
François Lachapelle, PhD
Data Engineering Lead / Co-Founder
Education
- PDF - SciencesPo, Paris
- PhD - University of British Columbia
- MA - University of British Columbia
- BA - Université de Montréal
- DEC - College Jean-de-Brebeuf
Sociologist turned data scientist working at the intersection of the sociology of science, intellectual history, and computational social science. Specializes in reverse-engineering academic systems to analyze how knowledge flows, careers take shape, and prestige circulates through institutions. Designs large-scale data pipelines to track PhDs, faculty hiring, and scholarly influence over time. Builds custom data harvesters to convert messy, unstructured academic records into structured, interpretable insight.