Gonzalo Rivero

I am a social scientist specialized in building and leading research and data science teams in mission-driven organizations. I help companies, nonprofits, and public sector entities establish modern research-to-practice teams that integrate emerging tools, technologies, and methods.

I current serve as Senior Director for Academic Affairs and member of the executive team at the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence (GovEx) at Johns Hopkins University, an organization that helps cities use data to make informed, effective decisions and improve people’s quality of life.

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Before joining GovEx, I was the founding director of the Data Science and Research team at WMATA, and the associate director of Data Labs, the computational social research team of Pew Research Center. I previously worked in the Statistics and Data Science division of Westat, and in the Scientific Research Group of YouGov. I received an MA and Ph.D. in Politics from New York University and an MA in Social Sciences from the Center for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences of the Juan March Institute.

Originally from Galicia (Spain), I am currently based in Washington, D.C.