DataWorks Consulting

Quantitative behavioral science for organizations that need answers they can defend.

I am Stefano Ghirlanda, Ph.D. — a former tenured Full Professor of Psychology and mathematical physicist. I build computational models of how humans and animals learn, decide, and influence one another, and I turn behavioral and cognitive complexity into models, simulations, and data products clients can act on.

What I do #

• Behavioral & cognitive modeling — learning, decision-making, memory, preference dynamics, social influence.
• AI / ML with a behavioral-science lens — reinforcement learning, agent-based simulation, interpretable neural models, evaluation of AI/LLM systems against cognitive benchmarks.
• Cultural & population dynamics — diffusion of practices and beliefs, adoption, polarization, cumulative cultural change.
• Quantitative due diligence — auditing models, statistical claims, and data pipelines; turning messy behavioral data into defensible evidence.

Engagement modes #

Short advisory calls ⋅ scoped analytical projects ⋅ model design and prototyping ⋅ expert witness / due diligence ⋅ fractional chief scientist for early-stage teams.

Get in touch #

drghirlanda@gmail.com ⋅ (347) 345-5835