Pablo Ezquerra Silva

Pablo Ezquerra Silva is a Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences and a PhD student at Cardiff University. He holds a BSc and MSc in Sociology from the University of the Republic (Uruguay), and has taught there from 2016 to 2020. His research focuses on new/emerging data (NEFD) for social phenomena analysis, particularly criminology and digital sociology. He uses social media and Google data to study punitive attitudes in comparative contexts (UK vs. Uruguay), funded by the Uruguayan government.

Education:

• PhD (Social Sciences), Cardiff University (2021–present)
• MSc (Sociology), University of the Republic (2014–2018)
• BSc (Sociology), University of the Republic (2009–2014)

Research Interests:

• Computational Social Science and Big Data methodologies
• Criminological analysis of punitive attitudes
• Social media behavior and its societal implications
• Quantitative methods for causal inference

His work bridges criminology, digital sociology, and computational tools to understand societal dynamics in a hyperconnected world.

Publications: Recent work includes studies on punitive attitudes in Latin America, comparative education outcomes using PISA data, and interdisciplinary energy policy analyses. His 2025 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law article evaluates punitive attitudes' structural dimensions using social media data.

Grants & Funding: His PhD is funded by the Uruguayan government. Previous grants include ANII support (2014–2016).

No specific labs or teams are mentioned, but he collaborates widely in interdisciplinary projects.