Felipe Neis Araujo

Dr. Felipe Neis Araujo is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Manchester, examining criminalization politics through ethnographic and archival methods. His PhD research (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) analyzed Rastafarian resistance in Jamaica, with ongoing work on cannabis decriminalization impacts. He previously taught sociology and peace studies at the University of Liberia.

Research foci include:

• Intersections of drug policy, punitive governance, and racial justice
• Cannabis law reform outcomes in Jamaica and Brazil
• Critical ethnography of state-citizen power dynamics
• Climate justice dimensions of drug crop policies

Araujo contributes to public consultations on Malta's National Drug Policy and advocates for harm reduction frameworks in UN sustainable development contexts.