About AirBnB data and steep learning curves - or successful frustration management in data science

7 April 2025

Data is collected almost everywhere and is regarded as an important currency and basis for decision-making in politics and business. However, drawing meaningful insights from the highly complex data sets that have already been collected is not so easy.

About AirBnB data and steep learning curves

Shownotes

Students of sociology, economics and business administration at the University of Hamburg have the opportunity to gain important knowledge in the field of data science in lectures and exercises. Prof Ulrich Fritsche , Lisa Wegner and Victoria Hünewaldt have come up with a concept that allows students to work through the topics at their own pace and in accompanying exercises, learning programming from scratch.

The aim is to introduce students to the topic of data science using everyday examples and at their own pace, thereby laying the foundations for their future professional qualifications.

The interdisciplinary teaching project "Data Science for Social Scientists and Economists" was successfully implemented in 2023 and 2024 and has been continuously developed ever since. It is funded by the Digital and Data Literacy in Teaching Lab (DDLitLab for short) and is offered for various degree programmes at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg.

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Funding period: 01.04.2023 - 31.03.2024

Funding website: Data Science for Social Scientists and Economists

and in the course catalogue of the UHH, winter semester 23/24: Course description

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This and other interviews on funded teaching projects at the DDLitLab can be found her e.

Concept & production: Julia Pawlowski, Sven Rehder, Simon Steinhauser
Digital and Data Literacy in Teaching Lab, February 2024/25

Spotlight: Data Literacy Teaching Lab

In our series "Spotlight: Data Literacy Teaching Lab", we talk to lecturers who have received funding for their teaching projects from the Digital and Data Literacy in Teaching Lab (DDLitLab for short) at the University of Hamburg.

What were the innovative ideas of the projects? What were the particular didactic and content-related challenges, and the highlights?
And are there perhaps specific tips for other teachers who would also like to set up a new teaching project and are looking for experience reports?

We will clarify this and more in our look at and behind the scenes. Spotlight on!