Manuel Mora y Araujo

Biography

Studies

• Law and Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires.
• Graduate Fellow in Sociology, FLACSO, 1963.
• Postgraduate study at the Sorbonne University of Paris,, 1964; and at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 1965.

  Academic positions

• Lecturer in social research methodology, Department of Sociology, University of Buenos Aires, 1965.
• Director of the Department of Sociology, , 1967-1971.
• Vicepresident of the Bariloche Foundation, 1969-1971.
• Visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1983.
• Director of the Social Research Centre, Torcuato di Tella Institute, 1980-82.
• Director of the Postgraduate Programme, Torcuato di Tella Institute, 1983-84.
• President of the board of directors of the Torcuato di Tella University, 1995-2009.
• Professor of Public Opinion Studies, Torcuato di Tella University.
• Professor of Political Marketing and master's course in Political Science, CEMA University.

  Professional and business positions

• Executive president, Ipsos-Mora y Araujo/Socmerc S.A., 1984-2005.
• Director, Mora y Araujo & Asociados Comunicación Institucional S.A..
• President, Investigación y Consultoría Agropecuaria S.A. .
• President, BAE Negocios S.A., publisher of newspaper.

  Voluntary (unpaid) positions

• Founding member and former vice-president, Fundación Poder Ciudadano, 1989-1996.
• Founding member and former president, Fundación Compromiso, 1994-1998.
• President, Academic Committee of CEANA, Commission for investigating Nazi activities in Argentina, 1997-1999.
• President, Committee for celebrating the centenary of the Argentinian Christian Youth Association, 2001-.

  Writings

• Author or co-author of many books including:
• *El voto peronista , Buenos Aires : Editorial Sudamericana, ©1980
• *Qué nos pasa a los argentinos , Buenos Aires: Sudamericana/Planeta, ©1985
• *Liberalismo y democracia, Buenos Aires : Manantial, 1988
• *The 1989 Argentine elections : post-election report : first results, Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1989
• *Ensayo y error, Buenos Aires : Planeta, ©1991
• *El Poder de la conversación, Buenos Aires : La Crujía Ediciones, 2005
• *Survey of Constitutional Culture. Argentina: an Anomic Society , National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2006
• Political and sociological analysis in many specialist publications and newspapers in Argentina and other countries.
• Articles in English:
• *The position of Argentina in the system of international stratification, , Springer. p. 264-277
• *Leadership wanted, The World Today, v59 n3. p. 25-26