Nico Jaspers

Nico Jaspers is the founder of Nira Data, the company behind the Democracy Perception Index (DPI). Nira's mission is to give researchers, policymakers, journalists, democracy activists and anyone else who cares about the state of the world access to reliable, high quality data on how people around the world see their societies and the world.

Nico is also the founder and CEO of Latana, a Berlin-based tech company that helps organisations to accurately measure and track how people perceive their brand. Previously, Nico founded Dalia Research, a leader in developing research technologies to generate consumer and public opinion insights at a global scale, and he headed the consulting arm of a German opinion and market research institute. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.