Sebastían Benítez Larghi
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires, a Master’s degree in Sociology of Culture (IDAES/UNSAM), and a PhD in Social Sciences (UBA). He is an independent researcher at CONICET and an Associate Professor of Classical Social Theory I and Digital Cultures, Politics and Education in the Sociology program at the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences (UNLP).
Among his publications, the following books stand out: Después del Conectar Igualdad. Tecnobiografías juveniles en el Gran La Plata (UNLP-IdIHCS, 2022); Inclusión Digital (co-authored with Rosalía Winocur, Teseo, 2016); and Estudios sobre Consumos Culturales en la Argentina Contemporánea (co-authored with Mabel Grillo and Vanina Papalini, CLACSO, 2017). In addition, he has numerous publications in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Management experience:
Member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (IdIHCS, UNLP/CONICET), June 2024–present.
Head of the Department of Sociology at the National University of La Plata, Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences (2018–2023).
Representative on the Departmental Advisory Board for the Professors’ body of the Department of Sociology at the National University of La Plata, Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, 2017–2018 and 2023–2024.
Director of the journal Cuestiones de Sociología, Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, National University of La Plata (2018–2023).
Recent research projects directed:
UNLP R&D Project: “Social inequalities and educational trajectories in times of pandemic: appropriation of digital technologies by young university students in La Plata and Greater La Plata during the pre-COVID-19–post-COVID-19 period.” 2023–2026.
LATAM DIGITAL: “Urban digital exclusion. Case studies in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.” 2021–2022.
LATAM DIGITAL: “Social inequalities in times of pandemic: a study of access, connectivity, and appropriation of ICTs in the educational and labor spheres in Argentina.” 2020–2021.
PDTS 0551 COFECYT COVID FEDERAL: “Pedagogical continuity in times of pandemic: a study of distance education modalities and their impact on social inequalities in the Province of Buenos Aires.” 2020–2021.
UNLP R&D Project: “Digital inequalities in contemporary Argentina. Actors, appropriations, and public policies.” 2020–2022.