Why do some terrorist groups survive considerably longer than others? The literature is just beginning to address this important question in a systematic manner. Additionally, and as with most studies of terrorism, longevity studies have ignored the possibility of...
A great special issue on social networks appeared in December in the Journal of Mathematical Psychology (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00222496/57). It contains methodological articles relating to relational event and other dynamic models, and snowball...
NETWORK SCIENCE, VOLUME 1 – ISSUE 03 is available in print. All the papers are available via Cambridge Journals Online TABLE OF CONTENTS: Likelihoods for fixed rank nomination networks PETER HOFF and BAILEY FOSDICK and ALEX VOLFOVSKY and KATHERINE...
Interesting article from the NY Times about Keith Hampton & associates’ studies of behavior in public space. Building on Wm H Whyte’s research http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/magazine/technology-is-not-driving-us-apart-after-all.html?from=magazine...
SAVE THE DATE!!! For those that do network research that has applications and/or implications for political science, the Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce that the 7th Annual PolNet Conference will...
This is a great article from the NY times about the National Security Agency (NSA)’s use of social network analysis to examine ‘metadata’ on social connections among people. If you want to read more about it, please click the link below....