Edouard Mathieu
Head Of Data & Research
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolEdouard Mathieu is Head of Data & Research at Our World in Data, leading a team of data scientists and researchers to make complex global challenges—health, climate, poverty—accessible through open, evidence-driven articles and visualizations. With 11 years of experience spanning academic and private-sector data roles, he steered OWID’s COVID-19 efforts, building widely used vaccination datasets and an interactive Data Explorer relied on media and institutions worldwide. He combines hands-on data engineering (notably contributions to OWID’s CO2 emissions pipeline) with strategic research stewardship, ensuring rigorous, reproducible public data. Based in Paris and trained in social sciences at Sciences Po, he brings a rare blend of policy-minded social science and practical data engineering to global-impact research.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Market research, Master's degree Market research at Sciences PoErasmus exchange, Erasmus exchange at Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese
Github Skills (12)
pandas10
python10
data-processing10
data-engineering10
data-cleaning9
csv9
aggregations8
aggregate8
aggregates8
ag8
aggregator8
json7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
owid/co2-data
Aug 2020 - Feb 2022
Data on CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions by Our World in Data
Role in this project:
Data Engineer
Data EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 48 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Edouard primarily contributed to data processing and transformation tasks within the repository. Their work involved creating Python scripts to handle CO2 emission data from various sources (CDIAC, GCP), including data cleaning, merging, and calculations. They also implemented data aggregation, added ISO codes, and generated JSON and CSV outputs for data visualization and analysis. The user also added and modified code to create fuel type data.
greenhouse-gasco2-emissionsgreenhouse-gas-emissionsemissionsgas
nikosbosse/Metaculus-Twitter-bot
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:5 reviews, 66 commits, 10 PRs in 9 months
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