Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society
@edcdcs.bsky.social
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Delighted to announce that the CDCS Annual Report 2024/25 is now available. Read our overview of this year's achievements here: https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/annual-report-24-25 #EdCDCS
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Delighted to announce that the CDCS Annual Report 2024/25 is now available. Read our overview of this year's achievements here: https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/annual-report-24-25 #EdCDCS
Digital Method of the Month: Statistics, How to Pick the Right Method explores strategies for selecting appropriate statistical methods based on research questions and data types.
📅 23 Jan 2026 | 10:00-11:00
👉 https://edin.ac/4s7LjMI
📅 23 Jan 2026 | 10:00-11:00
👉 https://edin.ac/4s7LjMI
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Digital Method of the Month: Statistics, How to Pick the Right Method explores strategies for selecting appropriate statistical methods based on research questions and data types.
📅 23 Jan 2026 | 10:00-11:00
👉 https://edin.ac/4s7LjMI
📅 23 Jan 2026 | 10:00-11:00
👉 https://edin.ac/4s7LjMI
Getting Started with Python for Research is a three-session introductory course. Learn Python syntax, logic, functions, and data structures to support research workflows across disciplines.
📆 22 Jan → 5 Feb | 14:00-16:00
👉 https://edin.ac/44yOrqH
📆 22 Jan → 5 Feb | 14:00-16:00
👉 https://edin.ac/44yOrqH
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Getting Started with Python for Research is a three-session introductory course. Learn Python syntax, logic, functions, and data structures to support research workflows across disciplines.
📆 22 Jan → 5 Feb | 14:00-16:00
👉 https://edin.ac/44yOrqH
📆 22 Jan → 5 Feb | 14:00-16:00
👉 https://edin.ac/44yOrqH
Getting Started with R for Research is a two-session introductory course for researchers new to R and RStudio. Learn installation, project setup, and basic R syntax, plus explore data manipulation techniques for your research workflows.
📆21 & 28 Jan 2026 | 14:00-16:00
👉https://edin.ac/3L6K5R1
📆21 & 28 Jan 2026 | 14:00-16:00
👉https://edin.ac/3L6K5R1
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Getting Started with R for Research is a two-session introductory course for researchers new to R and RStudio. Learn installation, project setup, and basic R syntax, plus explore data manipulation techniques for your research workflows.
📆21 & 28 Jan 2026 | 14:00-16:00
👉https://edin.ac/3L6K5R1
📆21 & 28 Jan 2026 | 14:00-16:00
👉https://edin.ac/3L6K5R1
Our Winter–Spring 2026 Training Programme is live. This includes a range of workshops on digital research methods, including AI, data analysis, text & document processing, and GIS.
Explore the full programme here:
https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/all/news/2025-12/training-winter-spring-2026
Explore the full programme here:
https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/all/news/2025-12/training-winter-spring-2026
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our Winter–Spring 2026 Training Programme is live. This includes a range of workshops on digital research methods, including AI, data analysis, text & document processing, and GIS.
Explore the full programme here:
https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/all/news/2025-12/training-winter-spring-2026
Explore the full programme here:
https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/all/news/2025-12/training-winter-spring-2026
Join us tomorrow for our Silent Disco where we'll create a gazetteer with LP-TSV and look at how to use it in research.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join us tomorrow for our Silent Disco where we'll create a gazetteer with LP-TSV and look at how to use it in research.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
Today's the day! We're excited to welcome you to "How Users Imagine Archival Research" with Dorothy Berry. See you there! https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS. Chair: Melissa Terras
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today's the day! We're excited to welcome you to "How Users Imagine Archival Research" with Dorothy Berry. See you there! https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS. Chair: Melissa Terras
Tomorrow is the day! Join us for "How Users Imagine Archival Research" with Dorothy Berry of Smithsonian (SI: Museum of African American History (Bot)). Last chance to register: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS
📆 Wed 10 Dec
📆 Wed 10 Dec
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tomorrow is the day! Join us for "How Users Imagine Archival Research" with Dorothy Berry of Smithsonian (SI: Museum of African American History (Bot)). Last chance to register: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS
📆 Wed 10 Dec
📆 Wed 10 Dec
Join us tomorrow for our workshop on Getting Started with Inferential Statistics, where we'll give you a practical start on hypothesis testing in R.
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us tomorrow for our workshop on Getting Started with Inferential Statistics, where we'll give you a practical start on hypothesis testing in R.
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
Don't miss Dorothy Berry discussing their work on the JPCA archive. Join us for "How Users Imagine Archival Research." Register now: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDC Chair: Melissa Terras
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Don't miss Dorothy Berry discussing their work on the JPCA archive. Join us for "How Users Imagine Archival Research." Register now: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDC Chair: Melissa Terras
Only three days left to secure your place at "How Users Imagine Archival Research." Learn about the largest collection of African American publishing materials and how they are stewarded. https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Only three days left to secure your place at "How Users Imagine Archival Research." Learn about the largest collection of African American publishing materials and how they are stewarded. https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS
Join us for our workshop on Monday! This practical session in R will show you how to calculate and visualise descriptive statistics.
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Join us for our workshop on Monday! This practical session in R will show you how to calculate and visualise descriptive statistics.
