Big Data eCourse

Together with Laudius and another teacher I made a Big Data eCourse in Dutch about what Big Data is, how to analyze Big Data and Privacy & Ethics in Big Data research. With the code: GUISELAINE 10 percent discount (Affiliate).

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Detachering Stogo Onderzoek + Advies

Just after I graduated for my master Urban Geography and finished working at E-Quality I started at Stogo Onderzoek + Advies. First at the 'bedrijfsverzamelgebouw' in Lombok where they had a few offices. After a while I was asked if I wanted to work as a researcher at ‘gemeente Rotterdam’ for a project there.

‘Bedrijfsverzamelgebouw’ Lombok

My first day back from the assignment in Rotterdam I went with a senior to Zeeland, The Netherlands for a project about waste. It was the way to get to know my colleagues by going with them to intakes for projects and ‘schouwen van bedrijventerreinen’. I was offered a permanent contract and the team grew, which let to Stogo Onderzoek + Advies moving to Nieuwegein. My second encounter with Nieuwegein. The first one was signing the contract for my studio in Zeist.

Stogo Onderzoek + Advies In Nieuwegein

In the new office I was responsible for most of the Excel, SPSS, surveys and the team of students and interns. The Excel was mostly about making beautiful graphs for the final reports and calculating with formulas. After a while I was allowed to hire a designer to do a make over for the reports in ‘huistijl’. This ‘huisstijl’ was in the same color as the office was decorated.

The Economic Geography Research

Most of the research I did there was about Economic Geography. I went on tour a lot to take pictures on ’bedrijventerreinen’ and see how they were (schouwen bedrijventerreinen). Another example of a research I did there was if Utrecht needed a water taxi in the ’grachten’ that were going to be restored. For this research I interviewed tour boats owners and managers at cultural outings as the Stadschouwburg Utrecht. Also a survey was conducted in a few parking garages and P+R Westraven.

Big Data & Research

Back then we had lots of students helping us during busy times and others doing their thesis with us. Some of these projects we worked with data of KvK on which we conducted research on the entrepreneurs. This was a Big Data file with lots of information that wasn't Interpreted yet, which let to thesis and researches that were indicative.

Fun At Stogo Onderzoek + Advies

Every lunch one person had to get the groceries for the lunch together, even the boss. I co-organized a day out in Amsterdam with a colleague, where I had a walking lecture on the developments in Amsterdam North, a fun tour and  a dinner show at Boom Chicago. The last fun thing I want to mention is that I played tennis with a colleague in a marketing tennis tournament.