CANDY provides support and expert knowledge in the field of research planning and data analysis to employees and PhD students of the JU, in particular, but not exclusively, working in the social sciences. We consult individual research and analytical projects, cooperate with research teams, plan, coordinate and conduct teaching. We help in the preparation of grant applications, pre-registration of research, and scientific publications. The scope of our expertise is wide; includes research design, development of data analysis plans, organization and preparation of data for analysis, development of computer codes for data processing and analysis, advanced statistical analysis, causal inference, predictive modeling, text analysis, data visualization, and much more.

We are a group of consultants – employees of the JU and external experts who use advanced methods of data analysis in their research and teaching. Our team is informal, with a changing composition and always open to new collaborators. It is a group focused around common interests – advanced methods of data analysis and a common goal – to cultivate the highest methodological standards; focused on stimulating and deepening of our knowledge in this field and sharing it with the academic community. Thus, the Center responds to the need for the proper use of data analysis, especially in the social sciences, to enhance research and teaching excellence in the area of analysis and methodology.

1. The consultations are free of charge.
2. The work of consultants is financed by funds administered by the JU.
3. Consultations are available first to academics employed at the JU as their main workplace, who conducts research; to doctoral students if resources allow.
4. Consultation may cover any stage of the study from planning, through data collection, organization, analysis, results interpretation and presentation.
5. Consultation is supportive, collaborative, and requires involvement, the consultation should have an educational value. Consultation should not be regarded as a service.
6. Consultations can be in the form of a one-time meeting, conversation or longer cooperation, including independent work of the consultant on the consulted issue.
7. Consultations are dedicated to individuals and teams who are working on a grant proposal, a scientific article, a monograph.
8. Consultations are conducted on a 1:1 basis or in small groups.
9. Consultations are held at consultant’s workplace or remotely.
10. All conversations and consultations are covered by the rule of confidentiality.
11. Consultations cannot be recorded.
12. The scope and time of the consultation after its completion are reported in the consultation form, which is unanimously signed by the consultant and the consulted person.
13. The contribution of the consultant is included in the publications. The consultant shall agree with the consulted person on the form of authorship attribution, e.g. co-authorship, acknowledgment, authorship of a chapter, which shall be noted in the consultation form.
14. The consultant and the consulted person are obliged to adhere to the principles of research ethics and the ethics of the academic teacher.
15. Issues not regulated here are determined each time by the consultant and the consulted person, which should be noted in the consultation form.

For those interested in consultation, please contact: maciej.koniewski@uj.edu.pl

The form is completed by the consultant:
 https://bit.ly/formularz_konsultacji