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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Dear Socnetters, St. Petersburg Summer School on Network Analysis accepts applications till tomorrow, March 1st, 2017. *Prior knowledge of network analysis is not required* The school will be held on July 10–16 2017. We invite BA, MA and PhD students who specialize in social sciences / cultural studies and are motivated to use network analysis, to take part in a set of introductory hands-on workshops getting acquainted with: - concepts and methods of network analysis - key tools and techniques of social network analysis - basics of semantic and sociosemantic network analysis - principles and applications of Exponential Random Graph models. Teachers: • Dr. Johan Koskinen, University of Manchester • Dr. Ju-Sung (Jay) Lee, Erasmus University Rotterdam • Dr. Adina Nerghes, VU University Amsterdam. Students will get: - aware of the opportunities network analysis provides for social and cultural studies - basic practical skills in analyzing different types of networks using the existing software - experience in working with network data – provided by the organizers or their own - advice from the teachers and other participants on which approaches to select and on how to apply network analysis in their own projects - feedback on their projects utilizing network analysis. Venue: Centre for German and European Studies at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Registration fee: ˆ50. The organizers will provide: lunches, coffee-breaks, participant packages and cultural program. All successful applicants will receive Visa support. Travel and accommodation: Participants are expected to come and lodge with their own funding, but the 3 persons who provide best applications will get free accommodation. Organizers: Centre for German and European Studies (St. Petersburg State University - Bielefeld University), Institute for Design and Urban Studies (ITMO University), and the Council of Young Scientists of the Faculty of Sociology (St. Petersburg State University). Application package: CV, letter of motivation and short description of research project in English. Address for submissions and inquiries: [log in to unmask] Best, Nikita Basov Centre for German and European Studies (St. Petersburg State University - Bielefeld University) _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.