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:

Link Fraction Mixed Membership Reveals Community Diversity in Aggregated Social Networks arxiv.org/abs/2602.03266

📣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!

We are hiring a PhD candidate in AI for network analysis. Think of agentic LLMs for network generation, AI algorithms for network analysis, and other interesting recombinations. Interested? It's a 4-year position at LIACS @unileiden.bsky.social Details: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

Our article on population-scale networks of social opportunities constructed from administrative data is now available online: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

Sunbelt 2025, the global conference for social network analysts, takes place in Paris from June 23 to 29, 2025! Hundreds of talks, 3 keynotes, panels, and thematic & methods workshops on: Social Networks, Mechanisms, and Algorithms. At Sciences Po & Sorbonne University Info: sunbelt2025.org.

Turning a temporal network into MIDI and then listening to the multilayer temporal motifs. Great keynote by Jari Saramäki @netsciconf.bsky.social 2025 in Maastricht :)

Indeed, this position in my group opened just this week! We are looking for a PhD candidate (4 years, fully funded) willing to work at the intersection of (generative) AI and network science, within the Leiden Network Science group. If you have questions about the position, do reach out! :)

After the 2024 Olympics, this summer the next stunning event will come to Paris: the 2025 Sunbelt: sunbelt2025.org One week left to submit your abstract and compete (present) in classic SNA disciplines (sessions), such as Social Influence, Networks and Culture, or Social Networks and Climate Change!

Hey, #sna ppl! Submit your abstracts to Sunbelt 2025's "Tools and Data for Social Network Analysis" in Paris sunbelt2025.org (by Feb 20). We look for demos, sharing dev experiences, case studies, intros to SNA datasets, and more! @schochastics.net @franktakes.bsky.social @zpneal.bsky.social