Meet the Team

Real Good Research is a network of academic researchers and data scientists, and we want to put our skills into action to solve real-world problems.

Doug Leasure, PhD

Director & Research Data Scientist

Director of Real Good Research. Senior Researcher and Data Scientist for the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford. Interested in near real-time population nowcasting methods, particularly Bayesian statistics, using a combination of digital trace data, satellite remote sensing, and survey data.

Edith Darin, MSc

Population Data Scientist

Doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford developing statistical modelling approaches to estimate forced population displacement and to fill gaps in incomplete censuses using administrative registers, mobile phone data, social media, and satellite imagery.

Karim Alaa El-Din, MSci

Computer Vision Engineer

Director of Eden Technology Limited. Karim is currently working on his PhD in computational quantum physics at the University of Oxford and contributes satellite image analysis for tent identification and population estimation.

Claire Dooley, DPhil

Applied Researcher in Survey Methods and Spatial Analysis

Lecturer in Spatial Data Science from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London. Specialising in geocomputing methods for bespoke survey sampling frames and spatial analysis to better understand the needs of marginalised and vulnerable populations.

Maksym Bondarenko, PhD

Spatial Data Engineer and Software/Web Developer

Leader of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Team for WorldPop at the University of Southampton. Focused on computational architecture for high-resolution population datasets and the development of interactive data dashboards and data repositories.

Gianluca Boo, PhD

Data Scientist and Graphical Designer

Quantitative Research Leader at RAND Europe with a background in end-to-end data science, bespoke datasets, advanced visualisation, demography, epidemiology, forensics, and urban planning.

David Kerr, MSc

Database Engineer and Back-end Web Developer

Senior Back-end Engineer at MapMortar. Previously worked as a geospatial data scientist on WorldPop’s Spatial Data Infrastructure team and contributes innovative data dashboards and GIS insights for academic research.