Last Tuesday, Dr. Randall Collins gave a talk on "Networks of Philosophers, Networks of Composers." If you missed it or would like to watch it again, here is the recording. youtu.be/BXUEU-slP_M

How social networks have changed the way of conceiving and spreading innovation? On 2-3 Sept. @arno_simons, Titus Udrea, Catherine Herfeld, Malte Doehne, @venturini_tom, Maaz Gardezi, Christian Forstner, among others, will meet online to discuss this and other questions about innovation.

Heute um 17:00-19:00: "Distanzierung als Herausforderung für soziale Netzwerke" - Veranstaltung der DGS-Sektion Soziologische Netzwerkforschung auf dem Gemeinsamen DGS/ÖGS-Soziologiekongress 2021. Hier ein Link zum Programm: sociohub-fid.de/file/file/down…

THE DIVERSITY-INNOVATION PARADOX Join us as we invite Bas Hofstra to discuss his paper **The Diversity-Innovation Paradox in Science** 🗓️ September 16th 🕒 3pm CEST 🔗 Please register in advance with your university mail: uni-potsdam.zoom.us/meeting/regist… See you there!

Christmas holiday mixing shifted the age distribution of Omicron cases to older age groups - see the top right of this plot. (coronavirus.data.gov.uk)

New paper published online first in #SocialNetworks with Neha Gondal: "Networks from culture: Mechanisms of tie-formation follow institutionalized rules in social fields" doi.org/10.1016/j.socn… special issue on "Network Ecology", ed. Malte Doehne, D. McFarland & J. Moody. 1/5

When imagining the past, people tend to forget that a huge portion of the population was made up of children — playing, learning, getting into mischief, & sometimes even making art. Here are a few lovely & lively examples of children's art from the historical record 🧵 1/

Come join our virtual session on "Network Ecology" at Sunbelt 2022 - starting in less than an hour, with presenters signing in from all around the world! #sunbelt2022

This is what is taught in college. Here’s the 1 million most common readings from over 7M syllabi. Bigger dots are assigned more often & readings often assigned together are closer: galaxy.opensyllabus.org You can also see readings listed in many ways: opensyllabus.org

Breaking new ground at EUSN22 - inspiring keynote by Kerstin Sailer who melds SNA with an architectural perspective on space, contact opportunities, and visibility.

Out now: Lotteries can be used to avoid in-group biases & promote diversity in organizations. See our historical case study from 18th century Basel, Switzerland, where this approach was successfully implemented #AleatoricGovernance #diversity. academic.oup.com/esr/advance-ar…

Call für eine Tagung zu: Digitale Netzwerke: Soziale Formationen im und ums Internet 14./15. März / Uni Marburg janfuhse.de/call_dignw24.p… Organisiert von Isabelle Borucki 🦣 & 🟦 Malte Doehne Digitale Netzwerke und der Sektion Soziologische Netzwerkforschung in der DGS

Enjoy a deep dive into a tale of Swiss family rivalries in 17th century Basel! Our new article in Rationality and Society explores the effect of kinship networks on mobilization for revolts: doi.org/10.1177/104346…. With Malte Doehne and Katja Rost

Forthcoming: My analysis of the bottle closures used on 50,000 expensive wines... (yes, it was so worth with!)... academic.oup.com/ser/advance-ar…

Out now: My analysis of closures used on 50,000 wines... doi.org/10.1093/ser/mw… A prompt-generated Haiku to mark the occasion: Quality's pursuit Shapes the market's silent flow Wineries align #Quality #Competition #EconSoc

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

Ваша гідність вшановує хоробрість українського народу. Будьте сильним, будьте сміливим, будьте безстрашним. Ви ніколи не будете самотнім, дорогий Президенте Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський Ми продовжимо працювати з Вами заради справедливого і сталого миру.