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…
Category: Social Science
PLoS ONE now officially does social science
The on-line open access journal PLoS ONE (claimed to be the largest in the world), seems to attract more and more social scientists, perhaps lured (like me) by its promise of fast…
Misc. links, September 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…
Duncan Watts on common sense
I recently discovered this video of a TEDx talk by Duncan Watts, my favorite physicist-turned-sociologist, in which he nicely and effectively summarizes the main points of his latest book, Everything is Obvious…
Misc. links, March 2012
Cambridge University Press launches a new journal called Network Science. The editorial board looks impressive, with prominent names from various disciplines that deal with networks, including sociology, economics, physics, and computer science….
Golder and Macy on Social Science with Social Media
A recent issue of Footnotes, the newsletter of the American Sociological Association, includes an article by Scott Golder and Michael Macy on the use of data generated by social media for social…
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…
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…
Mathematical sociology in the news
A good couple of weeks for mathematical sociology, at least in terms of visibility. Scientific American has an interview with “mathematical sociologist” Duncan Watts about his new book. He also has a…