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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis

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An interdisciplinary research centre based at the University of Manchester. We are interested in #SNA theory, methods, and applications. www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/mitchell-centre

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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New Mitchell Centre seminar series starting soon! Check the programme and join us either in person or online. www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Special issue on "Political Networks" in Network Science! Submission open now. Deadline 13 November 2026. www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... Guest editors: Philip Leifeld, Shahryar Minhas, Monica Di Gregorio. #SNA #PoliSky #PolMeth #NetSci #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #PoliticalNetworks #NWS
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Special Collection Call for Papers: Political Networks
NWS and the Political Networks Conference are calling for papers for a special collection in
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Professor em. Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich, Chair of Systems Design @ethz.ch), giving the keynote speech on #resilience (through a #ComplexSystems lens) at the Political #Networks Conference 2026 @socialstats.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk. Participants' minds were blown!
The magic word: resilience.Early warning signals predict project collapse.I introduce the keynote speaker with an intro slide.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Jungbae An (Ohio State University) receiving the Best Poster Prize at the Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk, announced with a laudatio by Professor Jennifer Victor (George Mason University) during the mentoring lunch. Big congratulations, Jungbae! And thanks to the committee.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk. My welcome address to the 114 participants, showing some key figures about the conference before introducing the keynote speaker. Check out the fantastic programme with abstracts for the 96 (!) presentations: sites.google.com/view/confpol...
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 at the University of Manchester @uomsoss.bsky.social. Professor Adam D. Henry (University of Arizona) leading a featured session on "Network Analysis as a Measurement Tool for Policy Process Research". Learning from leaders in the field! #publicpolicy #policy #SNA
Adam Henry calling me out for taking a photo because he is recording the session anyway
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
19th Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester @manchester.ac.uk, 4-7 August. Packed featured session on "Publishing on political networks" with Aisha Bradshaw (Nature Human Behaviour) and Martin Everett (Network Science) in the beautiful Boardroom of Oddfellows Hall. Audience on fire 🔥
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 @uomsoss.bsky.social. Dr. Laurence Brandenberger (U Zurich) teaching participants how to store complex political data in a graph DB and query the data effectively -- with everyone in the room actively contemplating doing the same with their own data. #POLNET2026
Dr. Laurence Brandenberger pointing at her slides.Dr. Laurence Brandenberger addressing the audience with reference to the network shown on her slides.
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📢 Online Social Network Analysis Course by Manchester's Mitchell Centre! 🗓️ Starts Oct 4 | 10 weeks online 🌐 Learn SNA at a comfortable pace 💡 Includes expert project mentoring ⏳ Early bird rate ends 15 Sept 👉 www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/mitchell-cen...
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Short courses and learning activities - School of Social Sciences - The University of Manchester
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk @socialstats.bsky.social. Professor Joris Mulder introducing relational event models and Bayes factors for nested and ordered hypotheses in network models in his workshops. Showcasing marvellous software implementations and polisci examples. #sna
Professor Joris Mulder lecturing in front of a whiteboard with diagrams and equations and next to his slides projected onto the wall.Professor Joris Mulder explaining diagnostic plots to the audience.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk. Dr. Silviya Nitsova @uompols.bsky.social discussing the promises and pitfalls of designing different ways of collecting network data. The workshop audience is buzzing with questions. #sna #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #PoliSky #polisci
Dr. Silviya Nitsova lecturing about surveyss and sampling in the context of network data collection, with slides in the background and participants in the foreground.Dr. Alexandra Sadler, one of the participants, asking a question.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester @uomsoss.bsky.social. Dr. Lorien Jasny (University of Exeter) giving a workshop on Exponential Random Graph Models #ergm using R to our audience. #PoliSky #statnet #SNA #NetworkScience. So many good questions and happy faces all around!
