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Thom Volker is a PhD candidate in Methodology and Statistics at Utrecht University's Social Sciences faculty. His research focuses on computational social sciences, Bayesian statistics, and synthetic data creation for privacy-preserving research. He actively contributes to open science initiatives and collaborates with researchers like Dr. Erik-Jan van Kesteren, Dr. Peter-Paul de Wolf, and Prof. Dr. Stef van Buuren.
Key research interests include
- Privacy-preserving synthetic datasets
- Statistical learning and Bayesian evidence synthesis
- Missing data imputation techniques
- R programming language applications
Recent publications highlight his work with topic modeling in educational data analysis (2023), anonymous shareable datasets (2021), and Bayesian hypothesis evaluation. He maintains active GitHub repositories and advocates for open science tools like R packages and Quarto.
Collaborative efforts extend to the RDocumentation community and the Our World in Data project. His methodological expertise bridges social science research with cutting-edge computational techniques.
