Tenured Scholars
Seville, Maria Paola
Associate Professor
Current director of UC CENTER. Academic of the Department of Educational Theory and Policy of the Faculty of Education UC. Her research has been financed with various competitive public funds (Fondecyt, FONIDE, CNA, CNED) and focuses on Vocational Technical Training (FTP) provided both in the school system, higher education and in the world of work. She has collaborated with UNESCO, ECLAC, UNDP and other international organizations.
Main areas of study: gender inequalities; Training-labour trajectories; Segregation and socioeconomic stratification.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| PhD in Education | Diego Portales University- Alberto Hurtado University, Chile | 2016 |
| Master of Arts in Economics | ILADES-Georgetown University, Chile | 2001 |
| Economic Engineer | Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | 1997 |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2024 | Regular Fund | Women teachers in highly masculinized sectors of Professional Technical Education. How key are they for progress in gender equality? | Principal Investigator |
| 2020 - 2021 | FONIDE | "Opening roads". Professional practices of female students in masculinized areas of Secondary and Higher Technical-Professional Education. | Principal Investigator |
| 2017 - 2020 | Fondecyt Initiation | "Together or Separate": Gender segregation in Vocational Technical Education, patterns and individual and institutional factors that affect it. | Principal Investigator |
| 2017 - 2018 | FONIDE | "This is not for you": Access and persistence of female students in traditionally male technical-professional specialties | Principal Investigator |
Publications
Recent
Brands
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume (Number)
Pages
DOI
Sevilla, MP, Luengo-Aravena, D., & Madero, C.
2023
Transitioning from industry to teaching in VET: profiles of VET teachers in Chile.
Education+Training
-
1 - 17
Sevilla, MP, Bordón, P., & Ramirez-Espinoza, F.
2023
Reinforcing the STEM pipeline in vocational-technical high schools: The effect of female teachers
Economics of Education Review
95, 102428.
1 - 13
Sevilla, MP & Madero, C.
2023
Factors Influencing the Choice of Teaching Career in Chilean Technical-Professional Secondary Schools
Educational Policy Analytical Archives
30 (41)
1 - 19
Sevilla MP, Snodgrass Rangel V., Gonzalez E.
2023
Understanding motivational beliefs of women in postsecondary STEM-vocational-technical education. Evidence from Chile.
Journal of Education and Work
-
1 - 13
Sevilla, MP, & Snodgrass Rangel, V.
2022
Gender Differences in STEM Career Development in Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education. A Social Cognitive Career Theory Test.
Journal of Career Development
08948453221086979
Sevilla, MP, & Snodgrass Rangel, V.
2022
Career Development in Highly Sex-typed Postsecondary Vocational Technical Education Programs: A Social Cognitive Analysis.
Journal of Career Assessment
30 (4)
658–677
Sevilla, MP, & Polesel, J.
2022
Vocational education and social inequalities in within-and between-school curriculum tracking.
COMPARE: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
52 (4)
581 - 599
Sevilla, MP, Trevino, E.
2021
Socioeconomic segregation between and within curriculum tracking.
International Journal of Educational Development
87
102493
Sevilla, MP, Farías, M., & Luengo-Aravena, D.
2021
Patterns and Persistence of Educational Mismatch: A Trajectory Approach Using Chilean Panel Data
Social Sciences
10 (9)
333
Seville MP & Carvajal F.
2020
Women in men's fields: gender discourses in technical-professional secondary schools
Educational Policy Analytical Archives
28 (66)
115
Chapters of the book
Author
Year
book chapter
Editors
Book Title
Pages
Editorial
DOI/Url
Seville MP & Ortiz, I.
2019
Demands and challenges of Secondary Vocational Technical Education in Latin America
Sepúlveda L. & MJ Valdebenito
Technical-Professional Education: Where are we going? Policies, Reforms and New Development Contexts
91 - 114
Alberto Hurtado Editorial
Bernasconi A. & Sevilla MP
2017
Against all odds: How Chile developed a successful technical and vocational sector in postsecondary education
Altbach P., et al.
Responding to Massification. Differentiation in Postsecondary Education Worldwide
167 - 176
Sense Publisher and Kober Foundation
Paredes R. & Sevilla MP
2015
Reform of Higher Technical-Professional Education
Sanchez I.
Ideas in Education. Reflections and Proposals from the UC
319 - 345
UC editions
Policy Briefs
Author
Year
Title
Editorial
DOI/Url
Seville MP
2020
Higher Technical Professional Education and its quality assurance mechanisms in Latin America. Comparative analysis of education policies
UNESCO-IIEP
Sevilla MP & Montero P.
2018
Articulation of formal and non-formal Professional Technical Education: Quality guarantees for an educational continuum
National Accreditation Commission
Reports
Author
Year
Title
Editorial
DOI/Url
Seville MP
2021
Technical-professional education and its potential to improve the educational and labor trajectory of women in STEM areas. A regional review
Gender Issues Series No. 160, ECLAC
Seville MP
2017
Panorama of Professional Technical Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Social Policies Series No. 222, ECLAC
Commitments
Social Impact
2018: ASIMET Educational Corporation Director
2023: Director of Higher Education Group. Fondecyt-ANID
Management responsibilities in the Faculty or University
2026 – Present: Director of UC CENTER
2025 - 2026: Director of Research, Faculty of Education, UC
2023 - 2025: General Editor Educational Thought, Latin American Educational Research Journal.
