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 #meetDNDS #weareceu #computationalsocialscience

Are digital traces giving us a biased view of polarization? 🤔 New paper by Yijing Chen, @elisaomodei.bsky.social & co-authors shows that APIs capturing only visible engagement (💬 YouTube comments) may suggest stronger segregation than less visible forms (▶️ views). 🔗 bit.ly/3JAp2Fz

New paper co-authored by @elisaomodei.bsky.social explores how combining complexity science & transdisciplinary approaches can foster learning & action for sustainability 🌍✨ Published in Humanities & Social Sciences Comms (Nature) bit.ly/41qVGzp

🕊️ How do social ties shape one of the world’s most secretive elections? New paper by our PhD candidate Leonardo Rizzo et al. reveals hidden influence in the papal conclave through network analysis. 📘 Social Networks 🔗 bit.ly/450YDJn #NetworkScience

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. #WeAreCEU #NetworkScience #SocialDataScience #SeeUatCEU

Proud to share our presence at #StatPhys29! Prof. @janoskertesz.bsky.social opened the conference as IUPAP Commission Chair PhD students Helcio Felippe & @jymmt.bsky.social gave oral talks Visiting Prof. @tiago.skewed.de gave an invited talk Great to see DNDS at StatPhys!

How do social inequalities shape epidemic outcomes? Our PhD alum Adriana Manna shares insights from her award-winning dissertation on contact patterns, vaccination gaps & a novel modeling framework. 📖 Interview: bit.ly/44uT6KF #NetworkScience #EpidemicModeling

New paper in J. Royal Society Interface! We show that social structure—especially higher-order and overlapping interactions—is central to sustaining cooperation. @onkarsadekar.bsky.social with @fede7j.bsky.social, Andrea Civilini & Vito Latora. 🔗 bit.ly/4lmhy6y

Huge thanks to my brilliant collaborators, specially my supervisor @fede7j.bsky.social who has taught me so many things over the past few years! Check out the open-access paper here: 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @ceu-dnds.bsky.social 7/7

🎉 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 #WeAreCEU #NetworkScience #SocialDataScience #SeeUatCEU

🎥 Missed Data Stories 11? The recording is now up! Dive into talks on networks, narratives & visualizing data. ▶️ bit.ly/4jBC2XI #DataStories #DataViz #WeAreCEU

DNDS at NetSci 2025: 40+ talks, 3 awards, and a strong showing in Maastricht! 🔗 bit.ly/4dR6SKw #WeAreCEU #NetworkScience #SocialDataScience #NetSci2025 #ComplexSystems

🚨 Epidemics don’t hit everyone equally. 🎓 Adriana Manna wins CEU’s Best Dissertation Award for showing how social inequalities shape disease spread. 📖 Read it: bit.ly/4mJi5RD #CEU #PhD #SocialJustice #Epidemiology

@martonkarsai.bsky.social (Professor and Head of Department at DNDS @weareceu.bsky.social) presented as a keynote speaker at #NetSci2025

Can we track epidemics at the individual level without invading privacy? New article by @odorg.bsky.social & @martonkarsai.bsky.social finds signs of epidemic awareness behavior in SARS-CoV-2 genetic data. Read more: go.nature.com/3SRuw05 #GenomicEpidemiology #BehavioralEpidemiology #HumanDynamics

📢 The Data Stories poster gallery is out! 📢 Come explore 16 eye-catching visualizations that turn data into stories — spanning science, the arts, and sports. 👉 bit.ly/43xT8zH #DataStories #DataViz #ScienceCommunication #NetworkandDataScience #SeeUatCEU

🚀 Data Stories – 11th Edition Join us TOMORROW, May 20, 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm for a hybrid event featuring keynotes on data visualization and an exciting student poster exhibition! 🎤 Renata Raidou | Tobias Batik | Sandra Schober 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4mkABPQ #DataStories #DataViz #SeeUatCEU

New study by T. Criscione analyzes Kenya’s Sarafu token, a community currency used during COVID-19. Using network science, it reveals circulation patterns & signs of misuse. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4jcUPZf

📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱! Get ready for an exciting lineup of talks and visuals on Tuesday, May 20 at 16:00 @weareceu.bsky.social! 🎤 Renata Raidou, Tobias Batik, Sandra Schober 🎉 Posters & reception after! 📍 Sign up: events.ceu.edu/2025-05-20/d... 🌐 More: bit.ly/datastories25

🎉 Data Stories is almost here! Join us next Tuesday, May 20 at 16:00 for an inspiring event exploring the power of data through keynote talks by data visualization experts, interactive discussions, and a poster exhibition! 📍 RSVP: events.ceu.edu/2025-05-20/d... @weareceu.bsky.social

Is science missing from climate change debates on #Reddit? In a paper just published in PLOS Climate, @elisaomodei.bsky.social and collaborators from @isi.it find that 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟰–𝟲.𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1371/jour... #datascience #ClimateChange

Meet 𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐤, one of the keynote speakers at to present at #DataStoriesCEU! He works at the intersection of 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 and 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, focuses in interactive visualizations and developed a shape-shifting haptic device for VR. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! 🔗More info: bit.ly/datastories25

🎉 Congratulations to @fede7j.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Erdős–Rényi Prize from the @netscisociety.bsky.social ! 🏆 Recognized for pioneering work on emergent collective behavior in higher-order networks and their applications in understanding social phenomena. #NetworkScience #CEU

@sndrschbr.bsky.social will also present at #DataStoriesCEU! She writes #data-driven news stories for #ORF because she understands data is a valuable resource in journalism. Join us on May 20, 2025! 🔗 More details: bit.ly/datastories25 hashtag #datascience #networkscience #datavisualization

✨ Deadline Extended – Submit by May 7! ✨ We're still accepting poster submissions for Data Stories, CEU's annual celebration of data visualization in research. If you’re crafting a compelling, data-driven story, there’s still time to share your work! 🔗 networkdatascience.ceu.edu/data-stories

Renata Raidou is one of the experts that will present at #DataStoriesCEU! She teaches #MedicalVisualization and #VisualAnalytics at @tuwien.at. She's also the Austrian rep in @easac.bsky.social, a scientific advisory to policymakers in the area of AI in Healthcare. More: bit.ly/datastories25

The deadline for this 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 is May 1st! Join us in Vienna for a 20-month postdoc on the COLINE project, studying the 15-minute city & urban mobility. 💰 €56,000/year + benefits 📅 Starts Sept 1, 2025 🔗 Apply: shorturl.at/e3zDJ Be part of cutting-edge computational social science! 🧠🌍

How does toxicity shape conversations? 🙊 Listen to our recent graduate, Gabriela Juncosa, explaining it in 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁. You might learn a tip or two for dealing with that toxic family member (y'know which one we're talking about 🤐) 🎙️https://bit.ly/3Gu1j88 📽️https://bit.ly/3EurJpV .

Discover how our Department is advancing research at the intersection of #NetworkScience and #datadriven problem-solving. Join a vibrant academic community where theory meets real-world application. Join us! #DataScience #SocialDataScience #Interdisciplinary #AIAndSociety #TechForGood #ApplyNow

📊 Join us for the 11th edition of Data Stories! Showcase your best data visualizations in an exhibition featuring expert keynotes and discussions. Bring data to life! 📝 Submit by: April 30, 2025 → bit.ly/datastories25 📅 Event: May 20, 2025 | CEU Vienna & online www.youtube.com/watch?v=yidG...

🚀 Postdoc Opportunity! Join us in Vienna for a 20-month postdoc on the COLINE project, studying the 15-minute city & urban mobility. 💰 €56,000/year + benefits 📅 Starts Sept 1, 2025 🔗 Apply by May 1: shorturl.at/e3zDJ Be part of cutting-edge computational social science! 🧠🌍

How do group interactions shape the world? Collective behavior isn’t just one-to-one—it’s synergy. New research by T. Robiglio, F. Battiston & colleagues shows how higher-order interactions drive emergent effects. 🔍 Read more: shorturl.at/sYgqe

New article: Cultural Evolution, Social Ratcheting, and the Evolution of Human Division of Labour by L. Rizzo, F. Battiston, and colleagues explores how cultural evolution shapes social roles & specialization. Read more: shorturl.at/RwaK0

🚀 Postdoc Opportunity! Join us in Vienna for a 22-month postdoc on the COLINE project, studying the 15-minute city & urban mobility. 💰 €49,700/year + benefits 📅 Starts Sept 1, 2025 🔗 Apply by May 1: shorturl.at/e3zDJ Be part of cutting-edge computational social science! 🧠🌍

🔥 This new research is lit! 🚒 Check out the paper just published by @naushirvanov.bsky.social on the impact of #wildfires on different socioeconomic groups in #Valparaiso, Chile.

