Thursday, June 18, 2009

Martin Everett to speak on core/periphery structures in 2-mode networks

LINKS Center Colloquium
Friday, June 19th at 11am in B&E 446

Martin Everett has a master degree in mathematics and completed a doctorate on social networks at Oxford University under Clyde Mitchell, one of the pioneers of the subject. He has been an active in social network research for over thirty years and has published over 100 articles mainly on social networks. In 1987 during a sabbatical at the University of California Irvine he teamed up with Steve Borgatti. They have collaborated ever since researching and publishing on methods for social networks, teaching workshops and producing the software program UCINET. Martin has been the president of INSNA the international professional body for social network analysis and still serves on the board; in 2001 he was awarded the Simmel award from the society, the highest award available.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

David Obstfeld: "Creative projects: A less-routine approach toward getting new things done"

Feb 20, 2009
10am-11:30am
B&E 253
"Creative projects: A less-routine approach toward getting new things done"
David Obstfeld
Univ of California, Irvine
abstract

LINKS Center article published in Science

Steve Borgatti, Ajay Mehra, Dan Brass and Joe Labianca have recently (Feb 13, 2009) published a paper in Science. Here are some links relevant to the article:
Here's the title and abstract:

Network Analysis in the Social Sciences

Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in network research across the physical and social sciences. For social scientists, the theory of networks has been a gold mine, yielding explanations for social phenomena in a wide variety of disciplines from psychology to economics. Here, we review the kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis and provide a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field. We hope to contribute to a dialogueamong researchers from across the physical and social sciences who share a common interest in understanding the antecedents and consequences of network phenomena.

LINKS Center for Network Research in Business, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506–0034, USA. E-mail: sborgatti@uky.edu (S.P.B.), ajay.mehra@uky.edu (A.M.),dbrass@uky.edu (D.J.B.), and joe.labianca@uky.edu (G.L.)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Maurits de Klepper: Siena Workshop

Jan 22, 2009
3pm-5pm
B&E 248
Jan 23, 2009
10am-12pm
B&E 248
Siena Workshop.
Maurits de Klepper
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Monday, January 19, 2009

2009 Summer Workshop on Social Network Analysis

Each year, the LINKS Center puts on a week-long workshop on social network analysis. The workshop consists of a series of modules which differ from year to year. The 2009 workshop will run June 1-5 and consist of the following modules:
Online registration will commence March 1st. See the workshop website for more details.

Job Opening at the LINKS Center

The LINKS Center has an opening for an Asst Prof of Management. The ideal candidate is in either Strategy or HR, and is interested in social networks. Full job description is here.

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