Welcome!
QuantLab is a new network group aiming to bring together social scientists at the University of Melbourne and beyond to share insights in quantitative methods and research.
Co-founded by Seraphine F. Maerz (Political Science) and Irma Mooi-Reci (Sociology), QuantLab is an inclusive network that welcomes everyone interested in learning (more) about new quantitative methods and computational techniques. We believe in knowledge sharing and offer learning seminars (schedule below) as well as online tutorials about innovations in data management and analysis, and a platform for exchange and code sharing (R, Stata, Python, etc.).
We collaborate with Instats to provide online training sessions on the latest tools and techniques in quantitative research, see our instats workshops here.
Come and join us for our bi-weekly QuantLunches on the campus of the University of Melbourne, RSVP here!
Please let us know if you want to contribute a seminar during one of our future QuantLunches!
Schedule for 2025/1 (February-March)
We meet in Linkway, 4th floor John Medley Building. Lunch is included and kindly sponsored by our new partner Instats.
| Date | Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/02/25 | 14:00-15:00 (no lunch) | Intro to Causal Inference and Treatment Effects | Dr. Chuck Huber, Director of Statistical Outreach, StataCorp LLC |
| 11/02/25 | 03:00-09:00 | Using AI for Text Analysis: An Introduction (online event, free for all people from UniMelb, register here | Dr. Seraphine F. Maerz |
| 18/02/25 | 10:00-16:00 | Using AI for Text Analysis: Advanced Applications (online event, free for all people from UniMelb, register here | Dr. Seraphine F. Maerz |
| 03/03/25 | 12:00-13:00 | Our new collaboration with Instats and A Gentle Intro to GitHub (tbc) | Prof. Michael Zyphur, Dr. Mar Quiroga |
| 17/03/25 | 12:00-13:00 | Measuring Social Phenomena Using Text Data | Dr. Maxim Ananyev |