📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday, Mar 9th 11 AM ET, for another exciting seminar with Yasaman Asgari (University of Zurich) on global science landscape. Hoping to see you all there!✨
Gülşah Akçakır
@gulsahakcakir.bsky.social
PhD candidate @UCLA interested in collective intelligence, science of science and how networks shape social dynamics
WiNS will be back at @netsciconf.bsky.social with our mentorship program! 🎉 Application form ⬇️, more details are on our website
excited that @wins-society.bsky.social once again will have a satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social where our mentorship program is back by popular demand! you can submit at this link: forms.gle/nFivVAiE4gdE...
📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday, Feb 23rd 11 AM ET, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Assemgul Kozhabek (Heriot-Watt University) on urban mobility networks. Hoping to see you all there!✨
excited that @wins-society.bsky.social once again will have a satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social where our mentorship program is back by popular demand! you can submit at this link: forms.gle/nFivVAiE4gdE...
WiNS seminars are back for the Spring edition! 🎉 We’ll kick things off next Monday (Jan 12, 11 am ET) with Laura Fürsich from Linköping University, discussing segregation dynamics. Follow us to stay up to date on our biweekly seminars and more!
Whooaa, love seeing our recent paper make it to Complexity Digest! 🎉
Copy or collaborate? How networks impact collective problem solving
i’m really looking forward to this tomorrow! multidisciplinarity is so valuable, but when you’re at the beginning of your career, the path forward can seem extra uncertain. i hope this discussion on shapeshifting scholarship can provide some encouragement for others who don’t quite fit in one field
Join us this Thursday, Dec 4, for our final seminar of the fall semester! We’re thrilled to host Haily Merritt (@h-merritt.bsky.social), who will share her research on how social connections shape the brain through a complex-systems lens, as well as insights into multidisciplinary scholarship.
Join us this Thursday, Dec 4, for our final seminar of the fall semester! We’re thrilled to host Haily Merritt (@h-merritt.bsky.social), who will share her research on how social connections shape the brain through a complex-systems lens, as well as insights into multidisciplinary scholarship.
📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday, Dec 1 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Katharina Ledebur (Complexity Science Hub) on disease modeling. Hoping to see you all there!✨
📅 Mark your calendar! Join us next Monday, Nov 17 at 11 AM ET, for our next seminar with Dr. Violeta Calleja Solanas (Doñana Biological Station) on time-varying ecological interactions. See you all there!✨
📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday, Nov 3 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Maria Grazia Puxeddu (Virginia Tech) on brain modularity and aging. See you all there!✨
Visit our YouTube channel to catch up on all our past seminars!! 🚀
You can find recordings of all our previous seminars on our YouTube channel!
WiNS seminars are back! 🎉🚀 We kicked off our Fall edition with a fantastic talk by Yanna Kraakman on October 6. Today, we’re excited to host Sanjukta Krishnagopal (UCSB) for a Pathways Seminar. We’ll be starting in about 15 minutes—hope to see you there!
🔔 NEW at netsci2025! Ready to Gotta Match Them All? NetPlace’s Poster Matching Game turns the poster hall into a live graph hunt—perfect for meeting fellow researchers. 👀
Only 2 more days to go until our satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social 🎉 Come for the Pathways talks by Katy Börner and Andreia Sofia Teixeira stay for all the latest WiNS research 🔍 Details here: tinyurl.com/4BJWTMWJ Everyone’s welcome — we can’t wait to see you there! ✨
Come hang out, meet new faces, and unwind before the conference begins! So excited for this 🔥
🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation! We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs! 📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025 🕕 6 PM till late 📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱 🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event
🚀 After a series of successful panels in previous years, NetPlace returns to @netsciconf.bsky.social in Maastricht with: "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression" 🗓️ June 2, 2025 | 1:00–2:00 PM 🔗 Details: netplace.site/event/netsci...
Panel @ NetSci25 | NetPlace
Panel discussion on "Science as a craft, Balancing career and skill progression" at NetSci25.
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We wrapped our Spring seminar series today and are looking for nominees for next year. If you think someone you know (or you) would be a good fit, fill out the form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar
The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...
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shout out to the organizers of these seminars for a great semester, thank you @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social @elenacandellone.bsky.social and Echo Liu! if you or someone you know would be a good fit for a future seminar, you can nominate them here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... we’d love to have you!
📅Save the date! Join us next Monday, May 19, at 11 AM ET for the final seminar of Spring featuring Dr. Izabel Aguiar from the Santa Fe Institute. We will discuss latent cognitive structures of social networks. Please note: This seminar was rescheduled due to technical issues. See you all there! ✨
#ICSSI2025 is getting closer and closer.. We have a more detailed program now at icssi.org/schedule/ - check it out! More details added soon. Remember to register until May 27th!
Additional program details will be added here as soon as they become available.
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Happening today 🚀 Hoping to see many of you there!
📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday, May 5 at 11 AM ET for an exciting seminar with Dr. Anastassia Vybornova (Univ. of Copenhagen) on how urban highways affect social connectivity. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Don't miss it! ✨
Infrastructure meets society--really looking forward to this one!
📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday, May 5 at 11 AM ET for an exciting seminar with Dr. Anastassia Vybornova (Univ. of Copenhagen) on how urban highways affect social connectivity. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Don't miss it! ✨
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is terminating a bunch of research funding. Much of this is in line with the goal of making sure nothing gets in the way of systemic racism and sexism, but they also explicitly target research on "misinformation/disinformation." www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
As much as I appreciate the solidarity in our community, it’s still hard to accept that this is the world we live in now. Crazy times.
🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to welcome William Thompson from the University of Vermont, who will talk about stochastic opinion dynamic models and share insights into finding (or not finding) your niche as a researcher. 📅 When: 17th Apr (tomorrow), 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site
📅 Save the date! Join us next Monday (April 21st, 11 AM ET) for our next seminar with Dr. Keiko Nomura (@keikonomuraa.bsky.social) from the University of Colorado Boulder. Don’t miss out! ✨
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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We're tracking the number of international students whose visas have been revoked by the State Department. We've confirmed over 300 so far and there are likely many more. Get in touch if you've got information you'd like to share with us www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
We are still accepting submissions to our satellite @netsciconf.bsky.social on a rolling basis. If you're an early-career researcher interested in presenting your work (in progress) to a supportive, interdisciplinary audience, submit your abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to welcome Samuel Martín-Gutiérrez from the @netincsh.bsky.social who will talk about intersectional inequalities in social networks and finding the right audience for your research. 📅 When: 3rd Apr, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site