Special issue on "Political Networks" in Network Science! Submission open now. Deadline 13 November 2026. www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... Guest editors: Philip Leifeld, Shahryar Minhas, Monica Di Gregorio. #SNA #PoliSky #PolMeth #NetSci #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #PoliticalNetworks #NWS

Special Collection Call for Papers: Political Networks

NWS and the Political Networks Conference are calling for papers for a special collection in

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Professor em. Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich, Chair of Systems Design @ethz.ch), giving the keynote speech on #resilience (through a #ComplexSystems lens) at the Political #Networks Conference 2026 @socialstats.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk. Participants' minds were blown!

Jungbae An (Ohio State University) receiving the Best Poster Prize at the Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk, announced with a laudatio by Professor Jennifer Victor (George Mason University) during the mentoring lunch. Big congratulations, Jungbae! And thanks to the committee.

Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk. My welcome address to the 114 participants, showing some key figures about the conference before introducing the keynote speaker. Check out the fantastic programme with abstracts for the 96 (!) presentations: sites.google.com/view/confpol...

Political Networks Conference 2026 at the University of Manchester @uomsoss.bsky.social. Professor Adam D. Henry (University of Arizona) leading a featured session on "Network Analysis as a Measurement Tool for Policy Process Research". Learning from leaders in the field! #publicpolicy #policy #SNA

19th Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester @manchester.ac.uk, 4-7 August. Packed featured session on "Publishing on political networks" with Aisha Bradshaw (Nature Human Behaviour) and Martin Everett (Network Science) in the beautiful Boardroom of Oddfellows Hall. Audience on fire 🔥

Political Networks Conference 2026 @uomsoss.bsky.social. Dr. Laurence Brandenberger (U Zurich) teaching participants how to store complex political data in a graph DB and query the data effectively -- with everyone in the room actively contemplating doing the same with their own data. #POLNET2026

Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk @socialstats.bsky.social. Professor Joris Mulder introducing relational event models and Bayes factors for nested and ordered hypotheses in network models in his workshops. Showcasing marvellous software implementations and polisci examples. #sna

Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk. Dr. Silviya Nitsova @uompols.bsky.social discussing the promises and pitfalls of designing different ways of collecting network data. The workshop audience is buzzing with questions. #sna #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #PoliSky #polisci

Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester @uomsoss.bsky.social. Dr. Lorien Jasny (University of Exeter) giving a workshop on Exponential Random Graph Models #ergm using R to our audience. #PoliSky #statnet #SNA #NetworkScience. So many good questions and happy faces all around!

Political Networks Conference 2026 @manchester.ac.uk. Professor Ingo Scholtes showing animated simulations of random walk diffusion on time-preserving vs temporally shuffled networks in his workshop on Causality-Aware Temporal Networks, in a packed room #NetworkScience #SNA #NetworkAnalysis #PoliSky

I'm developing a taste for small conferences. After @wzb.bsky.social's #MoPED in Berlin last month, I'm getting ready for @politicalnetworks.bsky.social's #POLNET2026, next week in Manchester, to present this paper on "Gendered Informational Inequality in Elite Networks" (available upon request).

Check out the full programme with abstracts for the Political Networks Conference at Manchester in a couple of weeks: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Exciting line-up with 90 presentations across 28 panel sessions in 4 parallel tracks! Registration has closed, but perhaps of interest.

Discourse Network Analyzer 3.1.2 released: github.com/leifeld-lab/.... New functions: CSV importer, keyboard shortcuts. Lots of bug fixes, including statement type editor and using document-level variables in network export.

