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11 ways to measure segregation in social networks

Posted on 15/05/2014

Social Networks just published an article by Michal Bojanowski and myself, titled “Measuring segregation in social networks“. The title says it all: it systematically reviews all the different ways that have been…

My book is out!

Posted on 08/04/2014

Wiley were so kind to publish my book “Computational Approaches to Studying the Co-evolution of Networks and Behavior in Social Dilemmas”,  which summarizes a lot of my earlier research on network dynams…

netplot code now on GitHub

Posted on 02/09/2013

Every once in a while, I receive requests to include new features in netplot, such as options for weighted ties, different layout algorithms, or access to regular twoway graph options. I very…

The Dis-Embedding of Social Ties

Posted on 12/07/2013

PLOS one just published a paper that I co-authored with Paolo Parigi, Bogdan State, Diana Dakhlallah, and Karen Cook. It’s titled “A Community of Strangers: The Dis-Embedding of Social Ties” and studies the…

New paper out: Alcohol use among adolescents as a coordination problem in a dynamic network

Posted on 06/05/2013

I am pleased to announced that Rationality and Society just published a paper I co-authored with Andrea Knecht, titled “Alcohol use among adolescents as a coordination problem in a dynamic network.” In…

On recall of social networks and micro-macro problems

Posted on 26/03/2013

Scientific Reports just published a very interesting article by Matthew Brashears titled “Humans use Compression Heuristics to Improve the Recall of Social Networks“. Here’s the abstract: The ability of primates, including humans,…

Over netwerkanalyse in het Cohen-rapport

Posted on 15/03/2013

Vorige week verscheen het rapport van de commissie-Cohen over de “Facebookrellen” in Haren in 2012. Als netwerkonderzoeker met een speciale interesse in online sociale netwerken was ik verheugd te zien dat het…

The structure and dynamics of the global network of inter-firm R&D partnerships 1989–2002

Posted on 12/11/2012

I am pleased to announce that my paper with Michał Bojanowski and Bastian Westbrock titled “The structure and dynamics of the global network of inter-firm R&D partnerships 1989–2002” was just published by …

Misc. links, September 2012

Posted on 01/10/2012

The harvest of interesting internet offerings of last month: Social media strike again: an invitation to a birthday party of a 16-year old girl, accidentally(?) made public on Facebook, draws thousands to…

Equilibrium Selection in Network Coordination Games

Posted on 26/09/2012

My paper with Vincenz Frey and Vincent Busken titled “Equilibrium Selection in Network Coordination Games: An Experimental Study” was recently published by the Review of Network Economics. Here’s the abstract: We experimentally…

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