Data, AI & research methods

Survey design, measurement, GIS, data governance and AI in research and teaching.

58 items · Working papers 4 Articles 4 Book chapters 2 Reports 2 Projects 5 Courses 7 Talks and lectures 10 Resources: data, code and tools 1 Posts 23

Working papers

2026Evaluating what resists measurement: The iMEL framework in a youth-centered placemaking program in Colombia
2026Measuring Without Accounting: SROI Compliance and the Limits of Social Value ReportingSSRN 6388419
2026The Domestic Coffee Market in Colombia: Competitive Structure, Brand Dynamics and Distribution Channels Analysis Based on Euromonitor Passport 2025 DataSSRN 6635801
2026The Questionnaire as Treatment: Question Order and Measurement Bias in Development SurveysSSRN 6441737

Articles

2022From immigrants to local entrepreneurs: understanding the effects of migration on entrepreneurship in a highly informal countryInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
2020Do trees on farms improve household wellbeing? Evidence from national panel data in UgandaFrontiers in Forests and Global Change
2017Prevalence, economic contribution, and determinants of trees on farms across Sub-Saharan AfricaForest Policy and Economics
2012Contaminación del aire y vulnerabilidad de individuos expuestos: un caso de estudio para el centro de MedellínRevista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública

Book chapters

2025Midiendo desigualdad desde el cieloIn D. Peña (coord.), Investigación Económica con Datos Masivos, ch. 7, pp. 263–299 · Fundación Ramón Areces · ISBN 978-84-9961-472-4
2017Buenas prácticas de los modelos estadísticos en las Ciencias Sociales: entender el lenguaje de los datosIn M. Cardona & J.C. Muñoz-Mora (eds.), Aproximaciones Metodológicas en las Ciencias Sociales · Universidad de Manizales

Reports

2014Inequality in Education, School Dropout and Adolescent Lives in BurundiUNICEF Burundi · Université libre de Bruxelles
Trees on Farms: Measuring their Contribution to Household WelfareWorld Bank · Guidebook

Projects

Courses

2026Augmented Research StudioMSc in Applied Economics · Universidad EAFIT
2026Doing Economics — Project 1: Tools and ApplicationsBSc in Economics · Universidad EAFIT · with Susana Berrío
2026Information Management and Data GovernanceSpecialization in Territorial Public Management · Universidad EAFIT
2026Measuring and Valuing Social Impact: a Theory of Change ApproachExecutive education for Comfama · Universidad EAFIT · with Paola Velásquez
GIS for Applied EconomicsUniversitat Pompeu Fabra (until 2019)
Research SeminarUniversidad EAFIT
Techniques of Economic MeasurementUniversidad EAFIT

Talks and lectures

2026El techo de la IA es tu criterioComunidad de práctica
2026Lo que nos dijeron los datosGestión de la Información y Gobernanza de Datos — Universidad EAFIT
2022Seminario de Investigación — ÉticaUniversidad EAFIT
2022Seminario de Investigación — VisualizaciónUniversidad EAFIT
2019GIS for Applied Economics — Lecture 5GIS for Applied Economics
2019GIS for Applied Economics — Parte 1GIS for Applied Economics
2019GIS for Applied Economics — Parte 2GIS for Applied Economics
2019GIS for Applied Economics — Parte 3GIS for Applied Economics
2019Seminario de Investigación — Métodos alternativosUniversidad EAFIT
AI for ResearchLecture and open materials (in Spanish)

Resources: data, code and tools

Do trees on farms improve household well-being? Uganda panel (2020)

Posts

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