Social Network Analysis: Strength vs. Vulnerability with Basak Taraktas, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University
https://instats.org/seminar/social-network-analysis-strength-vs-vuln?utm_source=dresa
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
- Open to all
Organiser: Basak Taraktas, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University
Contact: info@instats.org
Host institution: Instats
