Welcome!
My name is Olivier Simard-Casanova. I am an independent economist, data scientist, and science popularizer.
I write newsletters, I teach R online and in-person, and I occasionally do a bit of consulting.
On my spare time, I take pictures, I ride roller coasters and I geek out on Apple products.
I also work in French.
Do not hesitate to explore this website to learn more about me and my work.
Best,
Olivier
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Articles and announcements
- Course “Getting started with R for busy people” has a new home
I also slightly rewrote many lessons of the course - #1 – How to plot functions with ggplot2
geom_function() and as_function() offer an elegant and powerful solution to plot mathematical functions with ggplot2 - New sessions for Getting started with R for busy people are open
Book your seat for the online workshop now - #1 – The most watched economics seminar in history?
A lot of people watched Florian Ederer’s presentation of his joint working paper on EJMR - I am back!
After a long and unwanted hiatus, I am excited to relaunch my economics newsletter
Notes
- Katalin Karikó, status in academia and lost scientific discoveriesThe status game in academia probably comes at a significant social cost
- What to make of the decreasing engagement metrics of Threads?Calling Threads already dead is premature
- Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, is outThe launch of Threads is close to an industrial disaster for Twitter
- Twitter has effectively become a fully walled gardenThe move is unilateral, and further degrades the usefulness of Twitter for content creators
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- A hike at the Rudemont
The Rudemont is a calcareous grassland that provides great views of the Moselle valley
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