Academic CV

2018 – 2021
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile.

Ph.D. in Communication Sciences.

Dissertation Title: Uses and Gratifications of Digital Diasporic Media Amongst Same-Language Minorities: A Qualitative Case Study on the Venezuelan Immigrant Communities in Chile and in Colombia after the Bolivarian Refugee Crisis (2015 – onwards). [Download Here].

Advisor: Francisco Fernández, Ph.D.

Co-Advisor: Sergio Godoy, Ph.D.

Dissertation Committee: Ingrid Bachmann, Ph.D.; Kevin Smets, Ph.D.

Research Areas: International Studies; International Relations; International Communication; Ethnic and Diasporic Media; Human Migration; Public Diplomacy; Para-Diplomacy; Nation Branding.

2018 – 2019
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile.

Master in Communication Sciences.
Intermediate degree awarded together with research proficiency and doctoral candidacy.

2015 – 2017
Universidad de Chile,
Santiago, Chile.

Master in International Studies.
Thesis Title: Twitter como una herramienta de paradiplomacia: Una investigación exploratoria cuantitativa basado en los casos de Cataluña y Quebec. [Twitter as a Tool of Para-Diplomacy: A Qualitative Exploratory Research Based Upon the Cases of Catalonia & Quebec].

Thesis Committee: Professor José Morandé Lavín, Professor Gilberto Aranda Bustamante, Ph.D., Professor Claudio Elórtegui Gómez, Ph.D.

2014
Universidad de Chile,
Santiago, Chile.

Diploma in Communications and Public Policy.

2009 – 2010
New York University,
New York City, USA.

Student exchange during two semesters at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

2008 – 2012
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile.

B.A. in Social Communication. Journalist Degree.
Major: Journalism.
Minor: International Relations.

2006 – 2007
Universidad Diego Portales,
Santiago, Chile.

B.A. in Journalism.

Transferred to Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

All U.S. and Canadian equivalencies were granted through WES (World Education Services) Verified International Academic Qualifications.

Peer-Reviewed Papers:

[1]    Erlandsen, Matthias, Hernández-Garza, María Fernanda, Schulz, Carsten-Andreas. (2021). Madame President, Madame Ambassador? Women Presidents and Gender Parity in Latin America’s Diplomatic Services. Political Research Quarterly, DOI: 10.1177/1065912921997922

[2]    Dammert, Lucía. & Erlandsen, Matthias. (2020). Migración, miedos y medios en la elección presidencial en Chile (2017). Revista CS. 31. pp. 43-76.

[3]    Aguirre, Daniel. & Erlandsen, Matthias. (2018). Digital public diplomacy in Latin America: Challenges and opportunities. Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior. (113). pp. 119-139.

[4]    Erlandsen, Matthias. (2018) Presentación Dossier: Nueva Diplomacia Pública. Revista Chilena de Relaciones Internacionales, 2 (1). pp. 14-25.

[5]    Erlandsen, Matthias (2018). Twitter as a Tool of Para-Diplomacy: An Exploratory Cohort Study Based on Catalonia (2013-2017). Revista Chilena de Relaciones Internacionales, 2(1). pp. 211-231.

[6]    Aguirre, Daniel. & Erlandsen, Matthias. (2017). La Diplomacia Pública Digital de la Alianza del Pacífico: Del Poder Suave al Poder Digital. Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior. (111). pp. 145-163.

[7]    Erlandsen, Matthias. (2017). Construir una mejor educación en diplomacia pública es el primer paso para construir un mundo mejor. Estudios Internacionales. 49(187). pp. 181-188. DOI: 10.5354/07193769.2017.47035

Non-Peer-Reviewed Papers:

[8]    Funk, Robert, Erlandsen, Matthias. (2018). Judaísmo y Relaciones Internacionales. Revista Diplomacia. v. 136: Religión y Relaciones Internacionales: Creencias y Fe en el Mundo Global. pp. 78-84.

[9]    Erlandsen, Matthias (2017). Twiplomacia chilena: ¿Es una Crisis Diplomática la Causa Gatillante para Implementar Twitter? Columbia University Academic Commons. DOI: 10.7916/D8RN3DMK

[10]  Erlandsen, Matthias, Hernández-Garza, María Fernanda, Merino, Carolina. (2017). ¿Es la proyección discursiva del evismo populista?: Análisis comparativo del discurso interno y externo de Evo Morales en el año 2015. Columbia University Academic Commons. DOI: 10.7916/D82N571F

[11]  Erlandsen, Matthias. (2017). La Guerra a través de los Medios: Análisis de la Estrategia de ISIS sobre su Diplomacia Pública. Cuadernos de Estudios Internacionales. Diplomacia Pública. pp. 17-32. http://www.iei.uchile.cl/documentos/diplomacia-publica_135326_0_2946.pdf

Edited Peer-Reviewed Journals:

[12]    2018. Revista Chilena de Relaciones Internacionales, 2(1: Nueva Diplomacia Pública).

