Description:

This seminar provides an immersive exploration into social network analysis techniques, focusing on equipping academic researchers with the skills to analyze complex network data using R. Participants will gain hands-on experience in constructing and interpreting networks, applying advanced methods such as community detection, and enhancing research in a variety of fields.

Start: Monday, 25 August 2025 @ 23:00

End: Wednesday, 27 August 2025 @ 02:30

Timezone: Sydney

Learning Objectives:

Topics Covered
Network foundations , network formation , networks in sociopolitical and economic life , homophily , preferential attachment , cliques , k-cores , percolation , case study on social media data , ERGM building blocks , estimation , Model specification , Inference making , model diagnostics , limits of ERGMs , adjacency matrices , edgelist , visualization , nodal attributes , edge attributes , degree centrality , eigenvector centrality , betweenness centrality , closeness centrality , Louvain , walktrap , label propagation , betweenness , relative performance of community detection algorithms , infomap , detecting subgroups

Eligibility:
  • Open to all

Organiser: Basak Taraktas, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University

Contact: info@instats.org

Host institution: Instats

Social Network Analysis: Strength vs. Vulnerability with Basak Taraktas, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University https://dresa.org.au/events/social-network-analysis-strength-vs-vulnerability-with-basak-taraktas-department-of-political-science-and-international-relations-bogazici-university-3a4c0cda-13e7-41fe-8eef-a63553af6570 This seminar provides an immersive exploration into social network analysis techniques, focusing on equipping academic researchers with the skills to analyze complex network data using R. Participants will gain hands-on experience in constructing and interpreting networks, applying advanced methods such as community detection, and enhancing research in a variety of fields. 2025-08-25 23:00:00 UTC 2025-08-27 02:30:00 UTC Basak Taraktas, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University Instats info@instats.org [] [] [] open_to_all []