Douglas Leasure
Senior Data Scientist
Leverhulme Center for Demographic Science, University of Oxford
Douglas Leasure is a senior data scientist at the University of Oxford's Leverhulme Center for Demographic Science (LCDS). Doug develops novel methods to map populations and demographics with high spatial resolution using sparse survey data while accounting for uncertainty in population estimates to support informed decision-making for census support, government services, and global health initiatives. Before joining LCDS, Doug led the Spatial Statistical Population Modelling team in the WorldPop Research Group at the University of Southampton developing Bayesian statistical models and applying machine learning approaches to produce high resolution population estimates supporting initiatives of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Population Fund.
Recent Events and Presentations
How Can the EU Encourage the Private Sector to Share Mobility Data for Social Good?
ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation held a panel discussion on how policymakers can maximize social good by encouraging the reuse of aggregated, anonymized, private-sector mobility data while protecting individual users’ privacy.