Dr. Lorien Jasny presenting on ERGMs using R.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk. Professor Ingo Scholtes showing animated simulations of random walk diffusion on time-preserving vs temporally shuffled networks in his workshop on Causality-Aware Temporal Networks, in a packed room #NetworkScience #SNA #NetworkAnalysis #PoliSky
Professor Ingo Scholtes pointing at the screen, where two identical networks are shown, with a large audience.Professor Ingo Scholtes pointing at the screen, where two networks are shown, one with time-preserving paths and one with permuted edge sequences, with a large audience.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Check out the full programme with abstracts for the Political Networks Conference at Manchester in a couple of weeks: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Exciting line-up with 90 presentations across 28 panel sessions in 4 parallel tracks! Registration has closed, but perhaps of interest.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Discourse Network Analyzer 3.1.2 released: github.com/leifeld-lab/.... New functions: CSV importer, keyboard shortcuts. Lots of bug fixes, including statement type editor and using document-level variables in network export.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Political Networks Conference 2026, University of Manchester (4–7 Aug), open for registrations until 6 Jul 2026 midnight: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... First come, first served. Subsidised workshops and registration. #sna #networkanalysis #polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #polisci @manchester.ac.uk
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Submission deadline for the Political Networks Conference 2026 extended to 22 April following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Please RT. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Submission deadline approaching on 12 April! Political Networks Conference at the University of Manchester. Join us for this great event!
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Join us here at @uomsoss.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for the 2026 Political Networks Conference, co-organised by the Mitchell Centre. Paper and poster submissions now open: sites.google.com/view/confpol... #NetworkAnalyis #CompSocSci #polinetworks #SocialStatistics #connections @insna.bsky.social
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
2026 Political Networks Conference: 4-7 August 2026 at the University of Manchester. Save the date! More info will be released in early spring. #SNA #polinetworks #polnet #polisky #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #politicalnets #policynetworks #complexsystems #netsci #polmeth #polisci
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
For those based in or close to Manchester, check this upcoming free of charge, in-person workshop at University of Manchester. "From Entities to Edges: A Practical Introduction to Knowledge Graphs" by Dr L. Brandenberger, 17/10/25 from 9:30 to 13:00. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-entit...
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From Entities to Edges: A Practical Introduction to Knowledge Graphs
Led by Dr Laurence Brandenberger (University of Zurich). Joint workshop by the Cathie Marsh Institute and the Mitchell Centre.
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Mitchell Centre M Summer School on Network Analysis for Social Sciences here at Manchester in September 2025. Register until 14 July here: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/mitchell-cen.... We have introductory, R-based, and statistical network analysis courses. #sna #NetworkAnalysis #socsky
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New paper by Mitchell Centre member Philip Leifeld in the Policy Studies Journal, using social network analysis to theorise how political actors start forming advocacy coalitions in the early stages of new policy settings (here: dealing with Covid-19 back in 2020). doi.org/10.1111/psj....
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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Policy subsystems are comprised of competing advocacy coalitions, in which public and private political actors with shared belief systems learn from each other and coordinate their strategies in the ...
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Do you want to train in SNA with a bunch of stellar experts? Join the in-person 'M Summer. School on Network Analysis for Social Sciences' by the Mitchell Centre in September in Manchester. 3 courses on Ucinet, SNA in R, and Statistical network models. Deadline June 30, details @ lnkd.in/dGFSXZMq
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Please apply or spread the word! The PhD candidate will be co-supervised by a member of the Mitchell Centre.
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New paper out by Tomas Diviak and Jürgen Lerner. How do British corporate corruption networks evolve over time? Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Understanding the Mechanisms that Drive Relational Events Dynamics and Structure in Corruption Networks - Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Objectives Relational hyperevent data, i.e., time-stamped events comprising two or more actors, provide the most granular picture of network dynamics. Using hyperevent data on communication related to...
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The Mitchell Centre endorses the new Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials. There is significant and valuable diversity in how social network research is conducted we encourage researchers to consider benefits and concerns to data sharing. doi.org/10.1017/nws.2024.16
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Recommendations for sharing network data and materials | Network Science | Cambridge Core
Recommendations for sharing network data and materials - Volume 12 Issue 4
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Jürgen Lerner (University of Konstanz) presenting on relational hyperevent models applied to citation and co-authorship networks in our Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis at the University of Manchester. Great stuff! @mitchellsna.bsky.social #networks #SNA #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New paper out co-authored by Tomas Diviak together with Casper van Nassau, Frank Weerman, and Christianne de Poot. What social relationships and network positions make Dutch Jihadi radicals more inclined to perpetrate terrorist actions? #SNA #criminology #terrorism Link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...
