"It's who you know — unless you’re famous ✨: professional networks and prestige in scholarly mobility" - check out this new working paper @mpidr.bsky.social from @gergelymonus.bsky.social and coauthors 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4t79mmw3

In a recent piece for the @wsj.com commentator @greg_ip cited a 2024 PNAS Nexus study by @johanneswachs.bsky.social + coauthors @maria-drc.bsky.social & N.Laurentsyeva showing that LLM can be a potential substitute for human-generated data & knowledge 📚 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/will...

We're thrilled to share that Quintin Kreth’s (@yorkuniversity.bsky.social) proposal “How Geography and Intranational Prestige Hierarchies Shape the Network Dynamics of International Research Collaboration” w/ supervisor @blengyel.bsky.social has been awarded a Momentum MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship🎉

New paper by @lgajo.bsky.social and co-authors @federicomalizia.bsky.social, M.Frasca, I.Z.Kiss, V.Latora & G. Russo proposes a pair-based mean-field model for contagion on simplicial complexes ▶️ You can check out the full paper at 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

New study by @pintergreg.bsky.social & @blengyel.bsky.social introduces a network science framework to assess barriers to urban mobility ⬇️ 📌 Read the full paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... or check out the highlights 💫 at pintergreg.github.io/quantifying-...

What happens when online social networks blur the boundaries b/n our social circles (family, friends, colleagues)? Do users leave? J. Koltai, L.Lorincz, @johanneswachs.bsky.social & K. Takács analysed 10k ego networks from the now-defunct iWiW social network to shed some light ⬇️

In light of yet another scorching summer ☀️, new research by H. Schuster, A. Polleres, A. Anjomshoaa & @johanneswachs.bsky.social reveals how climate change 🌡️ + demographic aging 📈 intersect to shape health risks across Austrian districts. Read the full story 👉 rdcu.be/eD5XV

We discover how production networks dynamically rewired during COVID-19, with firms that enabled economic exchanges emerging as key players and creating a more resilient economy overall. Check our paper doi.org/10.48550/arX... @giuliocimini.bsky.social @blengyel.bsky.social Anna Mancini

Lots happening over the summer! @blengyel.bsky.social gave a lecture on "Networks of mobility, social interaction, and inequalities in cities" at AISRe summer school & @zoltanelekes.bsky.social presented "Labour flows in evolving regional economies" at the 2025 edition of @oxfordeconnet.bsky.social

Two talented @anetilab.bsky.social research assistants Eszter Kaló & Gergő Magyar competed at @uni_corvinus Network & Data Science competition 📚 Eszter with a study on local social networks & mental health, Gergő: network resilience & economic shocks Both head to the national final 👏 Congrats!

New paper by @gergelymonus.bsky.social and László Lőrincz in Cities: "Rural-urban flows determine internal migration structure across scales" 🔄 🔗 Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...

@anetilab.bsky.social Seminar Series continues with Matteo Bruno, a researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Rome. Quantifying proximity and distant opportunities to design accessible cities🏙️ Date: May 30 (Friday), 13.00 CEST Details and subscription: anetilab.org/seminars

🎉 Huge congrats to @anetilab.bsky.social member Imre Gémes for winning 1st prize at the National Scientific Student Conference (OTDK) in Hungary last week. 🏆 His paper explores the Spatial Interaction Between Fuel Stations in the Hungarian Retail Gasoline Market. 👏🏼 Well done, Imre!

New paper out in Nature Communications 📌 @anetilab.bsky.social members @lgajo.bsky.social and @johanneswachs.bsky.social with @loreb92.bsky.social and Federico Battiston explore "The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams" 👾 Link to paper ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 JOB ALERT We are looking for a Project Manager to help with the daily organization of research projects & grants and coordinate international work. 🎯Position: 2.5-year-term, starting May 2025 (or upon agreement) 📮Apply by: April 23 More details: anetilab.org/jobs/

Urban highways are barriers to social ties 🚧 In a recent PNAS publication, @anetilab.bsky.social member @sandorjuhasz.bsky.social + co-authors @bokanyie.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social & M. Szell look @ the 50 largest US cities and show that highways hinder connections www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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