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Erica Metheney

Statistician

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 33 53
+46 766-18 33 53
Mail
erica.metheney@gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Room number
A109A
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

About Erica Metheney

Erica is GLD’s statistician and head of the data team. She holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Texas A&M University, and her professional interests include survey design and analysis, applications of complexity science and computational social science to local governance problems, and statistical consulting and education.

Erica has overseen the implementation of multiple large-scale surveys of varying formats in countries across the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa regions. She was also the PI of the Swedish Research Links program, which provided junior scholars from Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi the opportunity to expand their professional networks through new collaborations with senior scholars.

She is also the organizer of GLD’s education stream Learn with GLD, which aims to produce ready-to-use educational materials for teachers, researchers, and the general public, and is the co-PI for the projects Survive, Thrive, and Deprive?: Drivers and Outcomes of Resilience During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Malawi and Political Change and Local Governance in Emerging Cities.