas, V. (2021). From legal empowerment to citizen empowerment in Chile: advancing human rights through action research in a dynamic context. https://www.openglobalrights.org/legal-empowerment-to-citizen-empowerment-in-chile/

• Hilbink, L. & Salas, V. (2019). Path to a New Constitution in Chile: How the Unthinkable Became the Inescapable. https://constitutionnet.org/news/path-new-constitution-chile-how-unthinkable-became-inescapable

• Hilbink, L., Gallagher, J., Restrepo, J. & Salas, V. (2019). Engaging Justice Amidst Inequality in Latin America. Open Global Rights. https://www.openglobalrights.org/engaging-justice-amidst-inequality-in-latin-america/
• Ríos, M., & Salas, V. (2016). Proceso Constituyente: Mecanismos de Cambio Constitucional en el Mundo. Análisis desde la Experiencia Comparada. Revista Hemicilo, 14, pp. 93-105.
• Altman, D., Aguero, S., & Salas, V. (2014). Municipalidades, Ciudadanos y Democracia Directa en Chile: Esbozos de una relación fluida. In A. Lissidini, Y. Welp, & D. Zovatto (eds.), Democracias en Movimiento. Mecanismos de Democracia Directa y Participativa en América Latina, pp. 195-229. México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de México.
• Luna, J. P., Jaramillo, N., Salas, V., Toro, S., & Seligson, M. (2012). Cultura Política de la Democracia en Chile y en las Américas, 2012: Hacia la Igualdad de Oportunidades. Vanderbilt: Vanderbilt University.

Activities

Awards

• Andrew Dickinson Memorial Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, 2020
• Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2020
• Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship (Dept. of Political Science), 2019
• Dissertation Research Fellowship (Dept. of Political Science), 2020
• World Fellowship for Women Doctoral Students, The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG)., 2016 - 2017
• Fulbright Fellowship for Doctoral Studies, Chile , 2016 - 2019
• Chilean National Commission of Science and Technology (CONICYT), MA Scholarship., 2012
• Academic Excellence BA Award, Department of Political Science, Universidad Católica de Chile, 2012
• Honor BA Scholarship, Dept. of Political Science, Universidad Católica de Chile, 2008 - 2009

Courses

• MDP 5005 Qualitative Methods for Development Practice