Git, GitHub & Collaborative Coding - CodeRefinery Workshop

Are you an academic researcher who uses computing or data, but feels held back by challenges in programming or data management? Is your research difficult to reproduce or share openly? This free, hands-on course is designed for you and your research team. The University of Oslo will host an in-person room with on-site helpers available throughout the workshop.

 

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Course goals

The CodeRefinery workshop is a free course that teaches practical tools and best practices for scientific software development. 

This course is ideal for researchers who write code as part of their work and want to:

  • Learn version control with Git and GitHub

  • Improve the reproducibility of their research

  • Write better-documented and more maintainable code

  • Use testing and modular design to avoid common pitfalls

 

More information

 

Workshop format

Informal and interactive online and in-person workshop with type-along lessons, live coding, and hands-on exercises.

How does this work?

The CodeRefinery workshop will be streamed in the main room of the Digital Scholarship Centre (Georg Sverdrup Hus). All participants are welcome to join us there in person. Helpers will be available in the room, and tea, coffee, and snacks will be provided for participants. 

Who can partecipate 

  • Students (Bachelor, Master, PhD)

  • Researchers at all career stages

  • Administrative and technical staff involved in research support or development work

You can participate as an individual, or you’re welcome to join as a research group or team and follow the course together. If you join as a group, you’ll benefit from the opportunity to discuss and solve exercises together.

Prerequisites

Having the necessary setup shown on this instruction page

Certificate 

It is possible to obtain a certificate from the course with a little extra work. See more details. 

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Tags: CodeRefinery, Workshop, Git, Open Science, Reproducibility, Programming, Programmering, Computing
Published Dec. 15, 2025 10:53 AM - Last modified Sep. 4, 2026 4:50 PM