Alvaro Hofflinger
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Mail code: 3720Campus: Dtphx
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Álvaro Hofflinger is an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin. Hofflinger is affiliated with the Department of Social Sciences at the Universidad de la Frontera (Chile) and in 2023-2024 was a visiting scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
Álvaro grew up in the small rural town of Selva Oscura in Chile's Araucanía Region. His research interests are linked to his background and how market-based reforms impact rural communities. Currently, he is studying the long-term effects of school closures on rural and Indigenous students in Chile, the country with the longest period of school closures due to the pandemic among Latin American and OECD countries. He is also conducting research on the connections between social vulnerability, the forestry industry, and wildfires in southern Chile.
PhD The University of Texas at Austin
Courses
2025 Spring
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PAF 340 | Contemporary Policy Challenges |
2024 Fall
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PAF 340 | Contemporary Policy Challenges |
2024 Spring
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PAF 340 | Contemporary Policy Challenges |