Roberto Stefan Foa is Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, Co-Founder of the Centre for the Future of Democracy, Co-Founder of the Sephira Institute and elected Executive Committee member of the World Values Survey. His research examines public opinion, governance, and the use of novel data sources to address policy challenges.

His work addresses key issues in political methodology for research and policy analysis, including comparative opinion polling, index construction, geospatial analysis, data harmonisation, and the use of AI to synthesise data from search, satellite and social media with conventional survey sources.

His academic work has been published in high-impact journals including the British Journal of Political Science, Frontiers, Perspectives in Psychological Science and PLoS One, and cited in publications including The Economist, The Financial Times, The Guardian and The New York Times.