Join us on 21/11, 13H (CET) for an online talk by Ágnes Backhausz. She will talk about the impact of spatial and social structure on a SIR epidemic on a weighted multilayer network. More information and registration: popnet.io/event/popnet-c…

Register for POPNET Connects with Ágnes Backhausz on Monday 21 Nov (13H, CET) on the behavior of a SIR process on a complex random graph model. More information on the talk: popnet.io/event/popnet-c…

Join us on 12 December (11AM CET) online for POPNET Connects with @suneman! By using similarities in data on human life courses, he adapts innovations from natural language processing to examine the evolution and predictability of human lives. Register: popnet.io/event/popnet-c…

In the new preprint by Bokányi Eszter, Frank Takes, and Eelke Heemskerk, we investigate the multilayer social network structure of the entire Dutch population and its relation to socio-economic status (such as degree and closure across age and income groups). arxiv.org/abs/2211.15325

Apply for the second topic to work in collaboration with Lisette Espín-Noboa 🇪🇨 and Population-scale Network Analysis!

Can data on population movements be helpful in designing targeted policy responses to curb epidemic spread? Find out during our next POPNET Connects seminar with Ozan Candogan on Feb 6, 15H (CET). Register here to attend: popnet.io/event/popnet-c…

Join us on Monday 20/2 for a talk by Gert Stulp on "collecting personal networks to study social influences on fertility behavior". Register to attend online: popnet.io/event/popnet-c…

Congratulations ODISSEI! Happy to keep collaborating in the future!

📢 Check out our fresh preprint: POPNET’s take on the issue of segregation in social networks by Yuliia Kazmina, Eelke Heemskerk, Bokányi Eszter and Frank Takes! arxiv.org/abs/2305.02062

On 22 May we speak with Bas Hofstra during our next POPNET Connects seminar! He will explore academic migration and interdisciplinary collaboration. Discover patterns, determinants, and the emergence of network structures in scholarly hiring. Register: popnet.io/event/popnet-c…

Are social networks different to other types of networks? Find out in our next POPNET Connects seminar with Pádraig MacCarron & Shane Mannion on Thursday, 1 June, 15H CEST. Interested in joining online? Find more information and the form to register here: ias.uva.nl/content/events…

What does the social network structure of an entire country's population look like? Our new paper by Bokányi Eszter, Eelke Heemskerk and Frank Takes in Scientific Reports dissects the anatomy of the network of formal ties binding 17.2M individuals in The Netherlands. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Are women scientists equally visible in the media as men scientists? Join us for the next POPNET Connects with Ana Macanovic (Dec 9 11:00 AM CET), as she unpacks gender equity in science communication using the Dutch Professors in Media database. Register: popnet.io/events/popnet-…

First to be presented is co-director of PLANET-NL Eelke Heemskerk. He is Professor of Political Networks and director of the Computational Social Science programme, UvA. His research lies at the intersection of political economy, socio-economics and (corporate) governance.

Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of participating in the NetSci 2025 conference in Maastricht. Our team shared exciting new research across topics from social network dynamics to mobility, privacy, and community structure. We even brought home two awards!

PLANET-NL is growing - we’re hiring! We’re seeking a proactive, organized Lead for Partnership Engagement & Lab Management to support the coordination of joint research initiatives and the development of new strategic partnerships. Interested? More info at planetnl.org/post/vacancy-c…