Knowledge Matters™

I am running a half-day seminar and workshop on Wednesday the 30th of January 2008, called “Introducing Network Analysis as a Research Technique”. The seminar is part of Canberra University’s Inter-University Research Workshop Program , and is aimed at new researchers, but is of use to anyone interested in network analysis. The seminar is organised into three sessions.

Session one:

• provides a brief history of network analysis;
• positions network analysis in the research traditions;
• explains why network analysis is useful, and why it is gaining traction now; and
• provides some examples across disciplines where network analysis is being used.

Session two:

• explains the differences between social, organisational and business network analysis;
• lists some of the visualisation and analysis tools that are available, and describes their strengths and weaknesses;
• shows some examples of the various maps (visualisations) that can be produced; and
• introduces the concepts of one and two mode networks, and attributes.

Session three:

• discusses how data might be collected and structured;
• includes a short exercise where attendees list their friendship network, with attributes, in an EXCEL spreadsheet;
• shows attendees how to bring their data into UCINET and NetDraw ;
• discusses some ethical considerations; and
• finishes by providing some presentation tips.

If you are interested and you are in Canberra on Wednesday the 30th of January 2008 you can register here .

The seminar is also offered on demand by Knowledge Matters™, and can be tailored to meet your specific requirements. Send me an e-mail if you want more details.

Regards, Graham