CV
Experience
2019 - present
Consultant in Data Analysis and Applied Machine Learning (IOM, UNFPA, Danish Refugee Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Luxembourg Institute of Health, and more)
2021
International Consultant to Analyze Quantitative Data, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
2020 - 2021
Consultant in Data Analysis and Research, Danish Refugee Council/West Africa
2019 - 2020
Research and Data Analysis Expert, Mixed Migration Centre, Geneva
2019 - 2019
4Mi Associate, Mixed Migration Centre, Geneva
2018 - 2019
Consultant in Research, Promotion Santé Suisse, Bern
2017 - 2018
Scientific Collaborator & Lecturer, University of Neuchâtel
2013 - 2017
Research Associate, Durham University (with 22-month fieldwork in Nicaragua)
2012 - 2012
Copy Editor and Reviewer, The Oxford Editors
2009 - 2013
Research Assistant & Postdoctoral Associate, University of Oxford
2007 - 2008
Supply Chain Collaborator, CRH, Vevey
2006 - 2007
Occupational Pension Specialist, Prométerre, Montreux
2006 - 2006
Commercial Employee, SodaStream International, Vevey
1999 - 1999
Freelance War Photographer, Kosovo
1997 - 1999
Commercial Employee in Social Insurances, Hotela, Montreux
1994 - 1997
Apprentice in Social Insurances, Hotela, Montreux
Education
2012
PhD in Anthropology (quantitative), University of Oxford
2006
MA in Religious Studies (anthropology, Sanskrit), University of Lausanne (Prize for Best Dissertation)
1999
Maturité professionnelle commerciale, Aigle (1st Prize)
1997
Certificat fédéral de capacité, Vevey (Best Apprentice of the Canton)
1994
Certificat d'études secondaires, Montreux (French Prize)
Recent certificates in data analysis and machine learning
2021
Certificate of Open Studies in Applied Data Science Machine Learning, EPFL
(450 hours course / 15 ECTS Credits)
2021
Applied Machine Learning 2, EPFL
2021
Applied Machine Learning 1, EPFL
2021
Applied Data Analysis, EPFL
2021
Introduction to Data Analysis with Python, EPFL
2020
SQL for Data Science, IBM
2020
Data Science: Linear Regression, HarvardX
2020
Data Science: Wrangling, HarvardX
2020
Data Science: Productivity Tools, HarvardX
2020
Data Science: Inference and Modeling, HarvardX
2020
Data Science: Probability, HarvardX
2020
Data Science: Visualization, HarvardX
2020
Data Science: R Basics, HarvardX
IT
Python, R, SQL, JavaScript, SPSS, Qualtrics, ODK, NVivo, Tableau, Datawrapper, GitHub, ArcGIS, Photoshop, Ms Office.
Languages
Fluent in French and English. Basic Spanish, Nicaraguan Creole, and Miskitu. Read Latin and Sanskrit up to MA level.
Academic service
Ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Cognition and Culture, Journal of Material Culture, Empirical Studies of the Arts, Discourse Processes, and Journal of Public Health and Nutrition.
Volunteering
Data analyst/scientist at Statistics Without Borders. Currently involved in a project for UNICEF (role: Technical Lead).
Media appearances (selection)
Publications
2024
Jucker, J.-L., et al., Cultural Predictors of Facial Ethnicity Preference in the Miskitu and Mestizos of Rural Nicaragua. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
2022
Jucker, J.-L., Popular approval of Covid-19 restrictions is strongly correlated with vaccination rate. Research Square (preprint)
2022
Jucker, J.-L., COVID-19 Vaccination is Associated with Decreasing Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Across Age Groups and Variants over 9 months in Switzerland. bioRxiv (preprint)
2021
Boothroyd, L.G., Jucker, J.-L., Thornborrow, T., Tovee, M.J., Batres, C., Penton-Voak, I., Testing Mate Choice Hypotheses in a Transitional Small Scale Population. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
2020
Garver-Affeldt, J., & Jucker, J.-L. (2020). A sharper Lens on Vulnerability: A statistical analysis of the determinants of vulnerability to protection incidents among refugees and migrants in West Africa. Mixed Migration Centre
2019
Boothroyd, L.G., Jucker, J.-L., Thornborrow, T. Barton, R. Evans, E.H. Jamieson, M., & Tovee, M.J. (2019). Television consumption drives body ideals in a population undergoing technological transition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2018
Thornborrow, T., Jucker, J.-L., Tovee, M. J., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2018). Investigating the link between television and men’s preferences for female body size and shape in rural Nicaragua. Evolution and Human Behavior
2018
De Smedt, J., Jucker, J.-L. (2018). Cognition and visual art. The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
2017
Jucker, J.-L., Thornborrow, T., Tovee, M. J., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2017). The effect of the Thin Ideal in a media-naïve population. bioRxiv
2017
Jucker, J.-L., Thornborrow, T., Beierholm, U., Jamieson, M., Burt, M., Barton, R., Evans, E. H., Tovee, M. J., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2017). Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media. Scientific Reports
2016
Boothroyd, L. G., Jucker, J.-L., Thornborrow, T., Jamieson, M., Burt, M., Barton, R., Evans, E. H., & Tovee, M. J. (2016). Television exposure predicts body size ideals in rural Nicaragua. British Journal of Psychology
2015
Jucker, J.-L. (2015). Review of the book Aesthetics and the sciences of mind. Journal of Cognition and Culture
2014
Jucker, J.-L., Barrett, J. L., & Wlodarski, R. (2014). “I just don’t get it”: Perceived artists’ intentions affect art evaluations. Empirical Studies of the Arts
2012
Jucker, J.-L. (2012). Ambiguous artefacts: Towards a cognitive anthropology of art. Doctoral dissertation. University of Oxford
2011
Jucker, J.-L., & Barrett, J. L. (2011). Cognitive constraints on the visual arts: An empirical study of the role of perceived intentions in appreciation judgements. Journal of Cognition and Culture
2010
Knight, N., Leech, D., Burdett, E., Gregory, J., & Jucker, J.-L. (2010). Archive of cognitive science of religion methods. University of Oxford
2009
Jucker, J.-L. (2009). Compte-rendu de l’ouvrage Penser le rituel, par J. Cuisenier. Ethnographiques
2007
Jucker, J.-L. (2007). Des marqueurs rituels. Ethnographie d’une messe tridentine. Ethnographiques
Self-portrait at 8-9 years old