About me

I received my Ph.D. from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and now I am a professor at the Federal University of Ceará, both in Brazil. I have experience developing agent-based models and I am interested in political culture.

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Publications (in English)

The social dynamics of religiosity decline. 27th World Congress of Political Science: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15-19 July 2023.

The meaning of trust for Brazilians with higher education. Social Indicators Research, v. 130, n. 1, p. 325-349, jan. 2017. [Questionnarie, data, and R code to replicate the results]

The effect of exposure to political institutions and economic events on demand for democracy in Africa. Afrobarometer Working Paper, n. 160, September 2015. [R code to replicate the results]

MARQUES, F. P. J. A.; AQUINO, J. A.; MIOLA, E. Congressmen in the age of social network sites: Brazilian representatives and Twitter use. First Monday, v. 19, n. 5, 05/May/2014. [Data and R code to replicate the result]

Cooperation among virtual anthropoids in a complex environment. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, v. 9, n. 1, p. 56-80, 2011. [original source code (no longer compiles) | new source code for Linux]

Two evolutionary games: Collective Action and Prisoner’s Dilemma. In: Delrieux, Claudio & Legris, Javier (Org.). Computer Modeling of Scientific Reasoning. Buenos Aires, 2003. p. 1-14. [source code]

Publications (in Portuguese)

R para cientistas sociais. Ilhéus, BA: Editus, 2014. [Data for Linux (or other system with UTF-8 character encoding) and Data for Windows (or other system with Latin-1 character encoding)]

Formação de alianças e cooperação entre antropoides virtuais: um modelo computacional baseado em agentes. Fortaleza: Edições UFC, 2012. [Based on my Doctor’s degree dissertation] [source code of the model]

Cor e status marital no Brasil. Revista de Ciências Sociais, v. 42, n. 2, p. 75-90, 2011. [Source code to replicate the results]

CARVALHO, R. M. V. A.; AQUINO, J. A. A derrota de Tasso Jereissati na disputa para o Senado em 2010: Como entender a dissolução de suas bases eleitorais? Revista Debates, Porto Alegre, v. 5, n. 2, p. 145-180, jul.-dec. 2011. [Data and code to replicate the results]

Socialização e política. Sociedade e Cultura, UFG, v. 7, n. 2, jul./dez., 2004. p. 91-105.

As teorias da ação social de Coleman e de Bourdieu. Humanidades e Ciências Sociais. UECE, v. 2, n. 2, 2000. p. 17-29.

Other available texts in Portuguese.