Since 2018, researchers in the Religion and Politics programmatic area have been monitoring candidacies for the Legislative and Executive that in some way mobilize religious identity in federal, state and municipal elections. Articulating quantitative and qualitative methods, ISER provides data and analysis on campaign agendas, electoral effectiveness, gender, race and religion, as well as other variables related to these candidacies. Our election research data will be made available for free download from 2020 on the platform www.religiaoepoder.org.br.
Registration is open for the Axé-Amém 2026 training program.
AXÉ-AMÉM is an in-person political-pedagogical training program offered by ISER – Institute for Religious Studies, which promotes dialogue and encounters between Black evangelical and/or Afro-Brazilian religious practitioners, focusing on the possibility of coexistence, cooperation, and the construction of collective strategies to confront religious racism in Brazil.

