I am running a half-day seminar followed by a half-day workshop on Friday the 4th of July 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.  This link has testimonials and ratings by previous participants.

The seminar and workshop are offered free of charge to research students and researchers from all institutions, but priority access will be given to students and staff from participating universities.  Costs may apply to other participants.   If you are interested and you are in Canberra on Friday the 4th of July 2008 you can register here . 

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;
• discusses some ethical considerations; and
• finishes by providing some presentation tips.

The workshop builds on the mornings activities and introductuces participants to  UCINET and NetDraw .   Participants will:

• complete a short exercise where attendees list their friendship network, with attributes, in an EXCEL spreadsheet;
• import their data into UCINET and NetDraw ; and
• visualise their data in NetDraw using various layouts.

Time permitting I will help participants structure their own data so it is ready for use in UCINET and NetDraw .

The seminar iand workshop are 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