Alexandre S.
Nogueira
Alexandre is a Sociologist and Data Scientist. He holds a PhD and a Master's degree in Sociology from UFMG. He is a member of the Public Leadership Center (CLP) network of public leaders. In recent years, he has worked in international organizations, in the Brazilian public sector, and in third sector organizations on projects to promote social development, combat poverty, reduce social inequalities, and improve public management. He has extensive experience in the use of data science and statistical modeling in diagnostic processes, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of public policies.
He currently works as a Senior Associate for Research and Training at the Latin America and Caribbean office of JPAL - “Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab” . At JPAL, he works on the Government Partnerships program in Brazil, specifically in partnership with the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) of Brazil.
He was Chief of Data at Afro, a research center on racial issues linked to CEBRAP (Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning), where he led a team of analysts, scientists and data engineers in research projects and evaluation of international agendas.
He worked for more than four years in the Government of Minas Gerais, in the State Secretariat for Social Development, building strategies to monitor and evaluate the secretariat's main policies, and using data science flows to generate evidence to improve policy design and assist in the construction of several State Plans, such as the State Plan for the Promotion of Social Development, and in the construction of strategic indicators for the state, such as the Minas Gerais Multidimensional Poverty Index (IPM Minas).
In addition, he was a data scientist and researcher at the Solidarity Research Network; Data Manager at MOA-LAB, at the USP School of Medicine; and is a consultant on leadership, culture and intra-organizational networks at BTA - Betânia Tanure Associados .
He is also an associate researcher at NIMA (Integrated Center for Monitoring and Evaluation) of the João Pinheiro Foundation, in Minas Gerais; at GIARS (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Social Network Analysis), at UFMG; and at OIRO (Observatory of Innovations, Networks and Organizations), at UFOP.
His research topics are social inequalities, public policies to combat poverty, evaluation of public policies, leadership and Political and Organizational Sociology.