Reposted by Per BlockPer Block @perblock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We made a really neat network plot about the structure of marriages between occupations. And there is a whole article with it that's really neat too! And it's out now too! doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2026.101203 1195
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We made a really neat network plot about the structure of marriages between occupations. And there is a whole article with it that's really neat too! And it's out now too! doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2026.101203 1195
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I heard it's organised by some really dedicated people, who got a location overlooking zürich with a lovely terrace... should be nice in may 084
Reposted by Per BlockSoziologisches Institut SUZ - Universität Zürich @sociology-uzh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Isabel Raabe gave the keynote at this year's ARS'25 Tenth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis in Naples.suz.uzh.ch«Deviant Behaviour and Social Status: Dynamics of resistance behaviour in classrooms» - Keynote by Isabel Raabe at ARS 2025Isabel Raabe gave the keynote at this year's ARS'25 Tenth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis in Naples. 142
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Less than a week to apply for this POSTDOC on climate migration with network models! In the sunniest and most joyful places in Europe! 012
Reposted by Per BlockMark Fabian @markfabian.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Peer reviewers please don't interpret your job as making the paper as good as it can possibly be. I have 6 other projects to attend to. The very, very marginal improvement to this paper your taxing demands constitute is not worth the marginal cost of me not finishing a whole other project. 2174
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Networks, Migration, Climate, and lots of exciting Statistical Models: Come work with on a potpourri of these topics as a POSTDOC in a joint project between TOULOUSE and ZURICH: it'll be even more exciting than it sounds: tinyurl.com/climatenetmigtinyurl.comUZH: Postdoctoral research position - modeling migration networks and the impact of climate changeThe Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich, established in 1966, is one of the leading institutes in Europe known for its excellent theory-driven empirical research with a strong focus on... 087
Reposted by Per BlockINSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) @insna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Congratulations to our 2025 Best Student Paper winner, Juliette Saetre! 0195
Reposted by Per BlockINSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) @insna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The biannual INSNA Richards Award, to honor the creation of outstanding publicly available social network analysis software, goes to the Network Canvas team! This open source software is available here: networkcanvas.com 172
Reposted by Per BlockINSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) @insna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025At our annual Sunbelt conference in Paris last week, INSNA honored Beate Völker with the Simmel Award. This lifetime achievement award is given to an INSNA member for their significant contributions to the study of social networks. Thank you for a wonderful keynote presentation, Prof. Völker! 062
Reposted by Per BlockSoziologisches Institut SUZ - Universität Zürich @sociology-uzh.bsky.social · 07/07/2025@perblock.bsky.social gave the Freeman keynote at this year's @sunbelt2025paris.bsky.social conference organized by the International Network for Social Network Analysis (@insna.bsky.social) in Paris. Read more: www.suz.uzh.ch/de/forschung...suz.uzh.chKeynote by Per Block at INSNA Sunbelt 2025: «Networks of Social Positions» 011
Reposted by Per BlockINSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) @insna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This year, the INSNA Freeman Award, which is given annually to a young distinguished scholar in the field of social networks, goes to goes to Zsófia Boda! 092
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Take that, Max Weber: Social classes are actually quite irrelevant in explaining work-life mobility, once the social & structural connections between detailed occupations (micro-classes) are modeled properly! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe socio-organisational embeddedness of work-life mobilityThere has recently been renewed interest in occupational mobility over the life-course. We argue that such studies should place greater emphasis on or… 1203
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Yes! Come to Paris this summer and take part in the most important event happening there since the storming of the Bastille! sunbelt2025.orgsunbelt2025.orgSunbelt 2025 – Paris 031
Reposted by Per BlockINSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) @insna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Set the agenda for the network research community next year: The deadline to submit workshops and organized sessions to the 2025 INSNA Sunbelt in PARIS is extended to 2nd December 0106
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Looking for Social Scientists like me: I would like to create the starter pack "Social Scientists named Per", but I don't know enough of them. Suggest and share widely, please, so I can also determine the degree of separation between Pers on bsky! @pengzell.bsky.social 141
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I guess that half the twitter researchers are still bemoaning the death of their research topic - but the other half already followed us and are giddily APIing bsky... 020
Reposted by Per BlockINSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) @insna.bsky.social · 16/11/2024After the 2024 Olympics, Paris will host an even more fascinating event next summer: the 2025 INSNA Sunbelt. There are still a few days left to qualify by proposing a workshop or organized session! (qualification for presenters opens soon) sunbelt2025.org/deadlinessunbelt2025.orgDeadlines – Sunbelt 2025 153
Per Block @perblock.bsky.social · 17/10/2024Gender & Occupation researchers: I'm looking for lit. on systematic differences in social rewards women and men get from working in the same occupation (like male engineers have high prestige while female engineers are treated as out of place). Any ideas? Self-promotion welcome. 011
