Victor Araújo

About me

Olá! Welcome to my website! 

I am a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in comparative politics in the Department of Politics at the University of Reading, UK, and a member of the Centre for Political Behaviour and Policy Analysis and the Public Opinion Analytics Lab.  

My research concentrates on elections, public opinion, and political behaviour in the Americas.

My primary research focus involves examining how conservatism, religion, fundamentalism, and other moral predispositions influence individuals’ responses to political events, as well as their attitudes and voting behaviour. My secondary area of expertise is on the impact of cash transfers and other pro-poor policies on various forms of political engagement. 

My research, which uses experiments, machine learning, and applied econometrics, has been published in leading political science journals, including The Journal of Politics, The British Journal of Political Science, Political Science Research and Methods, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Experimental Political Science, and The Journal of Theoretical Politics.