We attended the #NetSciX2026 Conference at the University of Auckland in New Zealand last week! Yuliia presented her work on "How Social Ties Mobilize and Polarize: Social Network Determinants of Election Outcomes."

📢Friendly reminder that we will be hosting a session at the upcoming #EUSN2026 conference! If interested in contributing to the discussion, read the call for submission at the link below. The deadline to submit abstracts is March 1, 2026.

Three new preprints from our group are now live on arXiv! We explore community mixed membership in aggregated networks, fragmentation in a population-scale social network of the Netherlands, and how social capital shapes economic mobility. Read more:

📢 Call for abstracts PLANET-NL is organizing a session at #EUSN2026 and welcomes contributions on substantive applications, methodological innovations, and the conceptual & ethical challenges of population-wide network data. Details: www.planetnl.org/eusn2026

New article by Vera de Bel on N-IUSSP: “Too much for the Dutch? How the Dutch baby boom affected kinship size in 2018.” The piece looks at how post-war demographic change in the Netherlands still shapes kinship networks today.

How does social science engage with Amsterdam? ❌❌❌ In this new video series, researchers show how their work informs policy and urban life 🏙️ 🎥Video 1/6 features Eelke Heemskerk, @yuliia-kazmina.bsky.social & Laure Michon on mapping everyday social connections in the city: youtu.be/gfzCgp5YxH0?...

How connected are Amsterdam’s neighbourhoods? A new video featuring Eelke & Yuliia is out, showcasing our collaboration with the Municipality of Amsterdam. Utilising network analysis, the aim is to map social cohesion and inequality across the city. Watch the video to learn more!

Fantastic workshop on Monday in Amsterdam. Productive talks, strengthen connections, exciting next steps for the international population-scale network research community

We’re hiring 2 PhD candidates in computational social science / (social) network science! Do interdisciplinary research, translate insights into policy, and contribute to real-world impact in Amsterdam at PLANET-NL and Urban Impact Lab. Learn more:

One week to go! Next week we’re hosting an international workshop in Amsterdam on Population-Scale Social Network Analysis. Leading teams from five different countries will join us to share new insights and explore future collaborations. Learn more:

PLANET-NL is growing - we’re hiring! We’re seeking a proactive, organized Lead for Partnership Engagement & Lab Management to support the coordination of joint research initiatives and the development of new strategic partnerships. Interested? More info at:

Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of participating in the NetSci 2025 conference in Maastricht. Our team shared exciting new research across topics from social network dynamics to mobility, privacy, and community structure. We even brought home two awards!

First to be presented is co-director of PLANET-NL Eelke Heemskerk. He is Professor of Political Networks and director of the Computational Social Science programme, UvA. His research lies at the intersection of political economy, socio-economics and (corporate) governance.

📣We’re pleased to (re)introduce the PLANET-NL group! (formerly POPNET) Our researchers are continuing to collaborate to provide expertise, tools, and opportunities for large-scale social network analysis. Be ready to get to know more about us in the coming days!