Workshops

An overview of workshops I offer.

My workshops focus on the tools and workflows that make research more reproducible, efficient, and enjoyable. These are the same things that I find useful in my own work.

They range from single afternoon sessions to week-long trainings, depending on the topic and how deep we go. I usually run workshops online, so people can join from anywhere.

I try to make my workshops accessible to everyone, including people without a technical or programming background. The goal is always practical and focused on tools and methods that participants can apply directly to their own work, so I always encourage people to bring their own data and questions to the sessions.

I provide all materials and code in open formats, which remain accessible online even after the workshop has ended.

Below is an overview of the workshops I currently offer. I’m always happy to add new topics or adjust the workshop format to fit a group’s needs.

If you’re interested in a workshop or have any questions, just get in touch!

Effective Digital Note-taking for Scientists

Learn how to take better notes and build a second brain using the free note-taking tool Obsidian.

Efficient R

Learn how to find and fix performance bottlenecks and write faster, more scalable R code.

Introduction to data analysis with R

Learn how to analyse and visualise your data with R and the tidyverse.

Introduction to version control with Git

Learn how to work safely with Git, track your changes, never lose work again, and publish and share your projects with GitHub.

Reproducible Documents with Quarto

Learn how to combine code (R, Python, Julia, and more) and text into reproducible reports you can share as HTML, PDF, or Word.

Beyond the workshops above, there are other topics I’m happy to give as standalone sessions or as part of a larger workshop, including:

Building reproducible research compendia with R (bundling code, data, and documentation into a shareable package)
Good-practice R coding and reproducible projects
AI tools for programming
Good-practice data visualisation
Building a personal academic website with Quarto

If one of these sounds useful, just get in touch.

The Tools & Tips series

Alongside the workshops above, I run a monthly lecture series called “Scientific Workflows - Tools & Tips” at Freie Universität covering a rotating set of topics around scientific workflows. Each session is either a 1-hour lecture or a 2-hour mini-workshop with hands-on materials. Several of the workshops above grew out of this series, and all the materials are openly available on the series website.