Dr Charlie Hadley is currently a Research Technology Specialist at the University of Oxford specializing in data visualization. Their background is in biophysics and statistical computing, completing their MPhys at University of Leeds. At University of Oxford, Charlie is helping to launch a data visualization service for researchers and is experienced in teaching data science skills to social scientists.

Richard Traunmüller is currently a visiting Professor of Quantitative Methods at the University of Mannheim and on leave from his Junior Professorship in Empirical Democracy Research at Goethe University Frankfurt. Prior to coming to Frankfurt, he has held positions at the Universities of Konstanz, Berne, Mannheim, and Essex. Richard has taught semester long courses on data visualization at these universities and has been invited to teach statistical visualization at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. In addition, he is a regular instructor for data visualization at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis. His work has appeared in major social science journals such as Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, and Political Analysis, amongst others.