Edited Books: 

[13]    Aguirre, Daniel, Erlandsen, Matthias, López, Miguel Ángel. (Eds.) (2018). Diplomacia Pública Digital: El Contexto Iberoamericano. Heredia, Costa Rica: Editorial Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

Book Chapters:

[14]    Erlandsen, Matthias. (2022). Chile History. In Europa Publications (Ed.), South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2023 (31st ed.). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

[15]    Erlandsen, Matthias. (2021). La diplomacia pública digital como nueva herramienta de la política exterior. In C. Bywater, D. Valenzuela, & A. Villar. (Eds.), Nuevas Voces de Política Exterior: Chile y el mundo de la era post-consensual. (pp. 190-201). Santiago, Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 

[16]    Erlandsen, Matthias, & Hernández-Garza, María Fernanda. (2017). Argentina en manos de @cfkargentina. In D. Aguirre, M. Erlandsen, & M. Á. López (Eds.), Diplomacia Pública Digital: El Contexto Iberoamericano. (pp. 155-191). Heredia, Costa Rica: Editorial Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

Book Reviews: 

[17]    Erlandsen, Matthias (2021). Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy (2ndEdition), edited by Nancy Snow and Nicholas J. Cull, New York, NY: Routledge, 2020, 528 pp., $250 (Hardcover), ISBN 978-1138610873Journal of Public Diplomacy, 1(1), pp. 36-28. doi:10.17477/jcea.2021.1.1.003

[18]    Erlandsen, Matthias (2019). The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy, written by Manor, I (2019). Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, 19(2), p.155.

[19]    Erlandsen, Matthias (2019). Ethnic Media in the Digital Age, written by Matsganis, M & Yu, S. (2019) Critical Studies in Mass Communications, 36(4), p. 410.

[20]    Erlandsen, Matthias (2018). The Future of Diplomacy, written by Seib, P. (2016). The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 13(3), DOI: 10.1163/1871191X-12341372

[21]  Erlandsen, Matthias (2018). The Naked Diplomat: Understanding Power and Politics in the Digital Age. Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, 18(2), pp.149-150.

[22]  Erlandsen, Matthias (2017). ‘The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy’. Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica 17(2), pp.153-154.

Conference Proceedings: 

[23]  Erlandsen, Matthias (2017). Twitter como herramienta de paradiplomacia: Un estudio cuantitativo exploratorio basado en los casos de Quebec y Cataluña. Conference Proceeding presented in II Jornadas de Estudiantes de Relaciones y Asuntos Internacionales. Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Data Sets: 

[24]  Erlandsen, Matthias, Hernández-Garza, María Fernanda, Schulz, Carsten-Andreas. (2021). Madame President, Madame Ambassador? Women Presidents and Gender Parity in Latin America’s Diplomatic Services (v1) [Data set]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TBGBKR

[25]  Erlandsen, Matthias. (2018). Full Data Set of 16814 tweets from 17 different Twitter accounts of Catalonian Public Servants and Delegates collected between August 19 2013 and September 17 2017 in both original language and translated into Spanish later codified under para-diplomacy or nation branding macro-categories. Includes results for each year. [Data set]. Revista Chilena de Relaciones Internacionales. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1188430

[26]  Erlandsen, Matthias. (2018). Narrative inquiry of Justin Trudeau’s speech ‘Je t’aime, Papa’. [Data set] Harvard Dataverse. doi: 10.7910/DVN/2W33JV

[27]  Erlandsen, Matthias. (2017). Full Data Set of 817 tweets from 32 Quebec Twitter accounts collected between June 3 2013 and June 30 2013 in both original language and translated into Spanish later codified under para-diplomacy or nation branding macro-categories. Includes monthly metrics. [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.839809

[28]  Erlandsen, Matthias. (2017). Full Data Set of 746 tweets from 24 different Twitter accounts in Catalonia collected between August 8 2013 and September 15 2013 in both original language and translated into Spanish later codified under para-diplomacy or nation branding macro-categories. Includes monthly results for Artur Mas’s government. [Data set]. Zenodo.  http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.839805

Work in Progress: 

[29]  Erlandsen, Matthias & Astroza-Suárez, Paulina. “The Algorithmic Life Seen from The Americas: An Opportunity to Deploy EU Diplomacy with a Social Impact.” Chapter in press.

[30]  Erlandsen, Matthias & Gómez-Zapata, Tania. “Oh, no! She is the Ambassador”: Masculinities and Diplomacy Revisited – Experiences About Being the Ambassador’s Husband in the 21st Century.” Paper in first draft version.

[31]  Erlandsen, Matthias & Hernández-Garza, María-Fernanda. “Online incivility against women diplomats: an analysis of the treatment of Canadian heads of mission in social media.” Paper in first draft version.

[21]  Erlandsen, Matthias & Rosenberg, Andrés. “Why are you so obsessed with me? An exploratory research on online incivility against women diplomats.” Paper in first draft version.

• Asociación de Ciencia Política de Chile – ACCP.
• Asociación Chilena de Especialistas Internacionales – ACHEI.
• Canadian International Council, Toronto Branch – CIC.
• Canadian Political Science Association – CPSA/ACSP.
• European Communication Research and Education Association – ECREA.
• Gender in Diplomacy, University of Gothenburg – GenDip.
• International Association for Media and Communication Research – IAMCR.
• International Communication Association – ICA.
• International Studies Association – ISA.
• Latin American Studies Association – LASA.
• Research Associate at EU Diplomacy Future 4 Digital Age at the Institute of European Studies of the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
• Young International Affairs Professionals – YIAP.
• World International Studies Committee – WISC.