VERA

The VERA Centre is also a place of advanced training in economics, econometrics and finance as well as for the implementation of experimental research.

Thanks to the synergies with the Ph.D. Programmes, the Professional Masters and the Master's Degree Programmes of the Department of Economics, the education and research activities of the Centre will guarantee the development of professional expertise and leadership skills.

The VERA Center supports students of Master’s Degrees through internship grants for research assistance (VERA Academy); grants for Ph.D. Programme in Economics; Summer Schools involving students, academics and researchers in collaboration with other universities or research institutes.

Activities

Tableau Lab - Data Analysis and Data Visualisation May 28th - June 18th, 2024

The Department of Economics offers Phd students, research fellows and technical-administrative staff the opportunity to attend the course in data analysis and visualization. Using Tableau Desktop software provides the basic knowledge to create basic and advanced analyses, interactive visualizations and dashboards. Topics covered are:

  • data preparation to import various data sources such as for example excel files, text files (.csv) and spatial files (such as shapefiles and gps tracks);
  • software structure and descriptive analysis;
  • creation of cartographies;
  • creation of calculated fields and groups of variables;
  • merge between different data sources;
  • creation of interactive dashboards;
  • publication of results online, export to ppt/pdf, creation of a "story" within Tableau;