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Homophily and segregation in adolescent friendships - A social network perspective
Per Block, Nuffield college, Oxford Homophily the tendency of individuals to be friends with other that are similar in some respect, is one of the most pervasive regularities in social networks. It is
The complexity of crime network data: A case study of its consequences for crime control and the study of networks.
PLoS ONE 10(3): e0119309., doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119309 Abstract The field of social network analysis has received increasing attention during the past decades and has been used to tackle a variety o
CANCELED. Escaping Network Gravity: Lessons from Dynamic Network Research for Change and Innovation
Balazs Vedres, Central European University
Simulated epidemics in an empirical spatiotemporal network of 50,185 sexual contacts
2011. PLoS Comp. Bio. 7(3):e1001109. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001109 Abstract Sexual contact patterns, both in their temporal and network structure, can influence the spread of sexually transmitted inf
Exploiting Temporal Network Structures of Human Interaction to Effectively Immunize Populations
2012. PLoS ONE 7, e36439. AbstractDecreasing the number of people who must be vaccinated to immunize a community against an infectious disease could both save resources and decrease outbreak sizes. A k
Completed: Network and net worth. A longitudinal study of women’s and men’s social networks in Swedish business education and their effect on career outcomes
Few women reach top positions in the corporate world, despite increased gender equality. This project examines gender differences in social networks at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Testing the "old boys' network": Diversity and board interlocks in Scandinavia
Pp. 183-202 in B. Kogut (Ed.) The small world of corporate governance. MIT Press.
Criminal nomads: The role of multiple memberships in the criminal collaboration network between Hells Angels MC and Bandidos MC
Global Crime vol. 23, no 2 Abstract Outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) have received increased atten-tion from both law enforcement agencies and the research com-munity. This study investigates the criminal
Identification of influential spreaders in complex networks
2010. Nature Physics 6:888-893. AbstractNetworks portray a multitude of interactions through which people meet, ideas are spread, and infectious diseases propagate within a society. Identifying the most
Completed: Criminal networks and social organizing
How does criminal organization, for example in street gangs, arise? By understanding how the networks work, we can also suggest crime prevention strategies.
