Past events
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Advances in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025
9 - 10 June 2025
We are excited to invite you to the Advances in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025. This annual conference brings together leading researchers and innovators to discuss the future of AI and data science, with a focus on new technologies and the societal impacts of these advancements....
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Code Anxiety Club
12:00 - 12:30 27 May 2025
Why attend? Feeling overwhelmed by the command line? Confused by file pathways? Want to navigate the world of coding with confidence? Join the Code Anxiety Club! Viewers can follow along as we work through common beginner topics while coding live for a quick half hour. No prior experience, installed...
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Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data
09:00 - 10:30 22 May 2025
Researchers are often at a crossroads on how to share data collected from human participants ethically while complying with the rigorous standards set by UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act. This introductory workshop offers a foundational understanding of data anonymisation...
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Computational social science drop-in
20 May - 31 October 2025
Do you find yourself: stuck on a project with no one to ask about it? not sure what to learn next? the only person in your team using computational methods? wanting to meet other computational social scientists? interested to learn or teach some data skills with like-minded individuals? Join our free...
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Getting started with secondary analysis
09:00 - 10:30 16 May 2025
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning about the origins of your data. Quantitative and qualitative secondary analysis will...
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Role of informed consent in ethical data collection, sharing and reuse
09:00 - 10:30 13 May 2025
Are you collecting research data involving human participants? Do you plan to share these data? Understanding the role of informed consent when working with human participants is ethically crucial. Join us for a free, 90-minute online workshop designed to guide researchers through the complexities of...
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Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing
09:00 - 10:30 8 May 2025
Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. A key data management component is considering the ethical and legal issues of collecting, using and/or sharing data. Researchers obtaining...
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Social Statistics Seminar Series - Prof Michael Elliott
14:00 - 15:00 7 May 2025
Please join us for the last Social Statistics seminar of the semester. We have coffee and cake! Michael Elliott Professor of Biostatistics University of Michigan Title: The Role of Probability Samples in the 21st Century In this talk I will review the rise, fall, and rise(?) of probability sampling...
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Introduction to copyright: Copyright and secondary data use
09:00 - 10:30 29 April 2025
This second session on copyright focuses on copyright considerations in the context of secondary data use. The first session, Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing, provides an overview on copyright considerations in both publishing and teaching. This free 90-minute online workshop will...
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Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing
12:00 - 13:30 24 April 2025
This workshop is the first of two on ‘Introduction to copyright’. The first session focuses on copyright considerations in the context of publishing while the second session focuses on copyright issues in secondary data use. Copyright is an area of scholarly communications that affects every researcher...
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