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.
Board of Directors
Doug Leasure
Executive Director & Research Data Scientist
Founding Director of Real Good Research. Develops population nowcasting methods to support humanitarian response, sustainable development, and conservation. Previously at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, WorldPop, and the River Basin Center.
Claire Dooley
Director & Applied Researcher in Survey Methods and Spatial Analysis
Lecturer in Spatial Data Science at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Uses survey methods and spatial analysis to understand the needs of marginalised populations.
Edith Darin
Director & Population Data Scientist
Researcher at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science. Develops statistical methods to estimate forced displacement and fill gaps in population censuses.
Ridhi Kashyap
Director & Computational Social Scientist
Professor of Demography and Computational Social Science at Oxford. Studies population dynamics, human development, and gender inequality.
Seth Wenger
Director & Applied Freshwater Ecologist
Professor at UGA’s Odum School of Ecology and Director of Science at its River Basin Center. Connects freshwater research with natural resource management and conservation policy.
Collaborating Researchers
Wenlan Zhang
Geospatial Data Scientist
Doctoral researcher at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Uses geospatial methods and machine learning to study urban populations and inequalities.
Jessica Rapson
Machine Learning & Public Policy Researcher
Executive Director of the Algorithmic Governance Foundation. Works at the intersection of machine learning and public policy.
Karim Alaa El-Din
Computer Vision Engineer
Director of Eden Technology Limited and PhD researcher at Oxford. Contributes satellite image analysis for tent identification and population estimation.
Khaled Mosalmany
Data Engineer
Maksym Bondarenko
Spatial Data Engineer and Software/Web Developer
Leads the Spatial Data Infrastructure Team at WorldPop, University of Southampton. Builds computational systems for population datasets, dashboards, and data repositories.
Gianluca Boo
Data Scientist and Graphical Designer
Quantitative Research Leader at RAND Europe. Brings expertise in data science, visualisation, demography, and urban planning.
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