Silvia Lamadrid Álvarez is a sociologist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; She holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences with a mention in Sociology of Modernization, and a Doctor in History, a mention in the History of Chile, both postgraduate degrees from the University of Chile.
She is currently a professor in the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Chile, coordinator of the "Julieta Kirkwood" Research Center on Gender and Society, and editor of the magazine "Punto Gántico".