Laura Martinez Temiño

Integrating Data Science, Social Research, and Policy Analysis for real-world impact.

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About Me

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Multidisciplinary professional with a background in social sciences, policy, and data analysis. Passionate about bridging research, technology, and real-world impact through innovative, inclusive, and sustainable approaches.

Professional Experience

Scientific Diplomacy Collaborator – Embassy of Spain in Belgium

Nov 2024 – Present

Supported cultural and scientific programmes, managed content on Spainculture.be, liaised with EU institutions, and ensured inclusivity and sustainability in science diplomacy.

Data Quality Executive – Kantar Worldpanel

Jul 2024 – Nov 2024

Ensured data integrity through QA processes, collaborated on analysis reports, and improved internal data validation tools.

Public Finance Intern – AFI

Jun 2024 – Jul 2024

Assisted with policy evaluations and frameworks, presented research insights, and provided technical tools for public sector policy design.

Admin Office Assistant – Tecopy

Mar 2023 – Jun 2023

Translated documents, ensured regulatory compliance, and identified business opportunities.

Marketing Research Analyst – WAINS

Feb 2022 – Jun 2022

Administrative Assistant – UC3M International Office

Sep 2019 – Jan 2020

Managed Erasmus data, curated EU academic materials, and supported intercultural initiatives.

Education & Training

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Master in Computational Social Sciences – UC3M

Sep 2023 – Jul 2024

Focus: Web scraping, text mining, ML, data visualisation. Thesis: NLP on UK Parliament debates.

Double BA in International Studies & Political Science – UC3M

Sep 2018 – Oct 2023

Erasmus Semester – University of Sheffield (Economics)

Sep 2022 – Feb 2023

Courses on Cultural Management & Journalism – Círculo de Bellas Artes

Jul 2021

Jean Monnet Program – UC3M

Sep 2018 – Jan 2019

Projects

NLP Brexit Debates

Master's thesis applying NLP to UK House of Commons debates (2013–2019): sentiment analysis, topic modelling, and hate speech detection.

GitHub Repo | PDF

Science Calendar 2025

Created a public calendar of Spanish science events in Belgium for the Embassy of Spain.

GitHub | Published Website

Network Analysis

Explored Twitter networks and political diffusion using igraph and Gephi.

GitHub Repo

Interactive Venue Recommender

Scraped Forvenues site and deployed a Shiny dashboard for personalised nightlife recommendations.

GitHub Repo

Sentiment Analysis – Harry Potter

Applied NLP sentiment tools to analyse emotional arcs across Harry Potter novels.

GitHub Repo

Technical Skills

Programming & Data

PythonRShinyFlaskSQLSTATASelenium

Data Science & Analysis

PandasScikit-learnText MiningTopic ModellingNetwork Analysis

Visualisation

ggplot2SeabornPlotlyD3.jsGephi

Web & Tools

HTML/CSSGitJupyterLaTeXMS Office

Languages

Spanish (Native)English (Fluent)French (Intermediate)

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