I am a computational social scientist focused on using data science tools to uncover patterns, understand complex problems, and model risk. I received my PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021, and I am trained in a wide range of quantiative methods, including statistics, causal inference, machine learning, and game theory. You can find some of my work under the "Portfolio" tab and on GitHub.

I am currently working as an independent data science consultant, My recent work includes conducting a validation study of a major law firm's risk methodology using large language models and other techniques, as well as doing a program evaluation for The Carter Center where I used sentiment analysis to evaluate a a high-profile program. The latter involved analyzing 1.15 million social media posts from thousands of candidates for political office using a custom dictionary with context markers, as well as a variety of statistical and machine learning methods.

My professional experience includes teaching data science, mentoring aspiring researchers, and managing research. I was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, where I taught the department's honors thesis course sequence and supervised several research assistants for a book project. During my time at UT Austin, I was also affiliated with the Clements Center for National Security as a National Security Fellow and as a research assistant at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law .  

I also have years of policy research experience. As a junior research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), I worked on domestic and international research projects, which included collaborating with subject matter experts across public and private sectors, and communicating findings to stakeholders and general audiences. You can find out more on my LinkedIn profile .

In addition to my professional experience, I have more than a decade of experience conducting academic research into complex areas of international relations and conflict. You can find some of my academic work, including publications, under the "Research" tab. I also have several ongoing projects broadly focused on security and risk: building predictive models of civil war interventions, examining the relationship between cyber operations and international crises, and defining a regional approach to cyber security and threats.

You can reach me at hansinge.lango[at]gmail.com.