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Lissette Aliaga-Linares
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate, Sociology & Demography (areas of specialization: migration and urbanization), The
University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2008 (Expected Graduation date: Fall 2012)
Dissertation Title: “Unveiling the informal city. A comparative analysis of the sociospatial patterns of neighborhoods’ underground economy in Lima and Bogotá”
MA, Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2006
Thesis Title: “Street Markets in Santiago de Chile: an assessment of their location and
regulation policy”
Licenciatura, Sociology, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima-Peru, 2002
Thesis Title: “Los Dilemas del Capital Social en la Economía Informal: Redes
Sociales entre los Vendedores Ambulantes de Independencia- Lima”, Published as a
book in 2002.
BA, Social Sciences with Sociology Specialization, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima-Peru,
2000. Graduated with honors, top third of class.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2009
2007
2005
2004
2000
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Research Grant
Inter-American Foundation. Grassroots Development Fellowship.
Andrew Mellon Foundation. Pre-dissertation research grant.
Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Essex. Research Grant.
Tinker Foundation & CLASPO. Summer Research Fellowship
Andrew Mellon Foundation. Summer Research Fellowship
Ford Foundation. Fellowship for thesis preparation
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
09/2011-05/2012
Research Assistant, for Dr. Peter Ward, LBJ School and Law School, U. Texas at
Austin, Project: “Contract for Deed Prevalence Study in Texas Border Colonias”
• Constructed and implemented multistage survey design to identify
unrecorded transactions in six counties.
• Supervised, conducted +100 surveys in Spanish and English and coded
+300 surveys
• Elaborated methodological report and documented extrapolation method
for survey analysis
06-12/2010
Research Assistant, for Dr. Peter Ward, Department of Sociology, U. Texas at
Austin, Project: “Ten years after title regularization: The impact of titling
programs upon low income housing in Texas Colonias”
• Conducted in-depth interviews in four extensive case studies in Starr
County and elaborated family tree
• Surveyed +100 households to document self-building housing strategies
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Principal Researcher, with Prof. María José Alvarez from Universidad del
Rosario in Bogotá-Colombia, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Project:
“Residential Segregation in Bogotá across time and space”
11-12/2009
Consultant, United Nations Latin American Commission (CEPAL), Project:
“Recommendation for the 2010 population census-education section”
01/2009-04/2009
Consultant, Women in the Informal Economy Globalizing and Organizing
(WIEGO), Project: “Budget Analysis for the informal Sector-IEBA-Case Report
Perú”
10/ 2007-02/2008
Co-Researcher, with Prof. Sally Roever, International Labor Organization (ILO)
in India, Project: “ILO In-Focus Initiative on the Informal Economy for Promoting
decent work for street Vendors: Case Report on Lima, Peru”
2007
Research Assistant/Coordinator, for Dr. Peter Ward, Department of Sociology,
U. Texas at Austin, Project: “The Rehabilitation of Consolidated Irregular
Settlements in Latin American Cities: Towards a “Third Generation” of Public
Policy Analysis and Development”
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Compiled datasets, background information of +1500 informal settlements
and updated their cartographies to assemble a map of the historical
evolution of informal housing growth in Bogotá.
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Identified follow-up survey participants from Prof. Ward study in 1970s.
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Surveyed +100 households in Spanish to document changes in tenure in
the last 20 years in four informal settlements.
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Recruited a research team at Universidad Piloto in Bogotá to strengthen
the Latin American Housing Network hosted by LBJ-School UT Austin.
05-07/2007
Research Assistant, for Prof. Andrea Lampis & Javier Pineda, World Bank
Consultancy within CIDER- Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota-Colombia.
Project: “Informal Sector Work in Colombia: Motivations, Knowledge of Social
Protection Programs, and Willingness to Pay for Benefits”
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Coordinated a research team of 4 students to recruit focus group
participants.
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Conducted four focus groups with informal workers in Bogotá about their
access to social protection and health insurance programs.
• Analyzed focus group transcriptions and elaborated preliminary report to
be presented at the World Bank
06-08/2006
Graduate Research Assistant, for Dr. Bryan Roberts, Population Research
Center, & Dr. John S. Butler, IC2 Institute, U. Texas at Austin.
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Compiled bibliographic sources for research on entrepreneurship in the
United States.
