Associate Professor — Computer Science — Calvin University

Eric
Araújo

Olá! I use computational methods to understand how behaviours, opinions, and sentiments spread through societies — through multiagent modeling and simulation applied to political polarization, public health, urban security, and religious communities.

Recent News
JUL 2026 — Presentation

Cognitive Modeling of Church Polarization

JAN 2026 — Fellowship / Award

Calvin Research Fellowship

JAN 2026 — Fellowship / Award

Nagel Institute Fellowship

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Formation
Ph.D.

Computational modeling of social contagion

M.S.
UFMG, Brazil · 2009
B.S.
UFV, Brazil · 2007
Research & Scholarship

My work bridges computer science and the social sciences, applying agent-based modeling and complex network analysis to questions of social dynamics. Active domains include political opinion formation, crime network topology, epidemiological behaviour spread, and computational modeling of religious communities.

Core methodologies: agent-based modeling and simulation, complex network analysis, social dynamics modeling, cognitive behavioural frameworks, machine learning.

Google Scholar · ORCID · PhD thesis

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’