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…
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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…
Happy birthday, Orgtheory.net!
Orgtheory.net, my favorite sociology blog, turns five today. Even if you’re not specifically interested in organizational sociology (like me), Orgtheory is the place to go for thoughtful but accessible commentary on all…
Posting to Evernote from Vim
Since some time I’ve been using Evernote to capture and collect notes and ideas, and so far I’ve been pretty happy with it. One of my few complaints is that its built-in…
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…
Netplot in the Stata Journal
The Stata Journal was kind enough to publish my paper on , a Stata module to draw social networks. Find it here.
A beautiful swarm
A fantastic video of an unusually large swarm of about 60,000 starlings, spotted this week over Utrecht, the Netherlands. Watching the swarm move around is almost hypnotizing . Notice the falcon flying…