WTFNS 2018

WTFNS features leading researchers in the field of network science who come from a variety of social science disciplines. The goal of WTFNS is to garner constructive feedback from leading network scientists on work in progress, and to build a professional support network for members of the NYUAD community working in this area.

The preliminary schedule of the event can be found here. See titles and abstracts of the papers given by the keynote speakers by following the links below.

Keynote Speakers

Utrecht University

Sources of segregation in social networks: a novel approach using Facebook

University of Groningen

Participation in local renewable energy initiatives: The role of social networks

Together with Fleur Goedkoop and Andreas Flache

Yale University

Network Diffusion and Group Events: How Parties Can Change Processes

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rethinking Social Networks in the Age of ‘Big Brother’: Perspectives from Computational Social Science

Presenters

Bad Apples in a Barrel: Field Evidence about Corruption in Organizations

Socio-Semantic Network Evolution: Linking Topic and Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models

Together with Michael Freedman

The Diffusion of Microfinance Revisited: The Role of Modularity and Tie Multiplexity in Diffusion Processes on Networks

Together with Byunkyu Lee

Social Networks and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from a Historical Episode of Industrialization

Protests and Information Aggregation

Together with Eleonora Patacchini and Marco Battaglini

Diagnosing Schooling Norms Across Religious Communities in Malawi

Beyond the Water Cooler: How Company Networks Influence Individual Actions and Careers