Jason Radford, Ph.D.

I am currently the Managing Director of the National Internet Observatory at Northeastern University. In this role, I keep the organization focused on its strategic direction driving high impact research on the most pressing questions of our time by delivering high quality data products to researchers around the world.  

I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 2020. For my dissertation, I studied what makes No Excuses charter schools effective. I have been working with David Lazer at Northeastern University since 2014, raising and managing over $20 million in funding for research infrastructure like the NIO and Volunteer Science which spun out as a separate company in 2019. 

Currently, my passion is translating social science into innovations that solve real world problems. I am building a community of translational social scientists and developing repeatable and scalable processes for developing a culture of innovation and translating research into high-impact, sustainable solutions.