Francisco Freitas

Francisco Freitas is a researcher who studied Sociology, Risk Analysis and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Throughout the years, he has taken part in several multidisciplinary research teams, holding extensive experience in the field of qualitative and quantitative research methods. His research practice encompasses all the stages of data collection and analysis, along with mapping and spatial analysis tools rendering. Francisco works regularly as a software instructor, research methods lecturer, and consultant in Portugal and abroad - until now the list includes more than ten different countries. Currently he is based in Berlin, Germany. His special research interests are risk and regulation, small and big data, data science, and research methodologies.