Political Networks Conference 2026, University of Manchester (4–7 Aug), open for registrations until 6 Jul 2026 midnight: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... First come, first served. Subsidised workshops and registration. #sna #networkanalysis #polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #polisci @manchester.ac.uk

Please join me in congratulating APSA Political Networks Section Award Winners (2026) John Sprague Award: Kadir Cihan Duran (Penn State University) Title: “Graph Neural Networks for Inferential Network Analysis”

Join me in congratulating APSA Political Networks Section Award Winners (2026) Best Conference Paper: @howardhliu.bsky.social (USC), Ching-Hsuan Su (NPU), and Yi-Ying Wang (NTKU) Title:“Keeping it Secret: Surveillance, Informant Networks, and the Protection of Informants in Authoritarian Regimes”

Please join me in congratulating APSA Political Networks Section Award Winners (2026) Political Ties Award: @AndresGannonthe (Vanderbilt U) Title: “Complementarity in Alliances: How Strategic Compatibility and Hierarchy Promote Efficient Cooperation in International Security”

Submission deadline for the Political Networks Conference 2026 extended to 22 April following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Please RT. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA

Philip Leifeld@leifeld.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Call for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 Aug 2026. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Paper and poster submissions now open (deadline: 12 April). First time in Europe. Training workshops. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience

Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium on Mon Apr 13 at 11am ET for Juan Acevedo-Ossa’s paper “It’s who you are, not only what you do: Stereotypes and Status Gains in IOs.” Discussants: Olga Chyzh and Tyler Pratt Sign up at uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us at our APSA Section conference! Submission deadline at the end of this week! 🚨⚠️⏱️

Philip Leifeld@leifeld.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Deadline approaching at the end of this week. Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Connecting research communities -- North America + Europe, different disciplines, methods, theories. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA

[cfp] The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology will take place July 16–18, 2026 at MSU. 🗓 Proposal deadline: March 26, 2026 📄 Decisions: Late April | Final papers due: July 📝 Submit: tinyurl.com/mpcr5be9 ✨ Bonus: VIM pre-conference workshop (July 15) — apply by March 26

Join our annual Political Networks Section conference, this year in Manchester, England, August 4–7, 2026. Submit abstracts now (until April 12): sites.google.com/view/confpol.... First time outside of North America, together with the ECPR Standing Group on Political Networks, INSNA, Mitchell Centre

Philip Leifeld@leifeld.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Call for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 Aug 2026. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Paper and poster submissions now open (deadline: 12 April). First time in Europe. Training workshops. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience

Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium, Mon 16 Feb at 11am ET for Jiwon Kim's paper, “Does Issue Domain Matter? A Reassessment of Interstate Shaming at the UN Human Rights Council.” Discussants: [Bsky: Yooneui Kim & @movadek.bsky.social]. Sign up at uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The APSA Political Networks Section is now accepting nominations for its 2026 section awards, including the John Sprague Award, Best Conference Paper Award, and Political Ties Award! Nominations (including self-nominations) are due April 4, 2026. Submit here: forms.gle/cDC8Z3pdS6bm...

2026 Political Networks Conference: 4-7 August 2026 at the University of Manchester. Save the date! More info will be released in early spring. #SNA #polinetworks #polnet #polisky #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #politicalnets #policynetworks #complexsystems #netsci #polmeth #polisci

📢 Call for Papers! We're pleased to share an opportunity to contribute to the Network Science Special Collection, “Political Networks: New Trends & Directions." 👉Deadline: October 15, 2025 👉 Submission site: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nws 👉More info: tinyurl.com/32t4rn84

CfP: PolNet is thrilled to invite proposals to the Political Networks Online Colloquium! 1-hour talks held monthly (2025-26), coordinated by @marinagduque and @pie_try_ka Submission form: sites.google.com/view/confpol...

🚨 The #PolNetPaCSS 2025 program is live! Join us Aug 11–14 at Harvard & Northeastern for workshops + cutting-edge research on political networks & comp soc sci. 📄 Program: tinyurl.com/5n8dwjaj 📝 RSVP for mentoring + meetups: forms.gle/iurRZFVk9S9A...

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📢 CFP: Political Networks: New Trends and Directions A call for a special collection of articles on how #network #analysis can illuminate fundamental questions across #politicalscience. ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/45YXMtt 🗓️ 15 Oct 2025 Collaboration with #PolNet-PaCSS2025