Network science aims at developing methods and tools for the collection, processing, and analysis of relational data (e.g., from social media or sensor data) which can be modeled as a network. Network models facilitate the explanation and prediction of the structure and dynamics of social systems.
Our research on Network Science
- Measuring face-to-face interactions via RFID sensors in various environments (e.g., academic conferences) and combining these data with survey data on behavior and personality traits
- Networks of interactions between users of online platforms (such as Wikipedia, Reddit, Twitter), statistical modeling of patterns of online interactions (regarding information behavior, cooperation, conflict etc.)
- Generative network models which aim to explain and predict the behavior of subpopulations (e.g., collaborations between female and male researchers)
- Cultural networks that link geographical regions through shared online preferences
- Ell, Theresia, Lydia Repke, and Henning Silber. 2023. "Collecting Egocentric Network Data in Live Video-Based Interviews." European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 2023 Conference, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, 2023-07-17.
- Génois, Mathieu, Maria Zens, Marcos Oliveira, Clemens Lechner, Johann Schaible, and Markus Strohmaier. 2023. "Combining Sensors and Surveys to Study Social Interactions: A Case of Four Science Conferences." Personality Science 4 1-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.9957.
- Lietz, Haiko. 2022. "Identifying endogenous time to slice longitudinal network data." XLII Sunbelt International Social Network Conference, Cairns, Australia, 2022-08-30.
- Génois, Mathieu, Maria Zens, Marcos Oliveira, and Johann Schaible. 2023. "[Poster:] Exploration of contact behaviour during scientific conferences." IC2S2 2023: International Conference on Computational Social Science, 2023-07-17.
- Soler-Pastor, Elia, Magdalena Bobowik, Verónica Benet-Martínez, and Lydia Repke. 2023. "Disentangling the link between diverse social networks and creativity: The role of personality traits." The Spanish Journal of Psychology 26 (E10). doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2023.9.
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Entwicklung und Bedeutung sozialer Beziehungen im Kontext der Covid-19-Pandemie
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2023-02-01 | 2026-01-31 | Bund |
Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences
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FAIR Data
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FAIR Data
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Scientific Coordinator for Digital Behavioral Data
Scientific Coordinator for Digital Behavioral Data