In Women and Politics in Chile, Franceschet studies the obstacles to gender equality in the party politics of Chile, investigating gender divisions in civic participation throughout the rise of the Chilean welfare state and expansion of democracy from 1932 to 1973, the authoritarian regime from 1973 to 1990, and the subsequent reintroduction of democracy.
[5] In 2012, Franceschet co-edited the book The Impact of Gender Quotas with Mona Lena Krook and Jennifer M. Piscopo,[6] and she edited Comparative Public Policy in Latin America with Jordi Díez.
[7] In 2018, she co-edited the Palgrave Handbook of Women's Political Rights with Mona Lena Krook and Netina Tan.
[1] Franceschet was a coauthor of the 2019 book Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender with Claire Annesley and Karen Beckwith.
[9] She has also been interviewed, or her work has been cited, in media outlets including The Washington Post,[10] The Toronto Star,[11] L'Express,[12] BBC,[13] The Sydney Morning Herald,[14] and Bloomberg News.