Evaluation
Program evaluation
Design indicators, structure datasets, build reproducible workflows, and interpret findings with attention to equity and implementation.
Political Sociology · Open Government Data · Computational Social Science
Simone
Ghezzi Colombo
Policy Data Analyst and computational social scientist.
Open to Policy Data Analyst, Research Data Analyst, and public-interest data roles · Italy-based (CET), remote EU.
Sociologist
Social Data Analyst
Computational Social Scientist
Policy Data Analyst
I build reproducible data workflows and public-interest analytical tools to study inequality, political behaviour, and territorial access to services. My work combines quantitative research, documentation, geospatial thinking, and public-facing explanation to make complex social phenomena more rigorous, more explorable, and more usable.
About
A profile built across research, institutions, public-interest data, and practical implementation.
My interests include political behaviour, gender and generational cleavages, European politics, electoral data, welfare governance, territorial inequalities, open government data, and the translation of social research into public-facing tools.
I combine theory, methods, and implementation: dataset harmonisation, reproducible workflows in R and Python, spatial analysis, data documentation, interactive outputs, and empirically grounded communication for research and policy contexts.
I focus especially on equity, inclusion, and the distributional consequences of policy.
Current focus
Open government data, electoral analysis, political sociology, and data-driven public explanation.
Methods
R, Python, Stata, QGIS, Git, reproducible research, documentation, and workflow design.
Profile fit
Academic enough to be rigorous, practical enough to build, communicate, and maintain useful tools.
What I can do
Analytical support for policy, research, and public-interest infrastructure.
Data infrastructure
Public-interest data pipelines
Clean, validate, document, and maintain research-grade or institutional datasets with transparent methodology and reusable outputs.
Territory
Territorial analysis
Use geospatial and place-based analysis to study access to services, electoral patterns, territorial inequality, and local policy questions.
Selected projects
A public-facing portfolio built around research, data infrastructure, and analytical tools.
Flagship project
Electio · Italia
An electoral atlas of Italy designed to work both as a public-facing interface and as a serious data infrastructure: municipal-level exploration, methodological transparency, historical boundaries, and reusable electoral data.
Public-interest data
S8 Milano-Lecco analysis
A public repository and navigable data page on the S8 Lecco-Carnate-Milano rail corridor: ridership trends, station-level growth, peak/off-peak demand, figures, source datasets, and methodology for local policy discussion.
Interactive research
Gen Z gender political polarization
An interactive version of my thesis on masculinities, feminist mobilization, and the emerging gender divide in political attitudes among young Europeans across 27 EU member states.
Applied build
B&B della Stazione
A custom digital operations system for a short-term rental project, including self check-in, token-based access control, cloud deployment, notifications, and payment integrations.
Experience
2025 — 2025
University of Milano-Bicocca
Junior Data Manager · Open Data Observatory
Worked on the structuring, validation, documentation, and reproducible processing of institutional datasets, with a focus on data quality, interoperability, open data standards, and public value.
2022 — Present
Municipality of Olgiate Molgora
President of the Youth Committee
Contributed to youth-oriented local policy, social planning, and public projects connected to inclusion, territorial analysis, and civic engagement.
2024 — Present
EUatSchool
Co-founder and Organizer
Co-founded a student-led European civic education initiative combining debates, workshops, institutional partnerships, and public exchanges on EU politics.
2022 — 2024
EVOLVO SRL
Project Coordinator
Managed Erasmus+ mobility projects, coordinated international partnerships, and worked across outreach, communication, logistics, and participant support.
Research themes
Political behaviour and new cleavages
Gender, generation, values, party competition, and youth political attitudes in Europe.
Open government data
Data quality, documentation, reproducibility, validation, and reusable research infrastructure.
Territory and policy
Mobility, welfare governance, youth policy, social vulnerability, and place-based analysis.
Computational and spatial methods
Data harmonisation, mapping, workflow design, exploratory analysis, and public-facing research tools.
European civic engagement
European integration, democratic participation, civic education, and institutional-public dialogue.
Education & presentations
A strong academic base with a public-facing research trajectory.
University of Milano-Bicocca
Master's Degree in Programming and Management of Political and Social Services, completed with top marks and honors, with a quantitative thesis on gendered political attitudes among young Europeans.
Talks & conference trajectory
Academic presentations and public talks on youth political participation, mobility, elections, and territorial policy, including conference and invited speaking experience.
Contact & links
This section works as the public hub for your profile, projects, and collaborations.
I am interested in research collaborations, policy analysis, civic tech, public-interest infrastructure, European initiatives, and opportunities at the intersection of politics, computation, and social analysis.
Based in Italy (CET).