We’re excited to announce the line-up for our fall seminar series! We have three awesome speakers who will share their research and perspectives on the craft of science.

Learning from @maximelca.bsky.social how to be nice to people in science 🤣🤣 @netplace.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

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.

🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation! We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs! 📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025 🕕 6 PM till late 📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱 🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event

🔥🔥What a day at our Networks & Physics workshop at QMUL! From thought-provoking talks to a hands-on Collabathon, we wrapped up with amazing projects presented by our participants. Huge thanks to the speakers and participants for the energy and insight!

🎉 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.

🎉 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.

🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation! We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs! 📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025 🕕 6 PM till late 📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱 🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event

🚀 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...

🚨 Reminder! Our Networks & Physics workshop is happening this Friday at QMUL (London). It’s free to attend, and there’s still room for more people! Come join us for a day of great talks and collaboration...

🚨 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...

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...

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...

🔥 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

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!

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

🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to welcome Samuel Martín-Gutiérrez from the @netincsh.bsky.social who will talk about intersectional inequalities in social networks and finding the right audience for your research. 📅 When: 3rd Apr, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

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Tomorrow!

🔥 Hey Pals, time for our usual seminar announcement! This week, we’re excited to have Helcio Felippe discussing similarity measures in networks and voluntary work in academia (see below). Save the date: 20th Mar, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

🔥 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

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞? - Follow our Bluesky account - Join the Discord channel ( discord.gg/w3gppwZMyb ) - Give us feedback on what you would like to see on CORE via email ( [email protected] ) - Spread the word to help us grow!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄? CORE’s objective isn’t to create just another organization in complexity and network science, but to centralize information about other organizations and events, such as talks, seminars, and conferences. We aim to streamline access to relevant opportunities and news.

We are glad to present 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄) 🎉 complexity-core.github.io 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄 is a newly-created umbrella organization that aims to gather resources and initiatives directed to the Complexity and Network Science community.

I'm glad to be contributor for 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄), a newly-created umbrella organization that aims to gather resources and initiatives directed to the Complexity and Network Science community. 👇🧵1/6

Hey NetPals! Facing financial constraints and you might not be able to attend NetSci 2025? We're pleased to announce that we have two registration fee waivers available for early-career researchers. If you are interested, complete this forms.gle/WCdtWiCvoEcn... by 3rd Mar.

Today!

Hey NetPals 🔥, we’re planning to organize a NetPlace workshop in London and would love your input! Which topic would you find most interesting to discuss? Fill out the form and give us more feedback. We’d love to see you all in London! 👀 forms.gle/k1gBJ9B5CHr4...

🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to have Alessia Antelmi, who will discuss the impact of group interactions on climate-related opinion change and the transition from PhD to researcher in academia 📅 Save the date: 20th Feb, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we welcome Lucio La Cava @luciolcw.bsky.social from University of Calabria, who will discuss the rise of decentralized social media and challenges for early-career researchers in the age of big tech. 📅 Mark your calendars: 6th Feb, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

🔥 Hey NetPals, NetPlace is back! This week, we welcome Arianna Pera from IT University of Copenhagen, who will discuss swing voters on social media, and imposter syndrome in academia. 📅 Mark your calendars: 23rd Jan, 4pm UK time Zoom: netplace.site

We’re excited to announce our second speaker Prof. Sanjay Puri from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Join us at NetPlace@NetSciX 2025, 15 Jan 2025, starting from 18:00.

We’re thrilled to announce our first speaker @barabasi.bsky.social from Northeastern University! Join us at NetPlace@NetSciX 2025, 15 Jan 2025, starting from 18:00.

As a researcher in network science, what challenges do you face and what opportunities do you see? What question do you have about doing research in network science? Share your thoughts below, and we’ll take them to NetSciX 2025 for discussion!

NetPlace is coming to NetSciX 2025! Join us for a special NetPlace session on Challenges and Opportunities in Network Science and discuss with our speakers on Jan 15. Looking forward to seeing you there! More info ➡️ netplace.site/event/netsci...

Happy new year NetPlacers! 🔥🥳 Last year has been full of events, we have grown a lot thanks to all of you! We are very grateful ❤️ We wish this year will be even better, we'll try our best to improve and serve our community. We have some surprises for you, stay tuned! 🔥

New school incoming in higher order systems!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇 (in Sicily, in summer #machealtrovedevodi’😜)

Higher-order interactions: mechanisms, behaviors, and networks - Aug 25-31, 2025 We're happy to host a course/workshop at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in the incredibly beautiful Erice, Sicily, with amazing speakers sites.google.com/view/ho2025e... Wait no further and join!

Today! Ps: notice the time ⏰

🔥 Hey NetPals! It's time for our usual seminar recap! In the last session, we had the pleasure of discussing chemical automata networks and the challenges of lacking motivation in academia with Amaury J. L. Diaz @amahury.bsky.social from Binghamton University.

🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we welcome Francesco Bortolotti, who will discuss modeling social systems and interactions in the age of GenAI, covering methods, challenges, and real-world examples 📊🤖. 📅 Mark your calendars: 12th Dec, 5pm UK (notice the time!) 🔗 Join us on Zoom: netplace.site

This neatly sums up most of my research agenda in #metascience and the science of science: it's not citations, it's not publications, it's not grant dollars... It's people, and the ideas they have. That's what makes science work 🚀

📢 NetSci 2025 Speaker announcement: Tiago Pereira, Professor of Mathematics at the Universidade de São Paulo & Visiting Professor at Imperial College London "𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴" #NetSci2025

📢 NetSci 2025 Speaker announcement: Anne Roefs, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience of Abnormal Eating at Maastricht University "Chasing rainbows or finding gold: The network approach to understanding and treating psychopathology" #NetSci2025

Highly recommended for all the young researchers out there! Bonus point: it's in Sicily.

Shiny brand new website ✨ We didn’t know we would come this far when we started, but here we are, growing more and more. And a bigger organization needs a better website! It took us a lot of hard work, but we have made it: netplace.site

Last chance! Deadline tomorrow!