Anti-vaccination Facebook groups resemble 'small worlds': study
(Via CASS, ANU. Find original article HERE).
Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists
As part of the ACSPRI Summer Program 2018, Dr Rob Ackland will run a 5-day course: Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists from January 29 to February 2, 2018, at the University of Melbourne.
VOSON Lab has a new website!
In January 2018 we launched a new website - great work Francisca and Rob! Below is the old website, for posterity.
Mapping the anti-vaccination movement on Facebook
VOSON Lab member Tim Graham and his colleague Naomi Smith (Federation University Australia) have published
VOSON Lab presents at the 2017 Australian Social Networks Analysis conference (ASNAC)
The 2017 ASNAC conference was the second national meeting in Australia for researchers and practitioners who are working on the theory, method and application of Social Network Analysis.
Research seminar and masterclass at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Dr Rob Ackland visited the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, July 10-11 2017.
VOSON software featured in publication of the Oxford Internet Institute
The VOSON software was featured in the book: Knowledge Machines: Digital Transformations of the Sciences and Humanities by Eric T. Meyer and Ralph Schroeder, academics from the Oxford Internet Institute.
Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists masterclass at the University of Manchester
As part of the Summer Program 2017, Dr Rob Ackland will run the masterclass: Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists on July 4-5, 2017, at the University of Manchester.
VOSON Lab in the UK: Dr Rob Ackland runs training workshops as part of the NCRM International Visitor Exchange Scheme (IVES)
Organised by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), the IVES scheme is aimed at enabling UK social scientists to engage with methods development internationally, in order to stimulate debate and develop ideas (with associated outputs) in relation to methodological innovation in the social science
Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists masterclass at National Chengchi University, Taipei
Dr Robert Ackland conducted the 1-day duration masterclass "Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists", held at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.