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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

We meet in Linkway, 4th floor John Medley Building. For the time being: Please bring your own lunch! We hope to be able to provide free lunch in the near future again.

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 Introduction to version control with Git Prof. Michael Zyphur, Dr. Mar Quiroga
20/03/25 09:30-12:30 Partner event at Melbourne Connect: Get started with R MDAP Melbourne Data Analytics Platform
31/03/25 12:00-13:00 Regression Discontinuity Design Dr. Amrita Mitra
14/04/25 12:00-13:00 Shut up and git Dr. Tomasz Woźniak
12/05/25 12:00-13:00 Quantitative Text Analysis for Social Sciences Dr. Maxim Ananyev
26/05/25 12:00-13:00 Python for Social Science Research: Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned Dr. Daniel Russo-Batterham
28/07/25 12:00-13:00 Introduction to Structural Modelling for Social Scientists Using R Packages bsvars and bsvarSIGNs Dr. Tomasz Woźniak
11/08/25 12:00-13:00 Building Your Own RAG Pipeline from Scratch! Taylor Ey

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