News
08
Dec
VOSON Lab at ANSNAC 2023
Rob Ackland and Francisca Borquez have presented at the Australian Social Network Analysis Conference (ASNAC), which took place on 27-29 November, ... read more
Welcome
The Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) Lab is located in the Research School of Social Sciences at The Australian National University. We are advancing the Social Science of the Internet through an innovative program of research, research tool development, teaching & research.
Our funding is via the Australian Research Council (five grants to date), and a current Volkswagen Foundation (AI and Society of the Future Stream) grant led by Bielefeld University. VOSON tools have been publicly available since 2006. The current suite of VOSON R tools are available on CRAN and GitHub, with +85K downloads to date, and are downloaded over 1K times per month.
Latest News & Blog Posts
News
07
Dec
VOSON Lab contributes to broader discussions on the future of national research infrastructure for social sciences in Australia
As part of the Expert Working Group, Rob Ackland and Francisca Borquez are actively involved in providing input to the Academy of Social Sciences ... read more
News
07
Dec
VOSON Lab contributes to broader discussions on the future of national research infrastructure for social sciences in Australia
As part of the Expert Working Group, Rob Ackland and Francisca Borquez are actively involved in providing input to the Academy of Social Sciences ... read more
News
01
Sep
New report: Building Resilience with Information Literacy and Information Health
How can people become more resilient to misinformation? What exactly does resilience mean when it comes to information literacy? Where can information... read more
News
28
Aug
VOSON Lab featured in discussion paper of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has recently relased its Discussion Paper: D... read more
News
28
Jul
Prof Rob Ackland now affiliated to the International Panel on the Information Environment
Prof Rob Ackland is part of the international panel of scientists working on the world's information environment. The International Panel on the Inf... read more