London

I began my undergraduate studies at University College, University of London, earning a BSc in Social Science and Data Science from the Social Data Institute with first-class honours. The programme’s interdisciplinary design offered exposure to fields as varied as economics, epidemiology, demography, cartography, and spatial data science. Several of my essays—submitted for modules such as Introduction to Economics, Economics of Education, and Data Analysis—were later used as exemplars for subsequent cohorts. Among these courses, Measurements in Data Science proved the most formative. It sharpened my appreciation for the epistemological foundations of data and the pivotal role that precise measurement plays in scientific progress.

My undergraduate dissertation, titled Family Formation Trajectories and Their Correlation with Later-Life Health in England: A Sequence Analysis Approach, was supervised by Dr. Maria Sironi. I was also one of three recipients of the prestigious UK Data Service 2021 National Dissertation Award.

While at UCL, I benefited from the broader intellectual milieu of Bloomsbury. Regular attendance at public lectures hosted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics deepened my engagement with empirical inquiry. This period was instrumental in shaping my academic focus on social and population science.