Introduction
We have written this wiki to make your onboarding experience as smooth as possible.
We have collected a set of procedures we have found productive in organizing research projects. They are designed to be general enough to be used by the core team as well as outside researchers. The Wiki also helps you get more familiar with the various initiatives and resources provided by Tilburg University.
- Please familiarize yourself with our core platform, Tilburg Science Hub. With Tilburg Science Hub, we provide tutorials, building blocks ("code snippets"), and examples so that researchers and students can professionalize their collaboration on empirical research projects. Why is that? Well, we realized that while much of the statistical methods that we commonly use are properly documented, there is not so much clarity about how we can work together efficiently. Tilburg Science Hub is trying to fill that void! In all that you do when working on projects, think about how you could contribute tutorials, building blocks ("code snippets"), or examples to Tilburg Science Hub.
- Of course, we were not the first to think carefully about research efficiency. In fact, much of what we do at Tilburg Science Hub is inspired by Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practitioner's Guide. Make sure to read it!
- You're not alone! Actually, you've just joined an agile research team. We don't expect you to work in isolation, but encourage you to reach out to one another, ask for feedback, or tag each other on issues. A good place to start is to meet your colleagues (in person, or on Zoom). Set up short meetings to introduce yourself to the Tilburg Science Hub team and the wider Tilburg Science Hub "family".
- Finally, you probably still need to develop your coding and collaboration skills before you can fully enjoy your work. Good places to start are:
- The course "Data Preparation and Workflow Management" - it's available open access, but you can also audit the course twice a year.
- Don't have the time to follow the course? And are you unfamiliar with what GitHub is and how it can be used to collaborate? Then please take the time to follow this interactive introduction to GitHub. It's quite important you manage GitHub well, as essentially our entire project management and coding takes place on GitHub.
Especially from Research Assistants, PhD students and collaborators, we expect the content to be carefully studied and applied faithfully.
If you want to share your feedback, questions, and suggestions about this wiki, please reach out to us directly or via tsh [at] tilburguniversity [dot] edu.
