Training Working Group
The purpose of the Training Group is to:
- Ensure that our goals align and build on the DDI Alliance Scientific Work Plan.
- Introduce people to DDI and improve people's competence in working with DDI.
- Promote deeper understanding of DDI’s work products by addressing specific topics.
- Gear training to specific audiences as appropriate (for example, by beginning to set up training materials and events in languages other than English).
- Develop expertise within the Working Group for carrying out training.
- Maintain a training library with updated training material in languages other than English for reuse
See Mandate
Current
- Slide Deck Review
- Training Opportunities Group
- Requests
- Webinars (on hold currently)
Complete
- Completed - Gap Analysis
- Completed - Training Website
- Belongs to Tech Committee/Inactive/subject to overall site changes - Getting Started page
Storage:
Useful documents:
Template for slides: DDITL_template-270923.pptx and Theme1.thmx
Official DDI Training Materials - These DDI training materials are approved products of the DDI Alliance. Intended for re-use.
DDI Training Community - Applied training. Anyone may submit their DDI training materials to this community.
Group email:
icpsr-ddi-training@umich.edu or icpsr-ddi-training@googlegroups.com
https://groups.google.com/g/icpsr-ddi-training
italicized indicates inactive TWG meeting attendance
| Name | Organisation | Sub Group | |
|---|---|---|---|
Kathryn Lavender (Co-chair) | ICPSR | Slides | kfrania@umich.edu |
| Hayley Mills | CLOSER | h.mills@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Alina Danciu | SciencesPo | Slides | alina.danciu@sciencespo.fr |
| Adrian Dusa | RODA | dusa.adrian@unibuc.ro | |
| Daniel Gillman | Independent | Slides | dgillman4909@gmail.com |
| Arofan Gregory | Consultant | ilg21@yahoo.com | |
| Kaia Kulla | Independent | Slides | |
| Jared Lyle | DDI Alliance | SB | lyle@umich.edu |
| Hilde Orten | SIKT | SB | |
| Christophe Dzikowski | INSEE | SB | christophe.dzikowski@insee.fr |
Flavio Rizzolo (Scientific Board contact) | Statistics Canada | SB (rep for TG) | flavio.rizzolo@statcan.gc.ca |
| Catharina Wasner (on mat leave) | GIGA | on leave 2024-2025 | catharina.wasner@giga-hamburg.de |
| Catherine Yuen | Understanding Society | Slides Chair | catherine.yuen@essex.ac.uk |
| Jennifer Zeiger | ICPSR | Requests and Training Opps Chair | |
| Alicia Urquidi Diaz | Scholars Portal | alicia.urquidi@utoronto.ca | |
Irene Koraki Folli | City St George’s, University of London | Requests and Training Opps | ikorakif@citystgeorges.ac.uk |
| Chantal Vaillancourt (Co-chair) | Stats Canada | Co-chair | chantal.vaillancourt@statcan.gc.ca |
| Philippe Bisson | StatCan | philippe.bisson@statcan.gc.ca | |
| Chloé HERTRICH | SciencesPo | chloe.hertrich@sciencespo.fr | |
| Julie Lenoir | CNRS | julie.lenoir@cnrs.fr | |
Meeting Notes for current and previous years
The Training Group meets the first Tuesday of every other month at 9 am (EST) / 2 pm (UTC) / 3 pm (CET) / 4 pm (CAT/EET) using Zoom.
UPDATE - the Jan 2026 meeting has been cancelled to avoid conflict with holidays.
The meeting months are scheduled for: January; March; May; July; September; November.
To join the meeting online please see agenda.
Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. Please set yourself on mute when you are not speaking to prevent background noises.
Actions which are not specific to each sub-group activities listed below
- DDI Audiences and Products: Reference for Training/Marketing/Communications
- used document to inform DDI_TG - Published Decks Organization (sending to SB Dec 2025)
- will need to ensure training content created going forward is organized/tagged by audience and role
- YouTube channel maintenance - aim to add CoData webinar recordings to DDI Alliance YouTube; for example, the last recorded webinar (May 2024), among others; Arofan is looking into a new CoData contact