Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Administration

Juan Pablo is a Ph.D. student interested in public bureaucracies, civil service reform, executive politics, and comparative public administration. Juan Pablo previously worked as a political advisor in the Senate of the Republic of Colombia and as a lecturer and researcher in public administration and public policy at the University of Chile and the O´Higgins State University. Juan Pablo also has experience as an academic coordinator of the undergraduate program in Public Administration at the University of Chile. Juan Pablo has participated in different research projects funded by the National Research Agency of Chile in topics such as public ethics, public-private partnerships, public sector reform, representative bureaucracy, and historical analysis of public policies. Juan Pablo earned his Bachelor in Government and Master of Arts in Political Science (highest honors) at the University of Chile. He also earned the Fulbright and Becas Chile scholarships to pursue his Ph.D. program.

Education

B.A | University of Chile | 2010 | Government

M.A | University of Chile | 2016 | Political Science

Areas of Expertise

Public bureaucracies, civil service reform, bureaucratic politics, public leadership

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

Fulbright Scholarship Becas Chile Scholarship

Selected Publications

Olavarría, M., C. Moyano, J.P. Araya & J. Rivas (2022). (in spanish) Technocrats in the old chilean democracy (1850- 1970). En M. Olavarría. History and Public Policies. Santiago: RIL Publishing, 135-176.

Araya, J.P. (2022). Assessment of the Leadership Styles in Public Organizations: An Analysis of Public Employees Perception. Public Organization Review. 22, 99-116.

Figueroa, V & J.P. Araya (2020). Representative Bureaucracy: Exploring the Factors that inhibit representation in a Latin American Case. International Journal of Public Administration. 44:16, 1404-1414.

Figueroa, V. & J.P. Araya (2020) Active Representation in Indigenous Public Managers – New Challenges to Representative Bureaucracy Theory. In A. Farazmand (ed) (2020). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3176-1

Araya, J.P (2017) Bureaucratic influence in Policy Formulation, in A. Farazmand (ed) (2017). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3176-1