Romina Álvarez Bové es periodista y candidata a doctora en Estudios Urbanos Europeos por la
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Alemania. Su investigación doctoral, Between Fictional
Expectations and Habitational Dissonance: Urban Imaginaries of Home Buying in Densely
Populated Santiago, Chile, analiza el impacto de la publicidad inmobiliaria en los imaginarios
urbanos y la experiencia residencial en contextos de alta densidad y precariedad habitacional.
Su formación incluye un Magíster en Hábitat Residencial por la Universidad de Chile y una
Licenciatura en Comunicación Social por la Universidad de La Serena. A través de entrevistas
fenomenológicas en una manzana densamente poblada de Santiago, desarrolla el concepto
de disonancia habitacional, que describe la brecha entre las expectativas generadas por la
publicidad y la realidad vivida.
Ha participado como investigadora en el mediometraje Periferia Centro: Vecinos del
Desarrollo y en proyectos culturales entre Chile y Alemania. Su trabajo aborda críticamente la
relación entre mercado inmobiliario, discursos mediáticos y producción del espacio urbano.

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Romina Álvarez Bové is a journalist and PhD candidate in European Urban Studies at Bauhaus-
Universität Weimar, Germany. Her doctoral research, “Between Fictional Expectations and Habitational Dissonance: Urban Imaginaries of Home Buying in Densely Populated Santiago,
Chile”, examines the impact of real estate advertising on urban imaginaries and residential
experiences in contexts of high density and precarious housing conditions.
She holds a Master’s degree in Residential Habitat from the University of Chile and a Bachelor’s
degree in Social Communication from the University of La Serena. Through phenomenological
interviews conducted in a densely populated block in Santiago, she develops the concept of
*habitational dissonance*, which describes the gap between the expectations generated by
real estate advertising and the lived reality of residents.
She has contributed as a researcher to the documentary “Periferia Centro: Vecinos del
Desarrollo” and has participated in cultural projects between Chile and Germany. Her work
critically examines the relationship between the real estate market, media discourse, and the
production of urban space.