Patrick Ball

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Patrick Ball
Ball at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2018
Born	(1965-06-26) June 26, 1965 (age 59)
Alma mater	Columbia University University of Michigan
Occupation	Scientist
Employer	Human Rights Data Analysis Group
Known for	Human Rights Stats
Title	Director of Research

Patrick Ball (born June 26, 1965) is a scientist who has spent more than thirty years conducting quantitative analysis for truth commissions, non-governmental organizations, international criminal tribunals, and United Nations missions in various countries El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, South Africa, Chad, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Kosovo, Liberia, Peru, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Syria. As director of research at Human Rights Data Analysis Group, he assists human rights defenders by conducting scientific and statistical analysis of large-scale human rights abuses. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University,^[1] and his doctorate from the University of Michigan.