Summary
Anne Petersen is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Copenhagen with nine years of research and teaching experience focused on causal inference from observational data. She specializes in making causal discovery methods applicable to life course studies and has translated theory into practice by developing multiple R packages (dataReporter, PCADSC, causalDisco, geeasy). Her background spans mathematics, statistics and sociology, giving her a quantitative yet context-aware approach to applied problems in epidemiology and social research. Based in Copenhagen, she combines active R development with a strong publication and teaching record, and is known for bridging methodological innovation and reproducible tools that support real-world longitudinal analyses.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Statistics, Master of Science (MSc), Statistics at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Sociology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Sociology at Københavns Universitet
Mathematics and English, Mathematics and English at Nørre Gymnasium
English, Danish, German