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ChiSocNet @chisocnet.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Last call! Applications for the 2nd Summer School on Social Network Research (ChiSocNet) close on October 6.
Meet our instructors - leading experts in social network analysis 🌐
👉 Apply now: snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/
#SocialNetworkAnalysis #ChiSocNet

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ChiSocNet @chisocnet.bsky.social · 14d

🎓 Summer School on Social Network Research 🇨🇱
📢 Keynote speakers:
✨Pavel Krivitsky – statistical network models
✨Esteban Moro – network science & complex systems
📍In-site event in Chile for postgraduate, PhD, post-doc & early career scholars.
👉 Program & registration: snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

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Pavel N. Krivitsky @krivitsky.net · 26d

Looking forward to this!

Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excited to announce the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱!
📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile
Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social & @krivitsky.net

@insna.bsky.social & @netscisociety.bsky.social
Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

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ChiSocNet @chisocnet.bsky.social · 27d

🌎 Discover knowledge, culture, and collaboration in Chile!
Join the Summer School on Social Network Analysis — an in-site program for postgraduate students, PhDs, post-docs, and early career researchers.
📅 Check the full program and register:
👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ever joined a Summer School in January? 🌞
Join us in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 (Jan 12–16, 2026) for the Social Network Summer School!

Lecturers: @franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social, Diego Palacios, @gvegayon.bsky.social @chisocnet.bsky.social

Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excited to announce the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱!
📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile
Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social & @krivitsky.net

@insna.bsky.social & @netscisociety.bsky.social
Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔈Job Alert! IAS is looking for a postdoctoral researcher as part of the Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science -SWECSS.

⌛Deadline: September 30th
Apply 👉 liu.se/en/work-at-l...

#academicsky #css

Ben Jarvis @benjarvis.bsky.social · Aug 20

@iasliu.bsky.social is advertising another postdoc position as part of the Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science. For recently graduated or soon-to-graduate PhD students, the setting is really conducive to getting high quality research done. Apply by September 30th!

Postdoc in Computational Social Science

liu.se

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Aug 14

El martes 19 de agosto (13:30-14:30) en el Instituto de Sociología UC, Daniel Trugillo Martins Fontes (U. de São Paulo) presentará:
"Socio-epistemic networks and Constellation of Practice..."
#RedesSociales #Sociología #Investigación @chisocnet.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Aug 7

¿Quieres explorar la vanguardia de la sociología y dominar enfoques metodológicos de última generación, que van desde la investigación cualitativa y la inferencia causal hasta el análisis multinivel, las ciencias sociales computacionales y el modelamiento de redes? sociologia.uc.cl/magister/

Magíster en Sociología - Instituto de Sociología

Encuentra toda la información necesaria de nuestro Magíster en Sociología UC. Además, conoce las becas que tenemos para ti.

sociologia.uc.cl

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎥 All keynote talks from IC²S² ‘25 are now available on our YouTube channel!
#ic2s2 #css

International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 25

All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

IC2S2'25 Norrköping - YouTube

This playlist contains all keynotes from IC2S2'25 in Norrköping, Sweden.

www.youtube.com

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just visited CIS Editorial in Madrid and our edited handbook "Social Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications in Latin America" is sold out! They’re only keeping one copy as a display sample!
libreria.cis.es/libros/redes...
@franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social @chisocnet.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 9

6/6 I’m very grateful for the many discussions, collaborations, and exchanges of ideas over the past three weeks. I’m now soon heading back to Chile, excited to begin teaching my new Social Networks course at ISUC - Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile this year!

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 9

5/6 Finally, as part of my ongoing work, I wrapped up a manuscript with one of my former PhD supervisors, Martin Everett, during my visit to the UK - a great way to continue our collaboration! @mitchellsna.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 9

4/6 We also kicked off our collaboration with Pavel Krivitsky as part of the Seed Fund UC-UNSW 2024 (2025–2026). In this project, we’re exploring the multilayer structure of scientific networks. sna-ses.shinyapps.io/SSMviewer/

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 9

3/6 While at ETH Zürich, I also had the opportunity to collaborate on earlier projects regarding influence processes and to discuss the survey we’re developing for my current project—one inspired by the Student Life Study @socialnetworkslab.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 9

2/6 As part of my project "Isolation and Groups Among Students" (FONDECYT Nº3250037, 2025–2027), I visited the Social Networks Lab at ETH Zürich to work on how to investigate identification within informal student groups. @socialnetworkslab.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jul 9

1/6 Over the past few weeks, I had the chance to visit friends and colleagues across Europe to discuss some of my ongoing projects. I'm truly grateful to keep learning and growing with members of the network community! @chisocnet.bsky.social My ongoing projects: www.aespinosarada.com/projects

Alejandro Espinosa-Rada - Projects

Opportunities PhD supervision and research collaborations I am interested in supervising PhD students and establishing research collaborations on applications of social network research in substantive...

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

8/n Sunday was the final day of presentations.
Already feeling inspired to dive back into my research — energized and ready for even more network projects!
See you all next year! 🌐

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

7/n Saturday, I had the pleasure of chairing a wonderful session on scientific collaboration networks.
@franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social also presented one of our ongoing projects about a community center, in collaboration with @mirandalubbers.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

6/n On Friday, I presented our ongoing research on collaboration in sustainability science, using multilayer networks to explore how research centers operate. This is part of the sna-ses.shinyapps.io/SSMviewer/ project! (Julien Vanhulst) www.aespinosarada.com

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

6/n On Friday, I presented our ongoing research on collaboration in sustainability science, using multilayer networks to explore how research centers operate. This is part of the sna-ses.shinyapps.io/SSMviewer/ project! (Julien Vanhulst) www.aespinosarada.com

Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

8/n Sunday was the final day of presentations.
Already feeling inspired to dive back into my research — energized and ready for even more network projects!
See you all next year! 🌐

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

7/n Saturday, I had the pleasure of chairing a wonderful session on scientific collaboration networks.
@franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social also presented one of our ongoing projects about a community center, in collaboration with @mirandalubbers.bsky.social

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

5/n Then came the ChiSocNet gathering, where we caught up with the Chilean community working on networks @chisocnet.bsky.social @networkspodcast.bsky.social
The Simmel Award was presented, and in the evening, I had dinner with members of my second academic home — the SN Lab Zurich. @ethz.ch

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Alejandro Espinosa-Rada @aespinosarada.bsky.social · Jun 29

4/n Wednesday marked the start of paper presentations and included a dinner with members of one of my former academic homes — the Mitchell Center for SNA @mitchellsna.bsky.social
Great seeing you, Mitchellers!

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