We are a multidisciplinary research group of social scientists, data scientists, and engineers, supported by our Centre’s administrative team.
Diego Pajarito Grajales
Research Associate
Dr Pajarito Grajales is a research associate who investigates how technologies can foster equitable and just relationships with vulnerable communities to co-create data. His work merges automated data processing, geospatial analysis and community engagement.
Varun Raturi
Research Associate
Dr Varun Raturi is a Research Associate in Transportation Planning with a PhD in Transportation Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Michael Sinclair
Lecturer in Urban Analytics
Dr Michael Sinclair is a Lecturer in Urban Analytics at the Urban Big Data Centre where he works on human mobility through spatial big data. Alongside his role in UBDC, he is also an environmental consultant and completed his PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Management.
Mark Tranmer
Professor of Quantitative Social Sciences (School of Social & Political Sciences)
Professor Mark Tranmer joined the School of Social and Political Sciences in July 2016 as Professor of Quantitative Social Science.