1ST AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS CONFERENCE

Welcome to the inaugural Australian Social Network Analysis Conference (ASNAC 2016) to be held on the 16-17th of November 2016 in Hawthorn, Australia. This conference marks the first national meeting in Australia for researchers and practitioners who are working with social network analysis (SNA). 

The MelNet Social Network Research Group – part of the Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology – is hosting the 1st Australian Social Network Analysis Conference at its Hawthorn campus in Melbourne, Australia. The conference will bring together scholars from key universities and research institutes in Australia, including doctoral students, as well as industrial partners who are working on the theory, method and application of social network analysis. The conference intends to build greater coordination and collaboration among social network researchers and practitioners in Australia, and raise the profile of SNA nationally. Participants can either give a presentation or present a poster.

Watch the ASNAC 2016 plenary sessions below

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Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology

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We are pleased to welcome as the keynote speaker for ASNA 2016: 

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Professor Garry Robins

Garry originally received a BSc honours degree in mathematics before a first career in the Australian foreign service. He returned to academia through completion of a B.A. and PhD in mathematical psychology from the University of Melbourne. His PhD research won awards from the Psychometric Society and the American Psychological Association. After a period at Deakin University, in 1999 he took up a position at the School of Psychology, University of Melbourne. Garry’s principal work in social networks has been methodological, focusing on the development of exponential random graph models, but he has also had many collaborations in applied network-based research: for instance, epidemiology, animal behavior, defence, organizational and environmental studies. He is a past winner of the Freeman Award from INSNA and of the i2 award for the most highly cited paper in INSNA-related journals. His most recent book, Doing Social Network Research: Network-based Research Design for Social Scientists,appeared in 2015.

The 1st Annual Australian Social Network Analysis Conference will be held at Swinburne University of Technology

Lecture Theatre AMDC301
Swinburne University of Technology – Hawthorn Campus
John St, Hawthorn VIC 3122

 

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Associate Professor Dean Lusher (Swinburne University)

ASNAC 2016 SPONSORS

  • Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
  • International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
“The scope and aims of the 1st Australian Social Network Analysis Conference are endorsed by INSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis) and we are pleased to offer our support of the conference.  We invite all participants to join INSNA and to participate in our signature Sunbelt Conferences (XXXVII in 30 May 2017 – 4 June 2017 in Beijing, CN).” - Committee, International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) 2016

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

  • MelNet Social Network Research Group – part of the Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology