ABOUT ME
I am a Research Fellow at the Department of Political Institutions and Conflict at the Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science. My research examines how experiences of institutional wrongdoing, political violence, and civic participation shape the identities through which citizens evaluate democracy and undemocratic behaviours. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
I hold a DPhil (PhD) in Politics from the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, where I was also a member of Nuffield College and a Clarendon Scholar.
Before starting my DPhil, I completed an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) also at the University of Oxford, and a BA in Politics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
My book project examines why some citizens tolerate undemocratic behaviour—such as corruption, repression, or autocratic power concentrations—while others uphold democratic commitments even under adverse conditions. It examines the role of morality and social identity in (un) democratic behaviour using qualitative, survey, and experimental data from cases in Europe and Latin America.
My other projects explore political participation, the effects of anti-corruption crusades, and interpretations of undemocratic behaviour.
My work is grounded empirically in Latin America, with comparative extensions to Europe, and combines survey experiments, natural language processing, quantitative analysis of administrative data, and qualitative fieldwork.
Contact info
Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science
Email: viviana.baraybar-hidalgo[@]ips.mpg.de
