Stephan Paetz is a senior researcher and analyst at Verian Group (formerly Kantar Public), where he manages qualitative and quantitative research projects on behalf of governments and international organizations. He has a focus on policy evaluation studies on economic and social policy topics and has worked as a research consultant for institutions such the World Bank Group, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the European Parliament. Stephan has a background in quantitative methods and survey methodology, and holds postgraduate degrees in social sciences, statistics and data science, as well as economics.