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
What does it mean to imagine archival research through the eyes of its users? Join us for a conversation with Dorothy Berry of the Smithsonian (SI: Museum of African American History (Bot)) on 10th Dec. Secure your place: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS Chair: Melissa Terras
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
What does it mean to imagine archival research through the eyes of its users? Join us for a conversation with Dorothy Berry of the Smithsonian (SI: Museum of African American History (Bot)) on 10th Dec. Secure your place: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS Chair: Melissa Terras
Coming up next week! Join us for our Silent Disco where you'll learn how to create a gazetteer from historical texts using the LP-TSV format, then prepare it for sharing and analysis.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Coming up next week! Join us for our Silent Disco where you'll learn how to create a gazetteer from historical texts using the LP-TSV format, then prepare it for sharing and analysis.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 12 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/473krni
One week to go! "How Users Imagine Archival Research." Don't miss the chance to hear Dorothy Berry speaking about her work on the Johnson Publishing Company Archive (JPCA) #EdCDCS Chair: Melissa Terras
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
One week to go! "How Users Imagine Archival Research." Don't miss the chance to hear Dorothy Berry speaking about her work on the Johnson Publishing Company Archive (JPCA) #EdCDCS Chair: Melissa Terras
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp
Join us next week for Getting Started with Inferential Statistics! You'll learn the basics of hypothesis testing in R, including t-tests and p-values.
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Join us next week for Getting Started with Inferential Statistics! You'll learn the basics of hypothesis testing in R, including t-tests and p-values.
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
Previous knowledge required.
📆 Wed 10 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3ILF6nX
This Thursday, join us for our workshop on Using Prompting Efficiently for Research! This practical session will cover GenAI prompting strategies that you can apply in your research.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This Thursday, join us for our workshop on Using Prompting Efficiently for Research! This practical session will cover GenAI prompting strategies that you can apply in your research.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
Join us next week for Getting Started with Descriptive Statistics! This hands-on workshop will introduce the key concepts, including measures of central tendency, measures of variability, and data distributions.
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗 https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗 https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Join us next week for Getting Started with Descriptive Statistics! This hands-on workshop will introduce the key concepts, including measures of central tendency, measures of variability, and data distributions.
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗 https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
📆 Mon 8 Dec
🔗 https://edin.ac/3W6pTRf
Join us tomorrow for our December Fika!
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join us tomorrow for our December Fika!
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
Our December Fika is next week!
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our December Fika is next week!
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
No agenda, no action items: just a group of people gathering to discuss their projects, ideas and research approaches over refreshments.
📆 Tue 02 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/3J8EcC9
Join us next week for Using Prompting Efficiently for Research! We'll teach you strategies to get better results from GenAI and identify their strengths and limitations.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us next week for Using Prompting Efficiently for Research! We'll teach you strategies to get better results from GenAI and identify their strengths and limitations.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
Beginner friendly.
📆 Thu 4 Dec
🔗https://edin.ac/4hc8r7r
What does it mean to imagine archival research through the eyes of its users? Join us for a conversation with @dorothyjberry of @Smithsonian on 📆 10th December. Chair: @Melissa Terras. Secure your place: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What does it mean to imagine archival research through the eyes of its users? Join us for a conversation with @dorothyjberry of @Smithsonian on 📆 10th December. Chair: @Melissa Terras. Secure your place: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS
Join us in 2 days for an Introduction to Geographical Data with QGIS! This course will give you a practical start to geospatial data in QGIS, including projections, layers, and exporting maps.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 28 Nov
🔗https://edin.ac/3LbgYeV
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 28 Nov
🔗https://edin.ac/3LbgYeV
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Join us in 2 days for an Introduction to Geographical Data with QGIS! This course will give you a practical start to geospatial data in QGIS, including projections, layers, and exporting maps.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 28 Nov
🔗https://edin.ac/3LbgYeV
Beginner friendly.
📆 Fri 28 Nov
🔗https://edin.ac/3LbgYeV
How should theology understand intelligence when artificial systems now perform tasks once thought uniquely human? Join Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik @uoedivinity.bsky.social for an interactive session that explores AI and theological anthropology.
📆 Mon 24th Nov
🔗https://tinyurl.com/hmypwwtd
📆 Mon 24th Nov
🔗https://tinyurl.com/hmypwwtd
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
How should theology understand intelligence when artificial systems now perform tasks once thought uniquely human? Join Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik @uoedivinity.bsky.social for an interactive session that explores AI and theological anthropology.
📆 Mon 24th Nov
🔗https://tinyurl.com/hmypwwtd
📆 Mon 24th Nov
🔗https://tinyurl.com/hmypwwtd
Our Using API for Research course starts this Wednesday! We’ll use examples from real-world research applications to look at what APIs are, what they do, and how to use them to access and connect data sources.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Wed 26 Nov
🔗 https://edin.ac/49ayRo6
Beginner friendly.
📆 Wed 26 Nov
🔗 https://edin.ac/49ayRo6
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our Using API for Research course starts this Wednesday! We’ll use examples from real-world research applications to look at what APIs are, what they do, and how to use them to access and connect data sources.
Beginner friendly.
📆 Wed 26 Nov
🔗 https://edin.ac/49ayRo6
Beginner friendly.
📆 Wed 26 Nov
🔗 https://edin.ac/49ayRo6