Network science aims at developing methods and tools for the collection, processing, and analysis of relational data (e.g., from social media or sensor data) which can be modeled as a network. Network models facilitate the explanation and prediction of the structure and dynamics of social systems.
Our research on Network Science
- Measuring face-to-face interactions via RFID sensors in various environments (e.g., academic conferences) and combining these data with survey data on behavior and personality traits
- Networks of interactions between users of online platforms (such as Wikipedia, Reddit, Twitter), statistical modeling of patterns of online interactions (regarding information behavior, cooperation, conflict etc.)
- Generative network models which aim to explain and predict the behavior of subpopulations (e.g., collaborations between female and male researchers)
- Cultural networks that link geographical regions through shared online preferences
- Ell, Theresia, Lydia Repke, and Henning Silber. 2024. "Personal and Technology-Based Communication and Its Impact on Mental Health From a Network Perspective." Sunbelt Conference 2024, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2024-06-24.
- Repke, Lydia, Theresia Ell, and Henning Silber. 2024. "Beyond Distancing - An Examination of Social Networks and Mental Health in the Covid-19 Era." Sunbelt Conference 2024, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2024-06-24.
- Volle, Jonas, Andreas Schmitz, Haiko Lietz, and Richard Münch. 2024. "Group formation in science between homogenization and differentiation: Modeling the development of U.S. and German sociology." International Journal of Sociology online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2024.2357908.
- Ell, Theresia, Lydia Repke, and Henning Silber. 2024. "Persönliche und mediierte Kommunikation und ihre Auswirkungen auf die mentale Gesundheit aus Netzwerkperspektive." Frühjahrstagung DGNet und DGS:„Digitale Netzwerke: Soziale Formationen im und ums Internet“ , Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, 2024-03-14.
- Repke, Lydia, Theresia Ell, and Henning Silber. 2023. "Beyond Distancing: An Examination of Social Networks and Mental Health in the Covid-19 Era." Social networks and wellbeing of older adults, Universität zu Köln, Köln, 2023-12-07.
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Entwicklung und Bedeutung sozialer Beziehungen im Kontext der Covid-19-Pandemie
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Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences
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