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Assembled a data set on employment trends from Mexican Household
Surveys from 1990 to 1999 using SAS and organized data files for easy
Graduate Research Assistant, Population Research Center, University of Texas
at Austin. Project: “Latin American Urbanization in the Late 20th Century: A
comparative Study”
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Calculated informal and informal employment indicators from Peruvian and
Brazilian household surveys from 1992 to 2000 using SAS and SPSS.
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Analyzed trends in employment growth by industries and occupational
categories in five Latin American countries.
2003-2005
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Principal Researcher Alternativa Center of Social Research and Promotional
Education, Lima - Perú. Project: “ Comparative Research on Social Policy in
Latin America- Microcredit Case Study” coordinated by CLASPO- University of
Texas at Austin.
1998-2002
Research Assistant, Alternativa Center of Social Research and Promotional
Education. Project: “Political Culture and Development among community Leaders
in the Northern Cone”
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Translated from English to Spanish and summarized articles and books for
research group.
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Conducted surveys and in-depth interviews on political culture among leaders
of member based organizations.
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Wrote policy briefs for members of the Roundtable Against Poverty
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Assisted as a presenter and coordinator in meetings of strategic planning.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology.
Course: “Introduction to the Study of Society” for Senior Lecturer Penny Green.
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Taught two discussion sections with 30-35 students each, took class notes,
designed questions for multiple-choice exams, assisted students with
learning concerns, and graded essays for the course
2005
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology.
Course: “Chicanos in American Society” for Assistant Instructor Laura Sauceda.
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Graded essays and exams, took class notes and assisted students with learning
concerns for 60 students.
2006
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology.
Course: “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” for Prof. John S. Butler
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Designed, graded and administered essay exams and coordinated team
assignments for 60 students.
2000-2001
Teaching Assistant, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima-Perú,
Department of Sociology.
Courses: “Introduction to the study of Intersubjectivity”, “Introduction to Social
Sciences” and “Introduction to Sociology” for Prof. César Germaná.
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Taught three discussion sections with 70 students each, designed questions for
essay exams, graded exams and essays, proposed in-class exercises and
coordinated two fieldwork trips for the three students’ sections.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
2011
“Características Educativas en los censos de población de América Latina. Apuntes
para la ronda del 2010”. Revista Notas de Población CEPAL. Nº 92 (September
2011): 141-186.
2008
“Consommation ambulatoire au Nord de Lima : production spatial, concurrence et
résistance devant ‘l’invasion’ des supermarchés”. Revue Espaces et societés. N° 135
(4): 117-138.
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“¿Qué haría yo si no tuviera capital social? Las redes sociales en los ambulantes y
sus activos para la subsistencia y/o desarrollo”. Revista Debates en Sociología N.28.
Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
“Racionalidad económica y redes sociales. Las ‘paraditas’ y su mercado”. Revista
del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales N. 5. Lima: Fondo Editorial de la
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
“Capital Social: límites y posibilidades de un discurso sobre la socialidad”. Revista
Socialismo y Participación No. 93. Lima: CEDEP.
2001
“El capital activo de los comerciantes ambulantes: un análisis cualitativo de sus
redes sociales”. Revista Hispana de Redes Sociales Vol. 2. Universidad Autónoma
de Barcelona.
Books
2002
Sumas y Restas. El capital social como recurso de la informalidad: Las Redes
sociales en el comercio ambulatorio de Independencia. Lima, Alternativa - Fondo
Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias sociales de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de
San Marcos.
Invited Chapters
2011
“Assessment of Street Market’s Allocation and Regulation Policy at Times of
Supermarkets’ Competition: The Case of Ferias Libres in Santiago de Chile”.
(Invited Chapter). Latin American urban development into the 21st century:
Towards a renewed perspective on the city. edited by Beall, Ravi Kanbur, and
Dennis Rodgers. Palgrave Macmillan. (Forthcoming)
“Peru”. Encyclopedia of Social Networks. Edited by George A. Barnett. Sage
Publications (forthcoming)
2005
Joseph, Jaime; Castellanos, Themis; Pereyra, Omar y Lissette Aliaga. “Lima,
jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan”. In: Ciudades Latinoamericanas. Edited
by Alejandro Grimson, Bryan Roberts and Alejandro Portes. Buenos Aires:
Prometeo.
“El capital activo de los comerciantes ambulantes: un análisis cualitativo de sus
redes sociales”. In: Redes. Enfoques y Aplicaciones de Redes Sociales (ARS).