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Radical networks and terrorist action: the importance of social relationships and network positions
In most models on terrorism, interaction with other radicals is a key factor. However, systematic empirical evidence that radical ties affect behaviour is scarce. Our access to detailed police info...
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New paper out by Sjoukje van Deuren, Tomas Diviak, and Arjan Blokland. How does social and geographical proximity affect co-offending among outlaw motorcycle gang members in the Netherlands? Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Last week on Friday, our member Tomas Diviak hosted a small conference called 'Data on Crime and Networks' in Manchester. Researchers from all over the UK participated and all the presentations were very interesting. Let's make this a tradition!
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New article published: "When does discursive change happen? Detecting phase transitions in discourse networks of sustainability transitions" with Kimberley Vandenhole and Kristijan Garic in Energy Research & Social Science: doi.org/10.1016/j.er.... #SNA #STS #SustainabilityTransitions #discourse
Three types of discourse networks: Affiliation network, actor network, and concept network.Incrementally changing networks along temporally overlapping moving time windows.Multidimensional scaling (temporal embedding) of the structural trajectory of the discourse network, heatmap, state dynamics, and cluster silhouette plot for the low-emission zone discourse in Ghent.Actor networks corresponding to the six identified phases in the empirical case study.
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Full podcast on our www.nature.com/articles/s41... article is now available. How social networks explain multiple preventive behaviour adoption.
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A multilevel social network approach to studying multiple disease-prevention behaviors - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A multilevel social network approach to studying multiple disease-prevention behaviors
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Recruitment for the 2025 Msc in Social Network Analysis is now open! A unique opportunity to train in theories, methods and applications of SNA, with new modules in crime and networks and Complex Social Systems and Simulation. Please help disseminating. www.manchester.ac.uk/study/master...
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MSc Social Network Analysis - course details (2025 entry) | The University of Manchester
Research. Teaching and learning. Social responsibility. Discover more about The University of Manchester here.
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Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis @mitchellsna.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Our paper www-nature-com.manchester.idm.oclc.org/articles/s41... broadcasted in the JH Malaria Minute Podcast.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Mitchell Online Spring School 2025. Sign up for "Introduction to Social Network Analysis", 3-17 March held remotely on selected days. Faculty: Everett/Crossley/Basov/Agneessens/Bellotti/Diviák/Leifeld/Genkin. Full info linked on our events page: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/mitchell-cen...
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Events - School of Social Sciences - The University of Manchester
See what's coming up at the Mitchell Centre and School of Social Sciences. Join our seminar series and see what courses and workshops we run.
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Great PhD opportunity at the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis at the University of Manchester in collaboration with GCHQ: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #FindAPhD #PhD #jobs #criminology #NetworkAnalysis #SNA #NetworkScience
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What Prying Eyes Might See: the Organisational Vulnerabilities Revealed in Transactional Data at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - What Prying Eyes Might See: the Organisational Vulnerabilities Revealed in Transactional Data at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We have a #job opening for a #Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social #Statistics at Manchester. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... Closing date 16/3. Looking across #quantitative #SocialScience, ideally focus on social stats #AcademicJobs #jobs #academia #css #survey #quant
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social Statistics (Teaching and Research):Oxford Road
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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Call for nominations for #APSA Political #Networks Section awards 2025. We have 5 awards. More details with award committee contact details on the awards page: apsanet.org/section41. Please spread the word and send us your nominations. #polnet #SNA #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #polisky #polisci
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Section41 - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Political Networks (Section 41) The purpose of the Political Networks organized section is to promote intellectual exchange among scholars regarding the
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
We have 12 Bicentenary #Research Fellowships (3 yrs duration) for #postdoc within 4 yrs of their #PhD at the University of Manchester: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job.... Maybe you want to apply for a placement at the Mitchell Centre for #SNA or Dept of Social #Statistics #SocialScience #job
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Bicentenary Research Fellowships in Humanities:Oxford Road
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Simon #Fellowship, for 3yr #postdoc #SocialScience #research at the U of Manchester. Deadline 7 Mar 2025. I'd love for one of these to be hosted by our Dept of Social #Statistics or Mitchell Centre for Social #Network Analysis. www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun... #SNA #NetworkScience
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Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester
Find out the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships at Manchester, our Faculty of Humanities funding scheme for early career researchers with a doctoral degree.
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