Social Network Analysis

Dates: Tuesday 1st February 2011

Times: 1.00pm to 2.00pm

Course Leader: Dr Mamata Parhi, WISERD at Swansea

Location: Swansea University

Overview

The aim of this session is to introduce the widely used and powerful methodological tools of Social Network Analysis. The session will also introduce the software package UCINET, which is available for hands-on data analysis. This workshop should be of interest to staff from a range of academic disciplines as SNA is a cross-cutting methodological tool and is increasingly being applied in social sciences.

This session will cover:

1. The importance of SNA
2. Basic philosophy and principles of SNA
3. Operational details of SNA methodology
4. Simple analysis of network data using UCINET

Please note: This is a ‘Lunch and Learn’ session hosted by the Staff Development Unit at Swansea University and is open to Staff from Swansea University and SWWHEP Partners (Trinity and SMU) only.

For further information please contact the Staff Development Unit at Swansea University on 01792 295762