Maya Zilveti

PhD in Sociology, Alberto Hurtado University.


Psychologist, Master’s degree in Anthropology and PhD in Sociology. She has worked at the UNDP Chile Office since 2010 as a researcher, and since 2023 as Coordinator of the Research Unit, leading a multidisciplinary team. 

She has been a researcher and co-author of various UNDP publications, including: The Age of Politicisation: Human Development Report on Chile (2015); *Chile in 20 Years: A Journey Through the Human Development Reports (2017); Regional Inequality in Chile: Income, Health and Education from a Territorial Perspective (2018); Ten Years of the Audit of Democracy. Before the Uprising (2019); The Labyrinth of Power: The Career Paths of Chilean Female Legislators (2021); Women and the Return to Work in Chile: Lessons from the Pandemic to Close the Employment Gap (2022).

Maya Zilveti

Co-researcher