Specialist Research Laboratory
Social Networks Laboratory
Research in the social networks laboratory concentrates on the analysis of social networks, and in particular the development of exponential random graph models for social networks (p* models). These models assume that a large-scale network emerges from combinations of local patterns of interaction among small overlapping subsets of people. Such patterns can often be interpreted as the result of a localized social process, a set of behaviours within each subset of individuals. As a result, these models provide ways to examine large scale network structures (the macro- or global level) as the ramification of overlapping and intersecting localized behavioural patterns (the micro- or local level).
Current Areas of Research
- Statistical models for networks and network-based processes
- The social epidemiology of mental health
- Co-evolution of state and market: Renaissance Florence
- The management of critical water resources: inter-organisational networks and organizational practices in the management of an urban waterway
- Networks and the spread of communicable diseases
- Models and methods for understanding human social networks
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Research Staff:
- Professor Pip Pattison
- Associate Professor Garry Robins
- Dr Dean Lusher
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Research Collaborators:
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Australia:
- Dr Lorraine Bates, Dr Gail Kelly, Dr Blair Nancarrow, Dr Geoff Syme, and Mr Paul Walker, CSIRO
- Mr Sean Bergin, Dr Michael Ling, Mr Paul Rogers, Dr Simon Parker, DSTO
- Professor Mark Considine, Dr Jenny Lewis, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne.
- Dr Jeff Grierson, Professor Marian Pitts andAssociate Professor Anthony Smith, LaTrobe University
- Professor Fiona Judd, Director, Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo
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International:
- Professor Mark Handcock, University of Washington, USA
- Professor Emmanuel Lazega, University of Lille, France
- Professor Alessandro Lomi, University of Bologna, Italy
- Professor Martina Morris, University of Washington, USA
- Profesor John Padgett, University of Chicago & Santa Fe Institute
- Professor Tom Snijders, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
- Professor Stanley Wasserman, University of Indiana, USA
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Research assistant:
Lab Facilities:
The Laboratory is well equipped for research in the broad field of Simulation and Statistical Analysis of Social Networks. Current facilities include three Micro Pro 1.0GHz Workstations and one Dell Precision 370 3.6GHz Workstation
Funding & Grants:
Current Research Students:
- Sarah Buckley
- Galina Daraganova
- Yuval Kalish
- Dean Lusher
- Anna Moylan
- Stuart Wilkinson
- Yu Zhao
- Lucio Naccarelli (Department of General Practice)
- Penny Mitchell (School of Population Health)
- Mark Lutschini (Centre for the Study of Heath and Society)
