Universidad de Chile Recognizes Chiara Sáez for Her Contribution to Solving Country Problems

The “Research Meeting 2025: Science and Knowledge in the Face of the Country’s Challenges” is an initiative co-organized by the Research Office of the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Development of the University of Chile and Sustainability U.Chile.

As part of this meeting, the Research Recognition Ceremony was held, highlighting the contributions of researchers at the University of Chile during the 2022–2024 period.

In the category “Contributions to Addressing National Challenges,” Chiara Sáez, a faculty member of the Faculty of Communication and Image (FCEI), was honored for her outstanding career in the field of communication and her contribution to strengthening informational pluralism in Chile, both academically and through public engagement—particularly in matters of pluralism and communication policy, alternative communication, and television.

Her work combines research with leadership in public and citizen forums, such as the Digital TV Roundtable, Subtel’s Civil Society Council—which she chaired between 2016 and 2018—and the Assembly for the Democratization of Communications, establishing her as a researcher with an impact on shaping national challenges in the field of communication.

Her recent lines of work include an exploratory study about perceptions and measurement of information pluralism in local, regional and community television (2022-2024) aimed at strengthening the media ecosystem and contributing to the development of community media. 

Since 2023, she leads a Fondecyt project funded by the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) focused on how to tackle the development of a regulatory institutionalism for the convergence of communications in Chile based on comparative experience. She also leads a transdisciplinary nucleus at Universidad de Chile since 2024 to advance the application of the UNESCO Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms in the national context.

The recognition, awarded by the Research and Development Vice-Rectory (VID), acknowledges the excellence and public commitment of those who help face the country’s challenges through research. Four criteria were considered in this edition, including the “Contributions to Country Problem Resolution” category in which the FCEI academic was distinguished.