Events

This interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming in R for people with little or no previous programming experience. It covers the basics of using RStudio, creating variables, working with data frames, and starting to analyse your data using summary statistics and data visualization.

This four-part interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to Python programming for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.

This engaging and beginner-friendly workshop offers a clear introduction to the fundamental concepts underlying modern AI tools like ChatGPT. Participants will learn about core concepts including machine learning and neural networks, and explore the capabilities and limitations of AI chatbots. Through clear explanations, real-world examples, and interactive activities, this session is ideal for anyone interested in demystifying AI and exploring what it can—and can’t—do. In this workshop, we provide a basic and relatively non-technical introduction to the foundational concepts underlying contemporary AI tools. First, we’ll cover the fundamentals of AI, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks/Deep Learning. Then, we’ll examine the capabilities and limitations of contemporary AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, and outline best practices for the use of such tools.