Team

A full list of people who have contributed to the project can be found on the project info website’s who we are page.

This page intends to be a useful place to find out who is currently working on the project, how to get in touch with them and what they can help you with.

If you are new to the team, please add your details to the “Bios” section below. To do this follow the guide on how to update these docs. Follow the example of the existing bios, adding the following sections:

  • Who am I? A brief introduction to who you are.

  • What can I help with? A list of things you can help with.

  • Administrative privileges: This is your access level on seshat-db.com which should be one of the following:

    • Seshat Admin

    • Research Assistant

    • Seshat Expert

    • Public User

Note

Project roles that match the above access levels are defined here.

Bios

Majid Benam

Who am I?

I am a Software Engineer and Web Developer at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria, working on the Seshat project since January 2021.

What can I help with?

  • Seshat Website & Database

    • Maintain and improve the Seshat website and its codebase.

    • Assist with account creation, sign-in, and login issues.

    • Manage data entry and data extraction processes.

  • Technical Expertise

    • Software engineering and data science skills.

    • Design and optimization of database architectures and data structures.

    • Integration of new datasets into the Seshat database.

  • Support & Admin Role

    • Troubleshoot website issues or outages.

    • Serve as a Seshat Admin with administrative privileges.

Feel free to reach out if you need assistance. Email: benam@csh.ac.at

Ed Chalstrey

Who am I?

  • Research Software Engineer at the Alan Turing Institute

  • Working on the Seshat project from November 2023 until March 2025

What can I help with?

  • Seshat website codebase, in particular the maps pages

  • Seshat API Python package

  • Cliopatria shape dataset

  • Software Engineering & Data Science skills

Administrative privileges: Seshat Admin

Matilda Peruzzo

Who am I?

  • Research Data Scientist at the Alan Turing Institute

  • Working on the Seshat project from July 2024 until March 2025

What can I help with?

  • Analysis of Seshat data

  • Usage of API and SeshatDataAnalysis packages

  • Data Science skills

Administrative privileges: Researcher

Contact

If you need to contact someone from the team, email them or use one of the communication channels listed below.

  • For emails of Complexity Science Hub staff, please refer to the CSH staff page.

  • Alan Turing Institute staff emails are listed here:

    • Ed Chalstrey: echalstrey@turing.ac.uk

    • Pieter Francois: pieter.francois@anthro.ox.ac.uk

    • Kalle Westerling: kwesterling@turing.ac.uk

    • Matilda Peruzzo: mperuzzo@turing.ac.uk

    • Enrico Cioni: enrico.a.cioni@gmail.com

Communication channels

  • Complexity Science Hub: TODO

  • Alan Turing Institute: On the institute’s Slack workspace, request to join the #data-culture and #seshat-turing channels.