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João V. Ferreira is a Lecturer in Economics at the School of Economic, Social and Political Science of the University of Southampton, Department of Economics.
His main research interests are in behavioural and experimental economics, individual and social choice, political economy, public economics, and economic/political philosophy.
More details about his research, projects, and other activities can be found in his personal webpage.
In general, I combine theoretical and experimental tools to (i) understand people's preferences and behaviour in settings where individual welfare, freedom, fairness and/or democracy are central, and to (ii) study the properties of institutions that have the potential to promote these goals.
Recent and current research focus on topics such as voting behaviour/rules, collective deliberation, freedom of choice/opportunity/decision rights, distributive preferences, behavioural proxies of welfare, and nudges/boosts.
I completed my PhD in Economics at Aix-Marseille University (AMSE). I was then a Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Rennes 1 (CREM) and the University of Lyon 2 (GATE).
I joined the University of Southampton in 2019.