I am writing to flag an excellent opportunity for some motivated and eager-to-learn Greek students at your schools (AUEB, Giannena, Panteion, National University, Macedonia) or young professionals (IOBE or the Bank of Greece).
As in the past, LBS Wheeler Institute for Business and Development will run an intense virtual online workshop on GIS methods for quantitative spatial data analysis. The workshop is mainly for doctoral, master’s or even advanced undergraduate students in economics and related fields (in the past we had many students from marketing and finance). The level is advanced but not super advanced. [We are going to run an AI method for economics in the fall, most likely.]
This workshop will equip students with modern research methods for analyzing spatial data. It will focus on applications from economic development, but the tools covered will be applicable in many contexts. The workshop will provide an overview of geospatial data and work through case studies demonstrating Python’s use for spatial data analysis and QGIS for spatial data visualization. Participants can expect to gain familiarity with various open-source software used in spatial data analysis:
· Anaconda (Python and Jupyter)
· QGIS
· Google Earth Engine
There will be six 3-hour main lectures (with a small break) commencing on Tuesday, 7 May 2024, spread over three weeks, on Tuesday and Thursday from 15:00 – 18:00 BST.
The open-access workshop is free, thanks to a generous gift from the Sui Foundation at the Institute, so please nudge your colleagues and students to take it. Giorgio, Tanner, and Sebastian are not only superb researchers but great communicators and instructors, and they have had terrific evaluations in the past years.
Thanks. Hope to meet and catch up soon
