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 focuses on public opinion, political behaviour, and the political consequences of public policy in Latin America. My primary area of expertise examines how conservatism, religion, fundamentalism, and other moral predispositions shape individuals’ responses to political events, as well as their attitudes and political behaviour. A secondary strand of my research investigates the effects of cash transfer schemes and other pro-poor policies on various forms of political participation and 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.