Charles Gomez

Charles J. Gomez is an associate professor in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona. He is also affiliated with the College of Information Science and the Applied Math GIDP. He is a computational and mathematical sociologist who studies inequality in global scientific knowledge production and diffusion. In his work, he uses a variety of techniques, including natural language processing, social network analysis, survey experiments, simulations, and interviews, to study hierarchies, complexity, and diversity. 

He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2024-2029) to study how international politics shapes the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its researchers. He has received over a million dollars in grants as the PI or co-PI. He also leads the Global Knowledge Lab and Observatory ("The Global Lab"), an interdisciplinary research group interested in studying science, knowledge, and innovation on a global scale.

Dr. Gomez received his Ph.D. from Stanford, his master’s degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Columbia, and his B.Sc.Eng. from Duke. His work has been featured in Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Communications, Research Policy, Social Networks, and Sociological Science. 

If you are interested in collaborating with him or applying for a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona to work with him, please feel free to reach out! 

Learn more about Dr. Gomez and his work here:

• www.TheGlobalLab.org
• www.charliegomez.com