🎥 How is the interplay of networks and status among Hollywood filmmakers from 1920 to 2000? In their new paper, @markwittek.bsky.social and Katharina Burgdorf examine the long-term changes in the social organization of #filmmaking. 🔗Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎉 Congrats to Federico Battiston! Federico, Associate Professor at CEU DNDS & Director of the PhD Program, has won the 2025 Young Scientist Award in Socio- & Econophysics from the German Physical Society! 🏆 Watch the video: youtu.be/cfv0z7m7mus?...

Have you seen this? 👀 Open Postdoc position at our Department! Come join us 😀

Join us online on Wednesday 19th, 5:40 PM to learn more about the #impacts of #socialmedia on society. ⛓️‍💥Register here: bit.ly/3FomgkF

🌟 Revolutionizing Pandemic Modeling! 🌟 @martonkarsai.bsky.social et al. use income, education, and residence type in disease models for clearer health inequality insights. 🎙️ Hungarian speakers, hear his thoughts on network science and pandemic behavior on Trend FM! shorturl.at/0RbSF

📢Join us for a public lecture by @walter4c.bsky.social about the impacts of social media on society. ⛓️‍💥For online attendants, please register here: bit.ly/3FomgkF

Come, join us on March 20th and discover CEU! 🔗 Register at www.ceu.edu/ceu-open-day

Elma Hot Dervic (from @csh.ac.at) presented "Unraveling Cradle-to-Grave Disease Trajectories from Population-Wide Comorbidity Networks" at DNDS. She explained how co-occurring diagnoses evolve over a patient’s lifetime by studying a dataset from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Health. #datadriven

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Sandeep Chowdhary on earning his PhD summa cum laude! 🏆 His research explores success in careers & teams across academia, sports, and innovation, contributing to the Science of Science. 👏 #PhDDefense #NetworkScience #ScienceOfScience

🧐Cascading Breakdown? Check out this new article in @naturecomms.bsky.social by Bonamassa, @janoskertesz.bsky.social, Havlin, & Gross. 👉Cascades are self-reinforcing processes underlying the systemic risk of many complex systems. Understanding the universal...𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: go.nature.com/4b38ks8

📢 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! Don’t miss the talk by @vcolizza.bsky.social on how mobility data reshaped epidemic modeling during the COVID-19 pandemic. 🗓️ 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟭𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 ⏰ 𝟱:𝟰𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 📍 𝗖𝗘𝗨 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮ß𝗲 𝟱𝟭 🔗 Register here for Zoom link: ceu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 Join us 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 for a talk by @vcolizza.bsky.social on how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped mobility data’s role in epidemic modeling. 🗓️ Feb 12, 2025 ⏰ 5:40-7:20 pm 📍 Central European University, Quellenstraße 51, 1100 Vienna 🔗 bit.ly/4gmj99m #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #COVID19

Congratulations to @onkarsadekar.bsky.social, @jymmt.bsky.social, and @yijingch.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 PhD Awards from @weareceu.bsky.social! Onkar and Yijing got the Advanced PhD Award, while Jun received the First-Year. We are so proud of you and the effort you put into your work!

📢 Guest Lecture by @vcolizza.bsky.social Join us for a talk on how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped mobility data’s role in epidemic modeling. 🗓️ Feb 12, 2025 ⏰ 5:40-7:20 pm 📍 Central European University, Quellenstraße 51, 1100 Vienna 🔗 bit.ly/4gmj99m #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #COVID19

🌟We start February by celebrating #academicexcellence 🌟 During January, 4 of our PhD in #networkscience successfully defended their dissertations. Congratulations to the new doctors of our department: •Ludovico Napoli •Leonardo di Gaetano •Teodoro Criscione •Adriana Manna 🚀We wish you the best!