Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast

About Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast

Welcome to Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, where we connect with professionals and organizations involved in data collection. Listen in as we discuss innovative methods and tools that can significantly enhance data quality and security, demystify complex data collection concepts, and highlight the many ways that organizations today are involved in data collection–sometimes, without even calling it “data collection.” With your host, Marta Costa, we feature in-depth interviews with experts in international development, healthcare, agriculture, and supply chain research, foregrounding real-life experiences, challenges, and strategies for improving data collection.

Publisher

SurveyCTO

Category

business · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Sept 2024

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   How Will AI Reshape Data Collection? With Lawrence Li and Dr. Christopher Robert of SurveyCTO

   #29 | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Dr. Christopher Robert, Founder Emeritus of Dobility, and Lawrence Li, President and CEO of Dobility, the company that powers SurveyCTO. Together, they examine how AI is changing the data collection lifecycle, from instrument design and fieldwork to data quality, data security, and the credibility of empirical research, and what organizations should do now to prepare.

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Community-Led Global Health: Combatting Schistosomiasis in Nigeria with Simon Birk

   #28 | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Simon Birk, Co-founder, President, and COO of Health in Your Hands Diagnostics, to discuss how his nonprofit is tackling schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease affecting millions in endemic regions, through SCOPE (Schistosomiasis Control from the One Health Perspective), a project that integrates affordable diagnostics, community education, and environmental mapping in rural Nigeria.

3. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Data Quality, AI, and the Future of Survey Research with Mario Callegaro

   Data Quality, AI, and the Future of Survey Research with Mario Callegaro | In this episode of Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast, host Marta Costa sits down with Mario Callegaro, Founder of Callegaro Research, to discuss how data collection methods have evolved across market research and user experience research, and why AI adoption requires expert oversight rather than blind automation.

Who has been a guest on Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alexa Kneale
• Jeremy Taylor
• Maulik Chauhan
• Dr Mark Pagell
• Douglas Johnson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

313,862

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

39

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32