My name is Mark Verhagen. I am broadly interested in using technological advances to make the world a better place. My background is in Econometrics and Sociology and I wrote my PhD on the intersection between computational methods and social science. Academically, I am affiliated with the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at Oxford University and the Centre for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. Professionally, I work for various organisations to help them leverage data for social impact. These include governmental, non-profit and research institutions as well as commercially oriented companies. My academic work has been published in PNAS, Nature Communications, Socius, and other journals. It's been covered by outlets such as The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Economist, The BBC and others. Both my governmental as well as my academic work has been awarded various prices, including the 2021 National Academy of Sciences Cozzarelli Prize.