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The introduction of a flat fare for public transport in Germany: who benefits from it?

Tuesday, 20.05.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CEST)

Join us for an insightful talk by Francesca Giacco from the Institute of Transport Research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

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Data Science Brown Bag: Evaluating Online Hate Speech Detection and Moderation Across the Globe

Tuesday, 06.05.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join us for a talk by Manuel Tonneau from Oxford University on the challenges of detecting and moderating online hate speech

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Data Science Brown Bag: Probability-Based vs. Non-Probability Online Surveys: Assessing Accuracy, Response Quality, and Survey Professionalism

Tuesday, 08.04.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

Join us for a talk by Dr. Julia Partheymüller, Senior Scientist at the Department of Government, University of Vienna.

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Data Science Brown Bag: Everything is causal inference!

Tuesday, 25.03.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

Join us for a talk by Julia Rohrer from the Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology at the University of Leipzig.

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Does AI help humans make better decisions?
A statistical evaluation framework for experimental and observational studies

Thursday, 06.03.2025 | 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm (CET)

Join us for a thought-provoking talk by Professor Kosuke Imai (Harvard University) on the impact of AI in decision-making, hosted by the Data Science Lab. 

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Data Science Brown Bag: Mistakes Were Made: Reflections On A Bug Bounty Program For Scientific Research

Tuesday, 25.02.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

 

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Countdown zur Bundestagswahl: Was Wissenschaft und Daten zur Wahl 2025 sagen

Friday, 21.02.2025 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (CET)

Mit Simon Munzert (Professor für Datenwissenschaft und Public Policy, Hertie School, zweitstimme.org), Professorin Andrea Römmele (Vizepräsidentin und Professorin für Kommunikation in Politik und Zivilgesellschaft, Hertie School) und Thorsten Faas (Professor für politische Soziologie, FU Berlin).

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Data Science Brown Bag series: Measuring Conflict in Local Politics Using 100,000 Videos of US School Board Meetings

Tuesday, 03.12.2024 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

 

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Data Science Brown Bag: In Other Words? Survey Scales Derived From Word Responses.

Tuesday, 19.11.2024 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

Join us for a talk by Prof. Christoffer Florczak as he explores strategies to improve survey participation by using shorter measures and text-as-data approaches.

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Meet the Data Science Alumni: Johannes Halkenhäußer (Data Science Analyst at Accenture)

Wednesday, 13.11.2024 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CET)

Join us for a chat with MDS alumni, Johannes Halkenhäußer, on his work as the data science analyst at Accenture Berlin. 

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How does science help us understand policy?

Friday, 08.11.2024 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (CET)

Join us for a talk by Dr. Rafael Prieto-Curiel on how science can help us understand and shape policy

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Data Science Brown Bag: Complementarities between algorithmic and human decision-making: The case of antibiotic prescribing

Tuesday, 05.11.2024 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

Join us as Dr. Hannes Ulrich shows us how blending human expertise and algorithms can potentially optimize decisions in complex medical cases

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