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Research Interests
Comparative political behavior, political parties and democracy, political fragmentation, electoral systems, and democratic erosion. Regional focus on Latin American and European politics.
Biography
Mario Pino is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in Comparative Politics. His current research interest focuses on exploring the connections between political fragmentation and democratic erosion, with a regional emphasis on Latin America and Europe.
Before beginning his Ph.D. studies, Mario served as Project Director at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Legislative Director in Chile’s Senate, Research Associate at the Chicago Center on Democracy, and Program Manager at the University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS).
He holds a B.A. in Law and Social Sciences and a J.D. from Universidad de Chile, as well as an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.