Who we are
The DS&P lab team is a multidisciplinary research group that takes advantage of the so-called “Big-Data Revolution” and works together to understand how individual behaviour impacts on society.
Current Members

GROUP LEADER
Joana Gonçalves de Sá

POST-DOC
Lília Perfeito

DATA SCIENTIST
Paulo Almeida

PhD STUDENT
Cláudio Vieira

RESEARCH FELLOW
Sofia Pinto

RESEARCH FELLOW
Sara Mesquita

RESEARCHER
Simone Lackner
External Members

VISITING MEMBER
Frederico Francisco
Collaborators
We collaborate with colleagues from many different institutions and that work on diverse areas, from psychology, economics, computer science, political sciences, etc. We have worked directly (or are currently thinking together) with:
- Bruno Martins, IST and INESC-ID, Portugal
- Carlota Louro, Nova Medical School, Portugal
- Daniela Paolotti, ISI, Italy
- Johan Bollen, Indiana University, USA
- José Tavares, Nova SBE, Portugal
- Luis Rocha, Indiana University, USA
- Manuel Arriaga, NYU, USA
- Maria Eduarda Gonçalves, ISCTE, Portugal
- Pedro Magalhães, ICS, Portugal
- Pedro Pita Barros, NovaSBE, Portugal
Past Members
- Post-doc Miguel Won, left for a post-doc at INESC-ID, Portugal
- Post-doc Manuel Marques-Pita, left for a faculty position at Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
- Post-doc Tiago Simas, left for a position as researcher at Telefónica, Spain
- Fellow Pedro Varela, left for a PhD at IST, Portugal
- Summer student João Nolasco Santos, left for a PhD
- Summer student Michael West, left for an undergraduate degree at Imperial College
- Summer student, Silvia Gerola, left for a job in Italy