Network Science

Public procurement plays a crucial role in modern economies, serving not only as a mechanism to acquire public goods, services, and …

Education systems are webs of interconnected students, teachers, programs, institutions, and decisions. This chapter argues that a …

This chapter introduces computational social science as a data-driven framework for studying how collective memory forms, persists, and …

Group configurations shape social skills and learning outcomes. This study compares random allocation with student self-selection in …

Public procurement markets are highly structured networks. Using over one million Portuguese public procurement contracts, this article …

Abstract: [ENG] Vast amounts of data are becoming increasingly available to capture social processes at large scale and in great detail. Meanwhile, the rapid development of AI and computational approaches offers powerful toolkits for analyzing various data.

Internal factors-such as psychological traits or individual attitudes-relate to and explain political cleavages. Yet, little is known …

Social learning, the ability to perceive, interpret, and assess the behavior of one’s peers, is crucial for forming meaningful …

Despite increased global attention on violence against women, understanding the factors that lead to women becoming victims remains a …

The labor market has transformed with the advent of the gig economy, characterized by short-term and fexible work arrangements …

In the recent decade, we have seen major progress in quantifying the behaviors and the impact of scientists, resulting in a …

Abstract: [ENG] The unprecedented growth in social media use and large-scale information collection pose new threats, but also offer new opportunities. Modeling and managing complex interactive systems requires the analysis of social and technological signals to gain new insights into human society and individual behavior.

Abstract: [ENG] We discuss two projects that quantify the consequences of our network location for our access to resources and rewards in science. First, we investigate the dynamics of international science through the lens of national citation preferences, introducing a novel measure to characterize these processes and enabling a network analysis of global knowledge production.

La Convergencia de las Ciencias Físicas y Sociales: Una Entrevista con el Dr. Cristian Candia En una entrevista reciente, Carla Hermann, Ph.D., la anfitriona del programa Let’s Get Physical, se sentó con el Dr.

Social relationships are pivotal for human beings. Yet, we still lack a complete understanding of the types and conditions of social …

Financiado por CINS-DATA Spa. 2022.

Financiado por Universidad del Desarrollo. 2022-2023.

Collaboration among students is fundamental for knowledge building and competency development. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of …

Financiado por Derco. 2021-2022.

For several decades, scholars have studied the role of cooperation and its outcomes in educational contexts. Yet we lack a complete …

Financiado por ANID, Fondef IDea I+D 2019, ID19I10413. 2019-2022.

Data on the applicants’ revealed preferences when entering higher education is used as a proxy to build the Higher Education Space …