About
Data is rapidly becoming an increasingly valuable resource. In the private sector, its integration with business processes has allowed companies to remain extremely competitive and in-tune with the demands of the market, thus leading to their success. Its use in the public sector i.e. "the government" can prove to be extremely important to decision-making, allowing persons to make informed opinions, enabling greater transparency and allowing for greater public participation in national socioeconomic discussions through greater understandability. The University of Keymon, in recognising the inherent lack of core data throughout the public domain (both domestically and internationally) launched Data in Focus with the intention of presenting data both for the consumption of the public and decision-makers and with the intention of promoting greater use of data in the decision-making process.
Team/Staff
Dr Leonz BollmannDr Raphaël Brandebourg
- Dr Leonz Bollmann is the founding father of the Data in Focus Initiative. He started the project whilst he acted as Head of the Department of Economics and Trade in the absence of Ramon Maurer. In his current capacity, he exists as the Director of the Centre for Global Development and Planning. Dr Bollmann's research focuses on the links between "Big Data" and good governance in developed and developing nations.
Dr Marguerite Lentz
- Dr Raphaël Brandebourg is a Senior Researcher III and the Initiative's Head of Data Collection. A Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, he co-founded "Data in Focus" alongside Dr Leonz Bollmann and Dr Marguerite Lentz.
- Dr Marguerite Lentz is a Senior Researcher III and the Initiative's Head of Research. She co-founded Data in Focus whilst being the Head of the Department of Social Sciences. Although she no longer holds the position, she continues to lecture underneath the programme. Her research focuses on socio-economic issues such as poverty and unemployment.