Teaching

Courses and training

Five years of MSc econometrics at Justus Liebig University Giessen, and a continuing training programme for economists at the World Bank.

Courses

2020 — 2024Introduction to Statistics and EconometricsMSc · English · JLU GiessenFoundations for social-science research: probability, estimation, inference, and the linear model.+

Foundations for social-science research: probability, estimation, inference, and the linear model. Taught with applied agricultural and development data.

2020 — 2024Advanced Econometrics in the Social SciencesMSc · English · JLU GiessenThe mostly-harmless toolbox for getting from a cause to an effect.+

The mostly-harmless toolbox for getting from a cause to an effect. Panel methods, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, and regression discontinuity.

2025 — presentAI-assisted coding for economistsWorld Bank Open Learning CampusA World Bank course on using AI responsibly in R and Stata workflows, taken by more than 600 staff.+

A World Bank course on using AI responsibly in R and Stata workflows, taken by more than 600 staff. An accompanying seminar series runs alongside it. worldbank.github.io/ai4coding