Teaching

I teach quantitative methods and research design to social science students (full-semester courses, condensed research trainings, summer schools, and workshops) at Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of Cologne, and elsewhere, with a mean student evaluation of 1.5 (1.0 being the best score).

Below is a selection of courses with materials in open access. For a collection of my teaching repositories, please visit Czymara Courses.

Open-access Full Courses and Research Trainings

Computational Social Science

This full-semester course provides an introduction to computational social science and equips students with the skills to analyze large datasets, apply machine learning models, and use natural language processing for text analysis. It covers the full pipeline of computational data analysis, from data collection and preprocessing to data analysis and interpretation - all based on publicly available data. The course materials are openly accessible in this GitHub repository.

Longitudinal Data Analysis

I am regularly teaching on the analysis of longitudinal data in R, including a full semester research training or a condensed two-day summer school course (note: the materials are currently offline). Both formats include lectures and practical tutorials. This course introduces the essential tools for analyzing panel data in the social sciences to assess trends over time and explore causal relationships. Participants learn to manage panel data workflows in R, covering data sourcing, preparation, and analysis techniques.

Multilevel Modelling

My comprehensive research training Comparative Social Research with Multi-level Modelling in R is fully available in open access. The curriculum is structured around data from the European Social Survey, with 15 sessions, each including a 90-minute lecture and a 90-minute tutorial, providing a balance of theoretical grounding and practical application. This course offers a thorough, hands-on approach to comparative social research, covering both introductory and advanced multilevel modeling.

The materials for the course are also available in Stata. Write me an email if you are interested.

Open-access Short Courses

Introductions to R and Python

If you’re interested in mastering the basics of R and Python, I’ve created interactive Colabs to help you build an intuitive understanding of R’s core logic and essential functions, along with their Python equivalents.

Topic Modelling

My workshop Topic Modelling in R and Python, part of the Workshops for Ukraine series, is freely accessible. You can find the workshop slides here. For a hands-on experience, explore the interactive Colab notebooks: the first Colab focuses on R implementations, the second covers Python applications. These materials provide practical guidance for applying topic modeling techniques in both R and Python, using real newspaper texts as examples.

Courses Taught

Student evaluations on the right; 1.0 is the best possible score. Goethe University Frankfurt used a 1–6 scale, the University of Cologne a 1–5 scale.