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About Me

Pedro Araujo

I am a Senior Researcher at FORS, the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences. I am also a member of the Swiss Elite Observatory of the University of Lausanne, and an affiliate member of the Chair of Human Resources and Organization of the University of Fribourg.

I completed my PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Lausanne in September 2020, where I was a Graduate Assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences. I have also been a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology of Columbia University.

My research centers on the sociology of elites, particularly in understanding how elite groups acquire, maintain, and transmit positions of power, and the inequalities surrounding access to these roles. I have conducted research on the careers and recruitment mechanisms of business elites, with a special focus on the dynastic transmission of power in Switzerland. In addition to my work on elites, I am also engaged in research on the challenges of implementing open research data practices within social sciences. I employ a diverse array of methods, including biographical interviews, sequence analysis, and multiple correspondence analysis. My research has been published in journals such as Sociology, Business History, Social Science History, Global Networks, Revue Française de Sociologie, and Sociologies Pratiques.

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