Carlos Rivera

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I have a PhD in Psychology form the University of Essex, my research interests are both in the Experimental Social Psychology of Politics and Political Behaviour. I am particularly interested in understanding the psychological processes by which people develop, adhere, and adjust their political loyalties.

I concentrate on how existential threats interact with an epistemic need for closure by activating needs for consensus and agreement to, in turn, punish deviants from a perceived generalised political agreement.

I have a private consultancy firm in Mexico City where I get to advice the Office of the President of Mexico.

I am also a teaching fellow at Universidad Iberoamericana.