Summary
Romain Ferrali is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Aix-Marseille School of Economics with nine years of experience applying network analysis, data science, and web programming to questions of economic and political development. He blends academic research—anchored by a PhD from Princeton and publications on comparative politics—with hands-on technical work, including statistical consulting and web/container projects hosted on GitHub. As Scientific Director of Tafra and a long-term freelancer, he has led applied fieldwork and machine learning initiatives across Morocco, the US, and West Africa, translating complex survey and network data into actionable insights. Comfortable moving between code, field logistics, and theory, he brings a rare combination of Arabic language training, policy-oriented economics, and practical software tooling to interdisciplinary development problems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Politics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Politics at Princeton University
Masters, Economics and Public Policy, Masters, Economics and Public Policy at Sciences Po Paris
MSc, Economic History, MSc, Economic History at London School of Economics and Political Science, U. of London
Masters, Economics and Public Policy, Masters, Economics and Public Policy at Ecole polytechnique
Licence, Standard Arabic, Licence, Standard Arabic at Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales
French, English, Arabic, Spanish