🎓 Yesterday, January 21, 2026, Júlia Számely successfully defended her PhD dissertation on misinformation engagement, combining survey data with digital trace data to better understand who engages with misinformation online—and why.

Congratulations! 🎉📚

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How do micro-level mechanisms shape polarization and influence?

Our PhD candidate Onur Bal studies network polarization with ERGMs and simulations, and maps influence in jazz musician networks using collaboration and audio data. 🎷📊

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On Dec 3, 4th-year PhD candidate Martí Medina-Hernández presented how ML and network science can reveal hidden patterns of corruption across Mexico, Bulgaria & Italy.

His work shows how data-driven methods can support stronger public-integrity policy.

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Fourth-year PhD student @claraeminente.bsky.social presented new work on two fronts: why people overestimate the size of racial minority groups in the US, and how intersectional homophily might reduce racial segregation in school friendship networks. 👏

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𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨

As part of our mini-interview series with DNDS faculty, today we introduce you to @elisaomodei.bsky.social, Associate Professor at @weareceu.bsky.social

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𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨

As part of our mini-interview series with DNDS faculty, today we introduce you to Balázs Vedres @vedres.bsky.social, Professor at @weareceu.bsky.social.

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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder in online peer support communities: a Reddit case study - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Premenstrual dysphoric disorder in online peer support communities: a Reddit case study

🚨 New study in Scientific Reports!

Online peer support can complement clinical understanding of PMDD.

Analysis of 17k+ Reddit users over 12 years shows shifting comorbidities, diverse symptoms & treatments.

👉 bit.ly/4nySxGR

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𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨

As part of our mini-interview series with DNDS faculty, today we introduce you to János Kertész, Professor at @weareceu.bsky.social.

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The Metaphysical Basis of Aristotle's Logic

Join us on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 30𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, from 3:40 PM for our next colloquium talk 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 (New York University).

More info below - See you there!

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𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗡𝗗𝗦!

We started the year by doing a mini interview to our faculty members, so you can get to know them too. Today, we introduce you to @markwittek.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at @weareceu.bsky.social

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DNDS at #IC2S2 2025 in Sweden

A strong presence at the top conference in computational social science!

10+ talks and posters by current & former members on networks, behavior, inequality and digital society.

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The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams - Nature Communications Understanding how team dynamics impact performance in collaborative environments remains an open question. Here, authors use fine-grained activity data from software projects to characterize team evol...

🎉 Our paper on leadership & success in software dev teams was selected for Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights!

By Lorenzo Betti, Federico Battiston, Luca Gallo & Johannes Wachs.

📄 Paper: bit.ly/45gn9GM
🌟 Highlights: bit.ly/43DJTPM

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🎥 Missed Data Stories 11? The recording is now up! Dive into talks on networks, narratives & visualizing data.

▶️ bit.ly/4jBC2XI

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DNDS at NetSci 2025: 40+ talks, 3 awards, and a strong showing in Maastricht!

🔗 bit.ly/4dR6SKw

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Jasper Van der Kolk presented "The Onset of Geometry in Complex Networks: From Structural Properties to Dynamical Processes" at our weekly Research Seminar.

👨‍💻 Jasper joined our department as a postdoctoral researcher at the beginning of 2025.

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Hello @bsky.app ! We are looking forward to connect with this community 🦋

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We'll be sharing more about our research, students' achievements, events, and everything related to #networkdatascience and #socialdatascience

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Thursday, Jan 16, Prof. Jim Rheingans (Head of @istb-univienna.bsky.social) will explore “Reincarnation as a Form of Succession in Tibetan Societies” in a public lecture at CEU/Central European University.

events.ceu.edu/2025-01-16/p...

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