Posts Tagged ‘Public policy analysis’
I was yesterday at the Just-in-Time-Sociology (JITSO) workshop in Lausanne (oh, how I still like this town, after such a long time!). JITSO was a small-scale, nice and friendly event for like-minded social researchers, who feel the urge to use their baggage of theories and techniques to provide science-informed responses to today’s fast-paced social, political […]
Filed under: Internet and social media, Research, Social science methodology, Sociology | 1 Comment
Tags: 2011 UK riots, Agent-based models, Mixed methods, Public policy analysis, Quantitative methods, Social science data, Social simulation, social theory, Sociology, Web
Statistics is not just about maths… beyond chi-squares and p-values, statistics was originally created in the seventeenth century as the science (or perhaps, the art)! of describing the state, and still does so today. Governments have statistical agencies in charge of informing it on the state of the country. Among other things, statistical agencies measure […]
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Tags: Data policy, Open data, Public policy analysis, social media, Social science data, Statistics
What does economics have to do with riots, some may think: isn’t economics all about markets, employment and inflation? Well, the answer is NO under many respects. It is no mere coincidence that a resurgence of mass protest has accompanied the recent financial turmoil and austerity measures in many countries – from anti-government demonstrations in […]
Filed under: Economic sociology, Economic theory, Social networks, Social science methodology | Leave a Comment
Tags: Agent-based models, Mixed methods, Web-based social networks, economic methodology, Trans-disciplinarity, Economic analysis, Public policy analysis, social theory, Social simulation, Civil violence, 2011 UK riots
I gave a one-day workshop on Introduction to Social Network Analysis in July, and it was a great experience -for me and, from what I could see, for participants. I am now about to repeat the experience, and I’m so excited about it! Indeed, at the upcoming Winter School on Analytical Software at the University […]
Filed under: Business networks, Social networks, Social science methodology | 2 Comments
Tags: History of social science, Inter-organisational Networks, Intra-organisational networks, Networks and Markets, Public policy analysis, Quantitative methods, Social science data, social theory, Statistical modeling, Trans-disciplinarity, Web-based social networks
Today, I presented my joint work with Antonio A. Casilli on Internet censorship and civil violence, based on the rapid response paper we released this summer, at the Centre for Business Network Analysis seminar of the University of Greenwich. It’s more of a work-in-progress now —we plan to build an upgraded version that includes both […]
Filed under: Agent-based models, Social networks, Social science methodology, Sociology | 1 Comment
Tags: 2011 UK riots, Agent-based models, Civil violence, Dr Antonio A. Casilli, Public policy analysis, Social simulation, social theory, Sociology, Web, Web-based social networks
Another post inspired by my participation in a major statistics conference –ISI2011 last week in Dublin. I am currently working at a large European project aiming to improve overall conditions of access to official data for scientific purposes, reducing existing inequalities across countries and (ideally, at least) providing a basis for a more consistent European-wide […]
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Tags: Internet data, Public policy analysis, Qualitative data, Quantitative data, Quantitative methods, Social science data, Social surveys, social theory, Statistical modeling, Web
French version here The riots that shook Britain in the last few days have resulted in a form of “sociologist-hunting”. Following statements by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, confusion has emerged between efforts to understand this outburst and conspiracies to justify it. The open letter of the President of British Sociological Association to The […]
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Tags: 2011 UK riots, Agent-based models, Civil violence, Dr Antonio A. Casilli, Public policy analysis, Social simulation, Sociology, Web, Web-based social networks
