Thank you @skojaku.bsky.social, I hope people found it interesting or at least enjoyed the poem!

Next week, my course on Networks and Complexity is starting again, which is always taught online. We have some space left for international students. Lectures will be on mondays and thursdays 16:00-18:00 CEST. Starting 9th. 24 Lectures total. More info in the reply.

Simple spatial processes can generate heterogeneous contact distributions in face-to-face interactions arxiv.org/abs/2604.00652

I’m happy to share that, as of April 1st, I will be taking on a W3 Professorship in Complex Systems and Network Science at the Goethe University Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social.

POSTDOC POSITION --- Bernd Blasius has just opened a PostDoc position to model viral evolution. The project is a collaboration with me Dirk Brockmann and famous virologist Christian Drosten, among others. uol.de/en/job/postd...

New on the arxiv: “Graphs are maximally expressive for higher-order interactions” arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 We clarify central misconceptions in the recent literature on "higher-order networks". w/ @piratepeel.bsky.social , @manlius.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social Explainer 🧵: 1/N

📢 The WiNS Seminar Series is back! 🥳 Join us today at 11:00 a.m. ET (5pm CET) for the first talk of the season with Yanna Kraakman (Univ. of Twente): Sampling random hypergraphs with fixed degrees 💬 DM for the Zoom link @wins-society.bsky.social @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social @h-merritt.bsky.social

Our fall seminar series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2 (4pm UTC+1/11am EDT) with a talk by Elena Candellone. She’ll be speaking about “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions”, followed by a discussion on “the joy of planning scientific events”.

Last week we had our second “Inverse Complexity Lab Retreat” at wonderful Traunkirchen! skewed.de/lab/group.ht... Nothing like eldritch C++ incantations by the sunny lakeside! 🏖️

We are seeking speaker nominations for the Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar series. Let’s amplify diverse voices and break out of our usual bubbles. Nominate someone inspiring today! #WiNS #NetworkScience #WomenInScience

shout out to the organizers of these seminars for a great semester, thank you @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social @elenacandellone.bsky.social and Echo Liu! if you or someone you know would be a good fit for a future seminar, you can nominate them here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... we’d love to have you!

Can LLMs be used to persuade people to disfavor authoritarian strategies? If you are at #ic2s2, stop by Júlia Számely's poster today to learn about our work in progress with @tomcostello.bsky.social & @dgrand.bsky.social

I'll have a poster on Thursday, come say hi! zenodo.org/records/1626... #ic2s2

Tomorrow 1.30-2.30pm, poster ID 82

Interested in the relationships between team dynamics, leadership dynamics, and success? I’ll be presenting my poster today at #ic2s2 (poster #82).

Attending #ic2s2? My poster is up today!

New preprint: “Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides”, with @thomrobiglio.bsky.social, Martina Contisciani, @martonkarsai.bsky.social, arxiv.org/abs/2507.11503

Are you from the US and would like to work as a postdoc in Austria, maybe in our lab? 25 new fellowships will be available in July from the @oeaw.bsky.social: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/25-n... If you are interested; get in touch!

#NetSci2025 closing ceremony NetPlace announcements

Hurray! 🎉 @arash.network (left) is the 24th recipient of the Zachary's Karate Club CLUB prize. For his talk @netsciconf.bsky.social NetSci 2025, he was entrusted with the illustrious trophy 🏆 from @nwlandry.bsky.social #networkscience networkkarate.tumblr.com

This makes me very happy!

@invcomplexity.skewed.de bike train to @netsciconf.bsky.social @ituaustria.bsky.social

If you're already at @netsciconf.bsky.social and you're wondering what that graph is doing on your badge, here's the reason! We will have a lightning talk on wednesday to explain the rules before the first coffee break, don't miss it!

If you are at #NetSci25, join us at 1pm for our @netplace.bsky.social panel on the topic of "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression", with panelists @asteixeira.bsky.social, @maximelca.bsky.social and @captainkirk1041.bsky.social

🔔 NEW at ⁠netsci2025! Ready to Gotta Match Them All? NetPlace’s Poster Matching Game turns the poster hall into a live graph hunt—perfect for meeting fellow researchers. 👀

🎉 Rounding out our panel, please welcome Alec Kirkley @captainkirk1041.bsky.social! Alec is an Assistant Professor at HKU, interested in complex networks and statistical physics. He works on developing new methods, drawing on ideas from information theory, Bayesian inference and machine learning.

🎉 Very happy to announce Maxime Lucas @maximelca.bsky.social as our next panelist! Maxime is an FNRS Postdoc at the Namur Institute for Complex Systems & UCLouvain in Belgium. He is interested in dynamical systems, complex systems, networks, and their applications to life sciences.

