Pedro Luis Rodríguez Sosa

Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Estados Unidos.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Science (Vanderbilt University, 2019 – 2022)
  • PhD in Politics (New York University, 2019)
  • MPhil en Economía (University of Cambridge, 2010)
  • BA en Economía (University of Chicago, 2007)

Ha enseñado y publicado sobre una amplia gama de temas que abarcan múltiples disciplinas, incluido un libro sobre la política petrolera venezolana y artículos en revistas académicas de primer nivel: Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Politics and British Journal of Political Science y CogSci Conference Proceedings.

  • “From Chatter to Action: How Social Networks Inform and Motivate in Rural Uganda” (with Larson, J. and Lewis, J.), forthcoming in the British Journal of Political Science, 2021.
  • “Word Embeddings: What works, what doesn’t, and how to tell the difference for applied research” (with Spirling, A.), forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, 2021.
  • “Comparing Models of Semantic Search in Concrete and Abstract Categories” (with Halpern, D.) , PsyArXiv 2018.
  • “Partisan Representations: Partisan Differences in Semantic Representations and their Role in Attitude Judgments” (with Halpern, D.), CogSci 2018 conference proceedings.
  • “De subsidiados a propietarios: replanteando el subsidio a la gasolina”, chapter in “Venezuela 2015: Economía, Política y Sociedad”, edited by Ronald Balza, UCAB Press, 2015.(Translation: “From Subsidy Recipients to Proprietors: Rethinking the Gasoline Subsidy”).
  • “Direct Distribution of Oil Revenues in Venezuela: ¿A Viable Alternative?” (with Monaldi, F. and Morales, J.R.), Center for Global Development Working Paper 306, 2012.
  • “Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Induces Students to Drop Out of School” (with Heckman, J., LaFontaine, P. and Humphreys, J.E.), Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, Vol. 30, n. 3.
  • “El petróleo como instrumento de progreso: una nueva relación Ciudadano-Estado-Petróleo” (with Rodríguez, L.R.), IESA Press, currently on its 2nd edition, 2012. (Translation: “Oil as an Instrument for Progress: A New Citizen-State-Oil Relationship”)
  • “Panorama de los sistemas financieros en América Latina: avances y desafíos” (with Arreaza, A.), chapter in “Servicios Financieros para el Desarrollo: Promoviendo el Acceso en América Latina”, edited by Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), 2011. (Translation: “Outlook of Latin America’s Financial Sectors: Progress and Challenges)
  • “La inflación en Venezuela: marco institucional y un modelo VAR”, Revista BCV N°2/2009. (Translation: “Inflation in Venezuela: Institutional Framework and a VAR Model”)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Vanderbilt University, Data Science Institute (joint with Political Science) (2019)
  • Profesor asistente del IESA (2012-2017).
  • Coordinador Académico del Centro Internacional de Energía y Ambiente del IESA (2011-2013).
  • Profesor adjunto al Departamento de Economía, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela. (2010-2013).

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  • The Wond’ry PreLaunch Grant (2020)
  • George Downs Memorial Prize (2016, 2018)
  • MacCracken Fellowship (2013 – 2019)
  • Premio Anual de Investigación, IESA (2016)
  • Premio a la Excelencia Docente, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (2012 and 2013)