I just uploaded a new working paper on SSRN, titled “Composition and Structure of a Large Online Social Network in the Netherlands.” The paper describes an exploratory analysis of a unique dataset…
Year: 2011
10th Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology in Utrecht
For the tenth time, we organize our Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology at Utrecht University, as a co-production of the department of Sociology and the Utrecht School of Economics. To…
Social Networks switches to single blind peer review
I just got the following message from Elsevier: I would like to inform you that the Editors of Social Network have decided to change the current reviewing policy from ‘Double Blind’ (…
Misc links
I’m in the process of moving back to the Netherlands, so I only have time to post a few links: Some Swiss researchers show through network analysis how the world of multinational…
Couchsurfing visualized
My collaborator Bogdan State of Stanford University created a video of the evolution of a local “Couchsurfing” network, as part of our research project on the evolution of trust within the Couchsurfing…
New paper: Measuring Segregation in Social Networks
My coauthor Michał Bojanowski just uploaded our working paper “Measuring Segregation in Social Networks” to SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Network homophily is a pattern in which ties are more likely to exist…
The onotlogy of a belief system
Last week, Dutch right-wing extremist politician Geert Wilders was acquitted of inciting hatred against Muslims after a long and eventful trial. Of course, Mr. Wilders instantly claimed his victory as a victory…
The debate on identifying influence in networks continues
The debate about the methodological problems surrounding influence effects in networks (see my ) continues on the SOCNET discussion list, mostly in reaction to Lyons’ critique of Christakis and Fowler’s well-known obesity…
Assorted links, May 2011
Orgtheory.net has a really neat compilation of advice by editors of various top journals on what constitutes a good review in the peer-review process. Very useful for beginning reviewers, as this is one…
Plotting reactions to Bin Laden’s death
The New York Times’ website has a really cool interactive feature in which you can indicate your own opinion on Osama Bin Laden’s demise on a two-dimensional plot, and simultaneously see other…