Edited by José Ignacio Porras and Vicente Espinoza. Santiago de Chile:
Universidad Bolivariana-Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Policy & Consultancy Reports
2012
“Comparative Statistical Profile on Street Vending, Domestic Work and Waste
Pickers: Lima and Bogotá”. To be submitted to WIEGO
2011
Jimenez, Maren; Aliaga, Lissette y Jorge Rodriguez. " Una mirada desde América
Latina y el Caribe al Objetivo de Desarrollo del Milenio de accesso universal a la
salud reproductiva”. Serie Población y Desarrollo CEPAL. N° 97 (January 2011).
“Socio-spatial implications of street markets regulation policy”. Working Paper:
United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research
(UNU-WIDER).
2010
Aliaga, Lissette & Maria José Álvarez. “Residential segregation in Bogotá across
time and space”. Working Paper. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
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“Budgeting and the informal economy in Peru and Metropolitan Lima”. Report
prepared for Women in the Informal Economy Globalizing and Organizing
(WIEGO) in the context of the Informal Economy Budget Analysis Project.
2008
Aliaga, Lissette & Sally Roever. “Promoting decent work for street vendors: Case
report on Lima, Peru”. Report prepared for the International Labor Organization
(ILO) in the context of the In Focus Initiative on the Informal Economy.
2003
“Microcrédito y desarrollo comunitario: Interfaces en las experiencias de Bancos
Comunales ubicadas en el Cono Norte de Lima Metropolitana”. Serie Desarrollo y
Políticas Sociales Nº 3 (Julio 2003): Centro Alternativa.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2012
“The Informal Sector at Times of Economic Growth: Occupational Mobility in
Peru”. To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Latin American Studies
Association, San Francisco, United States.
2010
“Understanding urban governance, spatial contexts and place making processes of
street vending in Bogota and Lima” at Contesting the Streets: Street vending, open
air markets and Public Space. The UCLA Center for the Study of Urban Poverty.
Los Angeles, United States.
2009
“Budgeting and the informal economy in Peru and Metropolitan Lima”. WIEGO
Workshop. Lima, Peru
2007
“Exploring access to maternal health services and infant mortality regional
differentials in Peru 1996-2000” at the Annual Meeting of Population Association of
America. New York, United States.
2006
“Public space and street markets in Modern Santiago” at the Annual Meeting of
American Sociological Association. Montreal, Canada.
“Consequences of socio-economic segregation in the informal food system of
Santiago de Chile” at the Annual Meeting of International Sociological Association.
Durban, South Africa.
“Negotiating to compete: street vendors’ organizational strategies in Santiago de
Chile” at the Annual Meeting of Society for Latin American Studies. Nottingham,
United Kingdom.
“Feeding the Poor? Spatial Patterns and Consumers' Demographics in Metropolitan
Santiago Informal Food System” at Annual Meeting of Association of American
Geographers. Chicago, United States
2001
“The active capital of street vendors: A qualitative analysis of their social networks”
at First Meeting of Social Networks Analysts. National Institute of Anthropology
and Latin American Thinking. August 24th, Buenos Aires- Argentina.
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American Sociological Association (Since 2003)
Population Association of America (Since 2003)
International Sociological Association (Since 2005)
Latin America Studies Association (Since 2007)
Women in the Informal Economy Globalizing and Organizing (Since 2011, by invitation)
SKILL AND TECHNIQUES
• Knowledge of demographic techniques and spatial analysis software packages (Arc GIS, GWR,
SANET and GeoDa)
• Knowledge of statistical analysis (SAS, STATA and SPSS) and qualitative analysis (NVIVO).
software packages
• Native Spanish speaker, fluent spoken and written English, Basic French
OTHER RELEVANT TRAINING
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Geographically Weighted Regression workshop. Penn State Population Research Institute &
CSISS (Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences). Penn State University. State College,
PA. June 2nd- 6th, 2008
Multilevel Statistical Modeling. Summer Institute of Statistics. The University of Texas at Austin.
Austin, TX. May 31st-June 1st, 2008
GIS and Population Workshop. Penn State Population Research Institute & CSISS (Center for
Spatially Integrated Social Sciences). Penn State University. State College, PA. June 4th-16th,
2006.
OTHER RELEVANT PROFFESIONAL TASKS
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Reviewer. City and Community, 2012
Reviewer. Population Research and Policy Review, 2010
Volunteer. Proyecto Defensa Laboral (PDL), Austin, Texas, 2005-2006
Workshop Instructor. II Course for economic development promoters. International
Labor Organization (ILO). Lima, Perú, 2005
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