Nicolás Somma

Nicolás Manuel Somma González is a Uruguayan sociologist and academic whose work focuses on political sociology, social movements, protest, and comparative historical analysis.

He is a faculty member at the Institute of Sociology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he has taught and conducted research on political conflict, collective action, and democratic processes in Latin America. His academic training combines sociological theory, comparative methodology, and empirical research, with a particular emphasis on political participation, protest dynamics, and state–society relations.

He has been a columnist in media outlets such as El Mostrador and CIPER Chile.

Academic career He began his scholar career at his alma mater, the University of the Republic in his hometown Uruguay.

Somma is a professor at the Institute of Sociology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Between 2020 and 2023, he served as Director of the Institute of Sociology, where he was responsible for academic coordination, research development, and institutional governance.

In addition to his university appointment, he is an associated researcher at the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES) and the Millennium Nucleus on Political Crises (CRISPOL), participating in interdisciplinary research on political conflict and social cohesion.