Research Interests: Sociocultural shifts in Contemporary Latin American History, Tech Private technologies in Contemporary Latin America, Private sector and Diasporas; Latin America in Global History. His ongoing research delves into the contemporary technological history of Latin America, emphasizing an often-overlooked element: the market education strategies employed by foreign tech companies.
Mauricio Dimant was the Convener of the LATAM Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club at the Hebrew University, Coordinator of the Latin American Unit at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Academic Mentor for the Internship Undergraduate Program in Latin American Studies, and a Co-Coordinator of Latin American Studies at the 12th German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium organized by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Co-Coordinator of Research at the European Association of Latin American History (AHILA), Member of the Academic Committee of the Pontifical Foundation Scholas Occurrentes (The Holly See), and Editing Assistant for Revista Política y Sociedad, Complutense University of Madrid.
His research has been published in Contemporary Jewry, Israel Studies, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Horizontes Antropológicos, Zmanim: A Historical Quarterly, among others. He received the "Order of Educational and Cultural Merit Gabriela Mistral" by the Chilean government.