Edouard Mathieu is Head of Data & Research at Our World in Data, leading a team that turns complex global challenges into accessible, open-access research and visualizations. He led OWID’s COVID-19 work from 2020–2022, building the Data Explorer and the global vaccinations and pandemic datasets widely used by media and international institutions. With a background in academic epidemiology at the University of Oxford, consulting and data engineering, he also contributes to OWID’s open-source CO2 emissions repository, developing pipelines and transformations that power public visualizations. Based in Paris and educated at Sciences Po with Erasmus experience in Salamanca, he combines technical rigor with communication and mentorship—having coached data science students—to make large-scale data useful for policy and the public.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Market research, Master's degree Market research at Sciences Po
Erasmus exchange, Erasmus exchange at Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain
French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese
Data on CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions by Our World in Data
Role in this project:
Data Engineer
Contributions:4 reviews, 48 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Edouard primarily contributed to data processing and transformation tasks within the repository. Their work involved creating Python scripts to handle CO2 emission data from various sources (CDIAC, GCP), including data cleaning, merging, and calculations. They also implemented data aggregation, added ISO codes, and generated JSON and CSV outputs for data visualization and analysis. The user also added and modified code to create fuel type data.
Contributions:5 reviews, 66 commits, 10 PRs in 9 months
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