Dr. Mauricio Rentería

Mauricio Rentería is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict. His research examines inequalities, with a particular focus on class relations, racialised dynamics, and elite formation. His doctoral research explored the racialised imprints of social mobility among Lima’s elites, resulting in publications in leading journals. His current research investigates the political positioning of Peruvian elites and their practices of social boundary-making.

Before joining the Institute, Mauricio was a researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies (Peru), where he published books and articles on various forms of inequality in contemporary Peru. He completed his undergraduate studies in Sociology at the National University of San Marcos (Peru), obtained an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), and received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester (UK).