About

Intutitive Metrix Consulting offers a wide range of tailor-made training courses in statistics, econometrics and data science. We are based in Dublin/Ireland and can offer trainings online and offline, in English and German.

For more information, please see the workshop page.

References

We have given training courses at the following institutions, among others:

  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • European Business School
  • Eurofound
  • University of Regensburg
  • University of Luxembourg
  • Örebro Business School

Team

Ben

Intuitive Metrix Consulting is run by Ben Elsner. Ben is an award-winning educator with over 15 years of experience in research and teaching. Ben is currently a tenured faculty member at University College Dublin (UCD), where he teaches econometrics at all levels from undergraduate to PhD. He shares his teaching with a global audience via his YouTube Channel. Before joining UCD, Ben worked for 5 years as a researcher and policy advisor at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn/Germany. Ben holds a PhD in economics from Trinity College Dublin.

Ben delivers training courses in data analytics, causal inference, and statistical analysis with R and Stata. For more specialised applications such as forecasting or machine learning, we draw upon a network of expert instructors who work at the forefront of these methods.

Awards

2022 Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCD College of Social Sciences and Law

2018 Novartis Prize for the best paper in Health Economics

2018 Best Paper Award at the Spring Meeting of Young Economists

2010 Young Author Best Paper Award at the European Economic Association Conference