Mona Chalabi and SITU Research

Mona Chalabi is an award-winning writer and illustrator. Using words, color, and sound, she rehumanizes data to help us understand our world and the way we live in it. Her work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize, a fellowship at the British Science Association, an Emmy nomination, and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society.

Balakrishnan Rajagopal is associate professor of Law and Development at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing. He founded both the Program on Human Rights and Justice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Displacement Research and Action Network.

Brad Samuels is a founding partner at SITU Research, a visual investigations practice focused on merging data and design to create new pathways for justice and accountability. Samuels has overseen SITU’s work with legal and advocacy organizations including the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the United Nations, and many others.