Robert Ackland gave a presentation at the HC Coombs Policy Forum on Social Media, Privacy and Security titled Web 2.0: Context, Uptake and Implications.The HC Coombs Policy Forum at the ANU, in conjunction with Charles Sturt University, held a high-level, invitation-
Robert Ackland and Jiaying Zhao from Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute gave the following presentations on online social networks and hyperlink analysis using VOSON at the 2010 ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference:
Dr Paul Henman (University of Queensland), Dr Robert Ackland and Professor Helen Margetts (Oxford University) have received an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant of $300,000 over three years for their project "The institutional structure of e-government: a cross-policy, cro
Figure: Old VOSON Project website - decommissioned in September 2010We upgraded the VOSON Project website!
A record number of students are enrolled in the two ANU masters courses that are related to the VOSON Project (and taught by Dr Robert Ackland). DEMO8086 Social Science of the Internet has 12 students and DEMO8087 Online Research Methods has 20 students: th
The VOSON Data Provider for NodeXL was successfully used by around 60 students in a laboratory assignment for the IEMS 341 - Social Network Analysis undergraduate course in the Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences program at Northwester
The Alpha version of the VOSON Data Provider for NodeXL is released. NodeXL is an Excel 2007 template for analysing social media network data.
December 2009 - Two PhD scholarships available for Australian Research Council-funded project "The role of online social networks in successful ageing: benefitting from 'who you know' at older ages". More details.
August 2008 - Social Science of the Internet Masters Degree Specialisation Approved. The Internet has transformed the way we work, collaborate, engage in commerce, participate in the political process and interact socially.
October 2007 - Robert Ackland gave a presentation titled "VOSON: Developing a web service for social science network research" at a forum titled e-Research: Research in the era of Google - Are you Ready?, hosted by the ANU Superco
