Francisco Gallego Yáñez

Provost for Institutional Management

It is the unipersonal authority of the University in charge of the Office of the Provost for Institutional Management. 

Duties

• Collaborates in monitoring the activities of external entities linked to the University, as well as proposing, defining, and implementing policies regarding them. 
• Participates in the University's strategic planning process alongside the Office of the Provost and Vice Presidents. 
• Proposes policies and the promotion of the University's participation in the linkage with the public and private sectors and civil society, the coordination of institutional actions in public policies, as well as the development of a model of operation that is a reference at the university level in matters of sustainability. 

To learn more about the duties and functions of the Provost for Institutional Management, read the  Regulations of the Organizations that work with the Office of the President. 

Career

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and administration and a master's degree in economics from UC Chile. He later earned a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration in 2006 as a full-time professor and has been a full professor at the Institute of Economics since 2020. His research and teaching areas include economic development, economic history, the economics of education, and political economy. 

His work has been published in leading academic journals, including The Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Public Economics, The Annual Review of Economics, and The Journal of Development Economics. He is a member of the Econometric Society, scientific co-director of J-PAL LAC, and director of CLEAR-LAC.    

Throughout his career, he has trained multiple generations of business and economics students at UC Chile and has made important contributions to public policy. 

His experience has been key in discussions on various issues of national interest, participating in commissions and working groups under different administrations. Notably, he was part of the Technical Roundtable on Working Hours Reduction and served on the panel of experts that advised the executive branch on the design of the Emergency Family Income and the development of economic support policies for informal and precariously employed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

He has served as Provost for Institutional Management since 2025.