I get excited when I can introduce applied researchers to advanced statistical methods. That’s why I teach a lot of “Introduction to Bayesian/Multilevel/etc.” courses. Because of this interest, I’m used to working with statisticians, as well with researchers working on more applied social science topics. This also comes back in my own research area. I want to connect the right people and all sorts of knowledge with one another, so that new insights can pop up. I mostly work on small sample size problems. For example, there are little children with burn wounds, that it’s hard to do any representative statistical analysis on them. For those kind of topics, I look for the appropriate statistical methods to deal with such cases. Then, I find the clinicians treating such victims, and who would benefit from such statistical methods. In that way, I want to create the workflow a field experts and statistical experts to help each other get more understanding. What gives me most joy is that society as a whole eventually benefits from this exchange of knowledge.I am always interested in a research collaboration with interdisciplinary minded people. Do you also want to improve academic research? Do you want to help translate statistical methods to a wider audience? Feel free to connect with me and drop me a message!