| Time | Monday 12* | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.00-10.15 | Intro to Social Networks | Network Visualizations | Data gathering in the era of Computational Social Science | Testing hypothesis | Intro to RSiena |
| 10.15-10.30 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 10.30-11.45 | Intro to R | Multivariate techniques and whole networks | Group Work | Intro to ERGMs | Group work |
| 11.45-12.00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 12.00-13.30 | Esteban Moro | Group Work | Ego and personal networks | Group Work | Pavel Krivitsky |
| 13.30-14.30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14.30-15.45 | Research Design | Centrality | Mixed Methods | ERGMs advances topics | New topic in Network Modeling |
| 15.45-16.00 | Break | Break | - | Break | Break |
| 16.00-17.15 | Group Work | Subgroups and two-mode networks | - | Intro to RSiena | Presentation participants |
| 17.30- 19.00 | Dinner | - | - | - | Social gathering |
Program
Note
This program is subject to change.
Course requirements
No prior knowledge of social network analysis is assumed for this course. However, it would be useful to read Doing social network research (Robins, 2015). SAGE Publications Ltd.
Who is this course for?
Postgraduate research students, postdocs and academics wishing to use Social Networks in their research.
Recommended reading
Borgatti, S. P., Everett, M. G., Johnson, J. C. & Agneessens, F. (2022). Analyzing social networks using R. Sage.
Rawling, C., Smith, J.A., Moody, J. & McFarland, D. (2023). Network Analysis: Integrating Social Network Theory, Method, and Application with R. Cambridge University Press.
Scott, J. (2017). Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. Sage.
Language
Summer school courses will be taught in English unless all the participants are proficient in Spanish.
Course leaders:
Dr Alejandro Espinosa-Rada (Institute of Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
Dr Diego Palacios (Society and Health Research Center, Universidad Mayor)
Dr Francisca Ortiz Ruiz (Center for Economics and Social Policies, Universidad Mayor)
Dr George Vega Yon (Division of Epidemiology, The University of Utah)
Preliminary Program (tentative)
*Summer school registration will be at 8.30