What we’re about
We’re the Cologne chapter of CorrelAid, a network of volunteer data enthusiasts using their passion for social good.
We team up with non-profit organizations on project-based collaborations – helping them make sense of their data, measure their impact, and tackle real-world challenges.
Here in Cologne, we connect data enthusiasts, non-profits, and civic initiatives in the Bonn/Cologne/Düsseldorf area to work on local projects. From exploring open data to supporting community organizations, our goal is to make a measurable difference together.
Everyone is welcome to join our sessions – whether you’re a beginner or an expert – and learn, share, and contribute along the way. If you care about making the world better with data – or just want to see what’s possible – join us!
Upcoming events
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•OnlineU25 Suicide Prevention | Cologne Green Space Patterns
OnlineWe’re the Cologne chapter of CorrelAid, a network of volunteer data enthusiasts using their passion for social good. We team up with non-profit organizations on project-based collaborations – helping them make sense of their data, measure their impact, and tackle real-world challenges.
In this third meetup, we continue our journey to learn from existing CorrelAid projects - while kicking off a local project of our own with open spatial data!
1. Project Study: Insights into U25 Online Suicide Prevention
Caritas U25 is a free, anonymous online counselling service aimed at adolescents, and young adults up to age 25 who are in a crisis or have suicidal thoughts. People contact the service through a secured online platform. The counselling is done via email by specially trained peer counsellors (also aged ~16-25).
The goal of our project is to identify patterns in demand and available resources that can help improve the U25 service and serve as a basis for informed political advocacy. This has been challenging because the counseling platform is designed to be completely anonymous. As the project is still ongoing, project team members Yannick, Mareike and Hendrik will focus on sharing their experiences as volunteers and offer you a first-hand look into the work behind U25.
Yannick is part of the U25 project team and a member of the CorrelAid Local Chapter Cologne. He studied psychology and works as a marketing Data Scientist for a German retail company.
2. Project Kickoff: Mapping Cologne’s Green Spaces and Other Urban Patterns
Join us for the kickoff of a CorrelAid Cologne local project! We’ll dive into Sentinel-2 satellite data to explore how we can map Cologne’s green spaces and other urban patterns. This session by Philipp introduces the concept, datasets, and methods – no prior remote sensing experience needed, just curiosity and willingness to learn. The following will be covered:
- Project goals
- Data Sources & Remote Sensing
- Data Insights and Tools
- Sharing the Results
- Getting Involved
Philipp is one of our Local Chapter Heads. He is a Data Scientist at IBM based in Cologne, Germany. With an academic background in Applied Data Science he brings expertise in data exploration, data visualization and applied machine learning with a focus on natural language. He is an active member of the CorrelAid community, where he has contributed to projects with CORRECTIV and in safe hands e.v.
Please note the following:
- This event will be conducted in English.
- This event follows the CorrelAid Code of Conduct.
- There are multiple channels to enroll in this event. As such the number of persons signing up on Meetup does not reflect the eventual number of persons participating.
19 attendees
•OnlineFast Data Analytics with DuckDB on Your Laptop
OnlineWe’re the Cologne chapter of CorrelAid, a network of volunteer data enthusiasts using their passion for social good. We team up with non-profit organizations on project-based collaborations – helping them make sense of their data, measure their impact, and tackle real-world challenges.
This fourth meetup is a hands-on workshop on DuckDB, a database for analytical workloads explicitly engineered to be simple, fast, feature-rich and free that runs on your laptop. This fits the bill when it comes to volunteer projects for nonprofits where we often cannot afford the cloud. Too good to be true? Join this beginner-friendly workshop to try it out for yourself!
- Installing DuckDB
- Using DuckDB with command line interface (CLI)
- Using DuckDB with graphical user interfaces (GUI)
- Using DuckDB with Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Using DuckDB with Python
- Data protection and security
- Scaling DuckDB
- MotherDuck
Chris will be leading this workshop. He is one of our Local Chapter Heads, a career IT pro turned data person. He enjoys Python, SQL, DuckDB and Databricks.
Please note the following:
- This event will be conducted in English.
- This event follows the CorrelAid Code of Conduct.
- There are multiple channels to enroll in this event. As such the number of persons signing up on Meetup does not reflect the eventual number of persons participating.
15 attendees
Past events
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