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I am a recent graduate in economics and political science from Wellesley College in the US originally from the Netherlands. I am very interested in big data analysis (I have experience with SQL, Hive/Hadoop, Tableau, R, Stata, and basic Python) and data visualisation, particularly in a technology, energy, sustainability and journalism context.Data Science Researcher - Technology Futures team @ From September 2015 to Present (4 months) London, United KingdomData Journalist @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Co-founder: Marketing and Research @ Economists Without Borders coordinates pro-bono economic consulting projects for non-profit organizations. We partnered with ActionAid for our first project, studying the gender pay gap in developing countries for a report used during the World Economic Forum in Davos: http://www.actionaid.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/womens_rights_on-line_version_2.1.pdf From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Business Intelligence Analyst Trainee- Tier 1 @ Strategic and business data analysis for Criteo's largest UK clients. Technologies & tools used: SQL, Hive/Hadoop, Tableau, Vertica, R and Excel. From January 2015 to August 2015 (8 months) London, United KingdomUndergraduate Student Researcher - MIT Media Lab -Changing Places Group. @ Studied innovation in sustainable urban mobility and helped design experiment to test the effectiveness of gamification in incentivizing modal shifts. Collaborated with Austrian Institute of Technology. From January 2014 to June 2014 (6 months) Environmental Economics and Governance Intern @ Contributed to two publications: From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) Brussels Area, BelgiumMarketing and Sales Strategy Intern @ Layar is an augmented reality start-up, recently acquired by Blippar. Studied the global publishing and mobile commerce ecosystem and helped shape actionable marketing insights. From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) Undergraduate Researcher @ Studied the effectiveness of government grants on patent generation. From March 2012 to May 2012 (3 months) Wellesley College Lake Baikal Research team @ Conducted study on the effect of climate change on the eco-system of the world's largest, oldest and most pristine fresh water lake. From February 2011 to August 2011 (7 months) Irkutsk Region, Russian FederationBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics and Political Science @ Wellesley College From 2010 to 2014 Cross-registered student @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 2010 to 2014 Pre-university College @ Leiden University From 2008 to 2010 VWO-gymnasium, Economics and Society + Mathematics B ; AP Scholar with distinction @ Barlaeus Gymnasium From 2004 to 2010 Katja Bego is skilled in: Research, HTML, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, JavaScript, Energy, Data Analysis, Environmental Policy, Microsoft Excel, Stata, Writing, Policy Analysis, Technical Writing, Renewable Energy, SQL, Tableau, Microsoft Word, Public Speaking, Editing