Natalia Morales Cerda

Bio:

Natalia joined the UCL Faculty of Laws as a PhD student in September 2021. Her research project contributes to the literature on women’s political participation and representation in constitution-making through examining the 2019-2022 Chilean constituent process. Adopting a theoretically informed socio-legal methodology, her research critically assesses women’s direct participation in constituent processes in both democratic and feminist theory. Through this examination, her research also provides a feminist critique of the ‘crisis’ of democratic representation.

Representative publications: 

Pou Giménez F., Rubio Marín R., Undurraga Valdés V., and Morales Cerda N., ‘Comparative Landscapes of Gender and Constitutionalism in Latin America’ in F Pou Giménez, R Rubio Marín, and V Undurraga Valdés (eds), Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America (1st edn, Routledge 2024)

Morales Cerda N., ‘Representación política de mujeres, del género y del feminismo en el proceso constituyente chileno 2019-2022’ in Domingo Lovera Parmo (ed) Anuario de Derecho Público 2022 (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, 2023)

Morales Cerda N. and Pou Giménez F., ‘Indigenous claims and the Chilean 2022 Draft Constitution in light of the secession paradigm’ in Antoni Abat i Ninet (ed) Constitutional Law and Politics of Secession (1st edn, Routledge 2023)