Diego A. Vásquez Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Execute range of cutting edge quantitative methods on client files including supervised and unsupervised machine learning (Multivariate regression with post-stratification, Logistic regression, Segmentation analysis), geospatial analysis (Leaflet), text analysis (Structural topic models, TF-IDF, Sentiment analysis), data visualization (Plotly, Tidyverse), and interactive dashboards (Shiny, flexdashboards) in R & Python.Conduct and deliver public opinion research to clients, including writing and fielding national and regionally-representative surveys throughout Canada on several topics spanning business, politics, economics, civic engagement, alongside psychographics and demographics.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

New York, New York, United States

Assisted Professor Sarah Zuckerman Daly with research on Colombian Civil War by coding party platforms and creating professional figures for forthcoming book Violent Victors: Why Blood-Stained Parties Win Postwar Election (Princeton University Press, 2022).Created original data set and codebook on the international relations of Covid-19 vaccine flows.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Led and trained a team of 7 compliance analysts researching quantitative commitments made by G20 members at the 2020 Riyadh Summit on debt relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.Wrote and edited interpretive guidelines for coding and scoring G20 member state actions following the 2020 Riyadh Summit, final compliance report published November 2021.Research found that 65% of G20 members complied with the commitment to debt service suspension initiative through June 2021.Selected to represent the G20 Research Group and the National Post as an accredited press member at the 2020 Riyadh Virtual G20 Summit. Attended events and published on Argentina and Mexico’s goal-setting and action for international trade and pandemic relief programs.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Awarded David M. Abshire Award for Most Outstanding Paper by an International Fellow (USD$1000) and published in the 2020-2021 Fellows Review for research on how American foreign policy responded to the unprecedented transition of power through the conclusion of the Cold War.Attended a week-long fully funded leadership conference in Washington D.C., meeting with policymakers and drafting briefs, as class of 2021.

Toronto, Canada Area

Assisted Professor Seva Gunitsky in state genealogy project on state creation politics, consulting and familiarizing with various datasets and international relations scholarship for state assignments.Conducted archival research on the Spanish response to the failed 1991 USSR military coup d’état against Gorbachev’s Soviet Union and the January Events in Lithuania for forthcoming book Three Days in August: The Coup that Ended the USSR.

Toronto, Canada Area

Assisted Professor John Stewart Cunningham and Professor Jennifer Orange with research on debate surrounding restitution of artifacts from museums to original artifact owners.Prepared a major literature review on restitution schools of thought to prepare for 2020 conference.

Toronto, Canada Area

Assessed over 1,500 Spanish publications on Factiva, analyzed and translated R2P-related content.Data used to create Spanish division CCR2P Live database.

Toronto, Canada Area

Selected for an international team to take part in a historic study of France’s leadership at G7 Summits until 2019 Biarritz Summit.Conducted qualitative research on context, key issues, France’s leadership, and major commitments at the 2016 G7 Ise-Shima Summit.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Quantitative Methods In The Social Sciences

Relevant graduate coursework: Math and Statistics for Political Science; Principles of Quantitative Political Research I & II; Theories.

Honours Bachelor Of Arts - H.B.A., Peace, Conflict & Justice And Political Science, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: University College: Intramural Soccer Division 1 Captain; Peace, Conflict & Justice Society. Relevant.