Dag P. Svendsen

Current

Analyst/consultant at eMind
Chairman, Board of Directors at Prosjekt Peru

Past

Analyst/Project Manager, Data/Web Mining and Statistical Modelling at Komplett.com
Researcher at Citisense.no
Consultant, statistical analysis (Self-employed)

Consultant, South American social and political affairs (Self-employed)
Executive Director at CEPED, Peru - South America
Trainee at Norwegian Consulate General, Lima - Peru

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Education

Universitetet i Oslo
University of Agder
Universitetet i Oslo

Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Dag P. Svendsen’s Summary

Political Scientist specialized in data mining/statistical modelling/GIS.

Areas of experience ranges from Business Intelligence (including web behavior/web mining) to studies of electoral behavior, such as innovative analyses of online political buzz (see homepage).

Fluent in Spanish; several years of professional experience in South America. Interested in positions in both private and public sector, including academic positions.

Dag P. Svendsen’s Specialties:

- Data Mining/Web Mining/Text Mining (SPSS Clementine, RapidMiner, R)
- General quantitative research methods, ecological inference, spatial statistics/GIS
- Web usage mining, market research, electoral behavior, political party formation, online buzz analysis, diffusion processes
- Regions of special interest: South America/Andean Region and the EU. Speak and write Spanish fluently

Dag P. Svendsen’s Experience

Analyst/consultant

eMind

(Market Research industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

Consultancy specializing in data mining, web and text mining, statistical analyses, and e-commerce.
Chairman, Board of Directors

Prosjekt Peru

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 1999 — Present (10 years 1 month)

Chairman of the Non-Profit Organization Prosjekt Peru, the financial partner organization of the Peruvian NGO CEPED.
Analyst/Project Manager, Data/Web Mining and Statistical Modelling

Komplett.com

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; KOM; Consumer Electronics industry)

November 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 2 months)

Analyst, Project Manager: Data Mining, Web Mining, Statistical Modelling. Business Intelligence, Credit Scoring.
Researcher

Citisense.no

(Research industry)

June 2008 — October 2008 (5 months)

I form part of a multidisciplinary research team engaged in the description and understanding of Richard Florida's "Creative Class" in the Norwegian context. The initial findings of the team was presented at the Citisense conference in September 2008. Forthcoming findings will be published during 2009.
For more information, see Citisense.no or Florida's web site CreativeClass.com
Consultant, statistical analysis

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Research industry)

June 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Consultant, South American social and political affairs

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Research industry)

July 1999 — June 2006 (7 years)
Executive Director

CEPED, Peru - South America

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 1992 — June 1999 (7 years)

Founder and Director of the NGO CEPED
Trainee

Norwegian Consulate General, Lima - Peru

(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Government Administration industry)

October 1990 — October 1991 (1 year 1 month)

Dag P. Svendsen’s Education

Universitetet i Oslo

Master , Political Science , 2004 — 2006

Specialization: Electoral behavior and party formation. Methods: General statistical analysis, ecological inference, spatial statistics/GIS, cartographic presentations.

Geographical regions of interest: South America/Andean region, the EU. Also China/East Asia, and Northern Africa/Middle East.
University of Agder

European Integration Summer School 2004 — 2004

The European Integration Summer School at Agder University College is a 30 ETCS specialization in European Union affairs, attended by students from several European and Non-European countries. Specialization: Multi-level governance.
Universitetet i Oslo

NA , Political Science , 2003 — 2003

Exam (major) in Pol. Sci. in addition to my BSc.
Universitetet i Oslo

BSc , Sociology , 1999 — 2003

Minors in Area Studies (China and East Asia) and Political Science.

Activities and Societies:

Member of Student's Committe of Sociology, 1999.
Universitetet i Oslo

NA , Area studies, Middle East and Northern Africa , 2002 — 2002

Exam in Area Studies in addition to my BSc.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Sociology 1996 — 1997

Free student. Courses in political sociology.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Political Anthropology 1990 — 1990

Free student. Courses in political anthropology.
Universitetet i Oslo

Spanish language 1989 — 1990

Additional Information

Dag P. Svendsen’s Websites:

Dag P. Svendsen’s Interests:

- Online buzz analysis (see my blogs: www.stortingsvalget-2009.no, www.kommunevalget2007.no, www.eleccionesgenerales-2008.com, and www.buzztrend.eu) - Quantitative methods in the Social Sciences (and innovative Open Source and free quantitative research software as R, GeoDa, EzI, Orange Canvas, WEKA, and others) - Data Mining (SPSS Clementine) in general and Web Usage Mining in particular - Electoral behavior in the South American Andes region - Formation of ethnic political parties in the Andean countries - Latin American and Spanish literature and movies - Dining and wining