About Us


Peter Hedström

Peter Hedström

PhD, Founder, Managing Director

Peter Hedström, founder of Metrika Consulting, holds a PhD from Harvard and is a Professor of Sociology who has been teaching courses on Stata and data analysis at several leading universities in the world, such as the University of Chicago and the University of Oxford. His research focuses on how micro-level behavior and social networks shape macro-level outcomes, as well as the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences and analytical sociology.


Rebeca Ibarra Olivares

Rebeca Ibarra Olivares

PhD, Executive Director

Rebeca Ibarra Olivares is Executive Director of Metrika Consulting, a role she has held since 2011. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Oxford, and previously worked as a Research Fellow at Linköping University, and held lecturer positions at Universidad Iberoamericana and CIDE. Her research focuses on economic and fiscal sociology, particularly social networks and tax evasion, where she gained extensive experience with Stata.