Publications
Peer-reviewed research and policy-facing outputs
My publications examine educational inequality across academic careers, gender & education, education pathways, and knowledge production in higher education.
Book chapter
In press
Montero, M. (2026). Quantitative proposal: research-on-research. Networks and gender disparities across the careers of Latin American education researchers. In K. Punch & A. Oancea (Eds.), Developing Effective Research Proposals. Sage.
Journal articles
2026
Pilgrim-Brown, J., Chen, L., Kedia, V., Lin, J. C. Y., Ma, Y., Ma, Y., Montero, M., Oancea, A., Shi, A., Wang, X., Xu, X., & Yu, K. Rethinking research-on-research in higher education studies. Studies in Higher Education, 1-14. DOI
2026
Ortega, L., Montero, M., Romero, A., Canals, C., & Mizala, A. Pathways to gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comparative analysis of trends in mathematics gender gaps using PISA data. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 88, 101579. DOI
2025
Zelada, C., Ortega, L., & Montero, M. The unfulfilled “Chilean Dream”? Inequalities and institutional segregation in the transitions of foreign students to higher education in Chile. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33. DOI
2025
Ortega, L., Montero, M., Canals, C., & Mizala, A. Gender segregation in secondary school course choices: Socioeconomic gradients and the protective role of school gender culture. American Educational Research Journal, 62(3), 499-539. DOI
2025
Ortega, L., Guzmán-Valenzuela, C., Montero, M., Palacios, D., & Ortiz Ruiz, F. Looking beyond representation: Gender inequities in research attrition, output, leadership, and collaboration in Chilean education researchers’ career trajectories. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 18(Suppl 1), S709-S723. DOI
2024
Bustos-Ibarra, A., Montenegro, C., Ciga, E., Calfual-Catalán, C., Jarpa-Azagra, M., Fernández, M., Olivares-Jiménez, J., & Montero, M. ¿Es posible transformar las prácticas en las aulas de primaria? El caso de un programa para formadores de lectores. Profesorado, 28(3), 167-190. DOI
2024
Jarpa-Azagra, M., Bustos-Ibarra, A., Olivares-Jiménez, J., Calfual-Catalán, K., & Montero, M. To promote pedagogical reflection to improve classroom practices based on professional teaching writing. Revista Mexicana de Investigación Educativa, 29(102), 657-681.
2023
Guzmán-Valenzuela, C., Ortega, L., Montero, M., & Pérez Mejías, P. The new knowledge production in the social sciences and in the arts and humanities in Latin America. Higher Education, 85(3), 587-612. DOI
2020
Retamales, M., Correa, C., Montero, M., & Omonte, F. On the intertwining of the political subject and the socio-political matrix. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 28(43), 34-57.
Reports and policy briefs
2025
Ortega, L., Mizala, A., Canals, C., Morawietz, L., Meneses, F., & Montero, M. The gender gap in mathematics left by the pandemic: What lies behind it and how to move forward? CIAE, Universidad de Chile. Policy brief
2025
Ortega, L., Morawietz, L., Montero, M., Romero, Á., & Carvajal, P. Study on mathematics gender gap in Chile: Trends, post-pandemic changes and associated factors. Agencia de Calidad de la Educación. Report
2025
Ortega, L., Morawietz, L., Montero, M., & Romero, Á. Analysis of migrant students’ learning achievements: Cultural, policy, and educational practice factors that promote them. Agencia de Calidad de la Educación. Report
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