🎉 We welcome Andreia Sofia Teixeira @asteixeira.bsky.social, Associate Professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London, as our first @netsciconf.bsky.social panelist! She bridges network science and machine learning to explore complex systems and collective behavior.

🚀 After a series of successful panels in previous years, NetPlace returns to @netsciconf.bsky.social in Maastricht with: "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression" 🗓️ June 2, 2025 | 1:00–2:00 PM 🔗 Details: netplace.site/event/netsci...

🚨 Just 1 week to go! Join us in London 🇬🇧 on May 16 for the NetPlace Workshop on Networks & Physics! Keynotes, collabathon, ERC-style pitches & more 🧠⚛️💥 🆓 Registration is free 💸 Travel/accommodation support available for those who register by Friday May 9 👉 netplace.site/event/netpla...

Take a look at this, there are still spots available, registration is free and we can provide some financial support if you register by this Friday! 🔥 (Spread the word)

To anyone who is in(terested in going to) London, NetPlace is organizing a one-day workshop on "Networks and Physics" on the 16th of May! More info here: netplace.site/event/netpla...

We're looking for a new colleague to join us in Maastricht as an Assistant/Associate Professor in statistical learning in our Data Analytics and Digitalisation department. Deadline to apply: June 8th vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

This is such a cool paper! Everyone interested in aligning (multiple, possibly unlabelled) graphs, give it a read!

Join us for a dynamic 1 day in-person workshop designed for young researchers eager to explore the intersection of Network Science and Physics! Time & location: Queen Mary University of London, 16 May 2025. Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/1LuJ... More details: netplace.site/event/netpla...

Happy to see this finally out in @natcomms.nature.com! 🎉 "The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazing collaboration with @lgajo.bsky.social, @johanneswachs.bsky.social and @fede7j.bsky.social

"And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." Looking under the graph-tool hood gives this new meaning.

🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to welcome William Thompson from the University of Vermont, who will talk about stochastic opinion dynamic models and share insights into finding (or not finding) your niche as a researcher. 📅 When: 17th Apr (tomorrow), 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

The #ComplexSystems for the Most Vulnerable satellite is back! Are you a #Complexity scientist studying inequalities, climate change or health emergencies, just to name a few? Then submit your abstract by June 1st and join us at @css-conference.bsky.social in Siena in September: cs4v25.weebly.com

We are still accepting submissions to our satellite @netsciconf.bsky.social on a rolling basis. If you're an early-career researcher interested in presenting your work (in progress) to a supportive, interdisciplinary audience, submit your abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Data Stories is back! 🎉 Does your research tell a story through data? Share it with us! 👀 🗓️ Submit your visualizations by April 30: networkdatascience.ceu.edu/data-stories Join us May 20 at CEU Vienna (or online!) to celebrate the power of data viz. #DataStories11 #DataViz #CEU

It's underrated how much of a difference it makes when researchers in their home country help their colleagues navigate adjustments and bureaucracy! Good job @olejmueller.bsky.social !

🔁 Two years ago, NetPlace hosted a talk on volunteer work in academia. At the time, nearly half of the respondents felt exploited. How have perspectives shifted over the past two years? We’d love to hear your thoughts! Share your experience: 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In the second half of this week's seminar, we I'll have a discussion about volunteering in academia. You can help us by 1. Joining online! 2. Filling out the short survey (1 min) 🙏

🚨 New paper on ArXiv: “Uncertainty quantification and posterior sampling for network reconstruction” TL;DR; We present an efficient method to sample the entire ensemble of possible network reconstructions that are compatible with an indirect observation, e.g. a dynamics. Short thread: 1/N

Early-Career Scientists: Want to Travel for Complex Systems Research? We’ve Got You! 🌍 Bridge: 🌉 To build new collaborations! SECS: 🎓 To attend complexity science events! New for 2025: ⚡ Special grants for scientists from low-income countries. yrcss.cssociety.org/grants/ Apply by April 4th!

Press release on the CSS website: cssociety.org/event/581671...

🚀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Call for 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀! 🌍✈️ NetSci 2025 is offering a limited number of travel grants to support individuals facing financial constraints, e.g., those from low and middle-income countries. 🌐 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄: netsci2025.github.io/calls/

📅Save the date! Join us next Monday (Mar 10th, 11 AM ET) for our next seminar by @emmafraxanet.bsky.social from Pompeu Fabra University, who will discuss polarization in online communities. Don't miss out! ✨

🔥 Hey Pals, we're back! This week, we are happy to have Sagar Kumar (@diesagar.bsky.social) discussing models of information spread in populations and giving us his views on interdisciplinary research. 📷 Save the date: 6th Mar, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site