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#28 | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Simon Birk, Co-founder, President, and COO of Health in Your Hands Diagnostics, to discuss how his nonprofit is tackling schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease affecting millions in endemic regions, through SCOPE (Schistosomiasis Control from the One Health Perspective), a project that integrates affordable diagnostics, community education, and environmental mapping in rural Nigeria.

Data Quality, AI, and the Future of Survey Research with Mario Callegaro | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Mario Callegaro, Founder of Callegaro Research, to discuss how data collection methods have evolved across market research and user experience research, and why AI adoption requires expert oversight rather than blind automation.

#26 Why Companies Need M&E: Lessons From International Development | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Sabine Topolansky, a Process and Impact Evaluation Manager at OCP Nutricrops, to discuss how robust M&E practices built in international development can be applied to drive measurable impact in the private sector and what career transitions from nonprofits to for-profit agriculture demand.

#26 Building Digital Infrastructure for Climate Action | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Allen Fan, Co-founder of CarbonHQ, to uncover how CarbonHQ is building the digital infrastructure that carbon project developers need to manage data from multiple sources, automate quality checks, and ultimately compress credit issuance from years down to weeks through digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV).

#24 Should You Build or Buy Your Data Collection Software? In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Maria Pervova, Business Development Lead at SurveyCTO. Together, they tackle one of the biggest decisions organizations face when setting up their data collection infrastructure: should you build your own software in-house or subscribe to a SaaS platform?

#23 In this episode of Survey and Beyond, Marta speaks with Nicole Linares, Research Analyst, about how geospatial data collection helps farmers meet EU deforestation regulations. Nicole explains how offline mapping tools, GPS boundary tracing, and satellite imagery are used in remote environments to ensure compliance, improve traceability, and connect farmers to global markets.

#20 MEL Digital Transformation | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Hannah Wichmann, a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist at Five Talents UK. Together, they explore how data collection, when done correctly, fosters trust, transparency, and transformation.

#21 MEL Digital Transformation | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Aasit Nanavati, Chief Strategy Officer at DevResults. Together, they discuss what digital transformation actually means in foreign assistance and why 2025 felt like an inflection point for the entire sector.

Data collection, impact measurement, and survey research are often described as complex, expensive, or impossible to get right, especially at scale. In this special December compilation episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, we revisit some of the most thought-provoking conversations from across the year, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and technologists who are pushing the boundaries of how impact is measured, validated, and trusted. From the challenges of sampling households without reliable census data to the hidden risks of poorly designed survey instruments, and the growing demand for data transparency in carbon markets, this episode highlights one recurring theme: meaningful decisions depend on evidence you can trust.

In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa goes solo to break down three critical non-sampling survey errors — enumerator effects, nonresponse errors, and response errors — while providing practical, actionable solutions for each. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube Podcasts. Instructions on how to do this are here.

In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Alexa Kneale, a Researcher and Account Executive at PowerSolve Technologies, a custom software solutions provider and bespoke MRV tools developer for seamless data management and ER calculations.

In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Jeremy Taylor, Chief Research and Evaluation Officer at The Possible Zone. Together, they explore how social-emotional learning (SEL) and STEM education intersect with cutting-edge data collection, unpacking why surveys still matter, but also why they're not enough, especially when you're trying to measure complex skills, teamwork, and problem-solving.

If you think expertise alone rules the technical training game, you’ve got it all wrong! In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Maulik Chauhan, Founder of Trestle Research and India Lead at SurveyCTO, to understand what it really takes to drive successful digital transformation. Together, they explore the crucial elements of training teams for digital data collection. From practical strategies for teams with varying tech proficiency to creating effective training approaches through empathy, gradual learning paths, and organizational preparation, this episode is the guide you need if you’re looking to build sustainable and accessible data collection.

In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa is joined by Dr. Mark Pagell, Professor of Sustainable Supply Chain Management at the University College Dublin. Together, they share how adopting a people-centric approach transforms data collection within sustainable supply chains, challenging traditional models that prioritize economic growth over social and ecological well-being.

In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa is joined by Douglas Johnson, a Senior Statistician on the Technical Team at IDinsight. Together, they share groundbreaking approaches to survey sampling that balance rigor with cost-effectiveness, especially in regions where traditional census data is unavailable or unreliable.