Manuel Mora y Araujo

Manuel Mora y Araujo was an Argentine sociologist and political analyst; an expert in market research and analysis; founder of the consulting firms Mora y Araujo and Comunicación Institucional; author of a number of books and other published work in the fields of politics and sociology; 3rd president, Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires.

Biography

Manuel Mora y Araujo was born in Buenos Aires, 30 September 1937. He was latterly married to Carmen D. Kenning, and he had four children from two previous marriages. He began his academic career in 1965. In 1984 he founded the market research company Mora y Araujo & Asociados ; and in 1990 the public relations and communication consultancy Comunicación Institucional S.A.. He held two professorships at universities in Buenos Aires. He died on 26 May 2017.

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

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Author or co-author of many books including:
*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
*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