Jeremy Giles

HARVARD MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY AND FORMER GREEN BERET.

EXPLORING HOW STORYTELLING AND POLICY CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS
CONFLICT, POVERTY, AND MIGRATION.

Work

Article in Foreign Policy

“The Problem With El Salvador’s Crime Numbers: Bukele’s government has been undercounting homicides”

2024

ArcGIS Story

Thesis adaptation into a visual story

2024

Thesis

The Triumph of Fear: How Nayib Bukele Dismantled El Salvador’s Gangs and Became the Most Popular Autocrat in the World

2024

ArcGIS Story

Mapping Russian paramilitary activity in Africa

2023

Data

Topic

Curated Data

El Salvador_Violence and State Repression

Geographic coordinates and descriptions of 598 gang units
Annual homicides, 1994-2024
Monthly homicides, 2013-2024
Homicides by municipality, annual, 2013-2021
Homicides excluded from government figures, 2021-2023
Monthly detentions, 2018-2024
Prison population, 2010-2024
Country population data, 1994-2023
Municipal population data, 2020

All files

Note: These original datasets were compiled and created (often from scratch) using data obtained through unofficial channels, formal information requests, and open source investigation methods.

Africa_Russian Paramilitary Activity

Event data, 2018-2023
Codebook

All files

About

My work fuses applied data science methods, immersive storytelling, and geospatial mapping. The focus of my writing and research centers on conflict, migration, and development, particularly in Latin America.

I hold a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to graduate school, I was a commander in the U.S. Army Special Forces.

You can reach me at jeremygiles@hks.harvard.edu