The Centre for Social Innovation uses Social Network Analysis (SNA) in its grant and contract research endeavours, as well as in its teaching activities. SNA methods are applied to evaluation activities on the programme or project level, and to pursuing certain research questions, for instance, regarding international scientific networks. Interactive visualisations are created to allow a user-oriented exploration of the results, i.e. experience the data first-hand.

SNA methods typically allow us to determine aspects such as

• the nature of relations in a network
• the extent and/or intensity of the relations
• what kind of structural patterns are there in a network
• whether and how relations develop over time

Of special value in a given context is the interpretation of these results, together with our stakeholders, and recommendations for improvement.

SNA can be applied in many different areas, such as bibliometric studies, the evaluation of cooperation programmes, or the flow of information in an organisation.

On the technical side, ZSI researchers make use of SNA software like UCINet, Pajek, or the SNA package of R. A series of open source tools is utilised for the creation of advanced network visualisations.

We also use the experiences gained through our SNA projects as practical examples in our teaching assignments at SOQUA (see below).

References / Contracting authorities:

European Commission (Hope in Station - PROGRESS Programme, STELLAR Network of Excellence)

Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (SOQUA - advanced training for social scientists)

Austrian Research Promotion Agency (CIR-CE - scientific monitoring)

Ansprechperson: DI Dietmar Lampert

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Kooperationspartner

• PANEPISTIMIO DYTIKIS ATTIKIS (UniWA)

Projekte

• Policy and governance of urban energy prosumption models – examining and co-visioning a social transformation process
• Evaluation of the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation: Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness related to the Green Transition
• Kooperationen in Lehre und Forschung zwischen Österreich und Nordamerika
• Bestandsaufnahme der Kooperation und Vernetzung österreichischer und nordamerikanischer Forschender, FTI-Stakeholder und -Institutionen
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• Connecting Science Learning Outside The Classroom
• WBC-INCO.NET
• Wissenschaftliche Begleitung des CIR-CE Programmes (Co-operation in Innovation and Research with Central and Eastern Europe)
• sozialwissenschaftliche Berufsausbildung: SOQUA 2005-2016
• ComeIn - Online Mobile Communities to Facilitate the Social Inclusion of Young Marginalised People
• STELLAR Network of Excellence
• Hope in Stations
• ProLearn

Publikationen

• CIR-CE Scientific Monitoring 2006
• CIR-CE Scientific Monitoring 2007
• Evaluating Project Communications with Social Network Analysis
• Analysis of Cooperation Patterns of Western Balkan Countries in International Research Cooperation Programmes
• Cooperation Patterns in the Framework Programmes with a Focus on ICT
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