Patrick Vinck

Patrick Vinck, Ph.D. is the Research Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.  He is assistant professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.

His current research examines resilience, peace building, and social cohesion in contexts of mass violence, conflicts and natural disasters. This research has lead him to examine the use and ethics of data and technology in the field. He is the co-founder and director of KoBoToolbox a data collection service, and the Data-Pop Alliance, a Big Data partnership with MIT and ODI.

He serves as a regular advisor and evaluation consultant to the United Nations and other agencies.