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Balancing the Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Social Network Analysis to Study Complex Social Systems

open access: yesComplexity, Governance & Networks, 2015
Social Network Analysis (SNA) can be used to investigate complex social systems. SNA is typically applied as a quantitative method, which has important limitations.
Danny Schipper, Wouter Spekkink
doaj   +1 more source

Social structuring and social network analysis (SNA): religion and the God node

open access: yesAWARI, 2020
This article links the theory of social structuring and the SNA (Social Network Analysis). We understand the emergence of religious networks as a more general process of social structuring. In the processes of structuring social networks, the connections are no longer random and become hierarchical and preferential links.
openaire   +2 more sources

Top Managerial Network Relations for Knowledge Transfer: Exploring Gender Differences

open access: yesCreativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the ongoing debate surrounding the gender gap in top managerial positions, various possible causes have been explored, with different networking patterns being one of them. However, we still lack detailed insights on how knowledge transfer via networks varies based on gender.
Sonja Sperber, Christian Linder
wiley   +1 more source

Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source

Public Health Using Social Network Analysis During the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review

open access: yesInformation
Social network analysis (SNA), or the application of network analysis techniques to social media data, is an increasingly prominent approach used in computational public health research.
Stanislava Gardasevic   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of social network analysis (SNA) in educational psychology

open access: yesFides et Ratio
The aim of this article is to present the possibilities offered by Social Network Analysis (SNA) in educational psychology research. The first part discusses the general principles of the network approach, with a particular focus on social networks. This
Katarzyna Knopp, Kajetan Knopp
doaj   +1 more source

Reengaging Criminology in Regulation and Governance: A Synergistic Research Agenda on Regulatory Guardianship

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent literature calls for scholars to bridge the divide that has emerged between criminology and regulation and governance. In the current work, we propose that criminological opportunity theories provide one fruitful pathway to that end.
Carole Gibbs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The sympathoregulatory region of the mouse rostral brainstem relies on both GABA and glycine to generate inhibitory currents

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Our study demonstrates that both GABA and glycine mediate inhibitory postsynaptic currents in the ventrolateral/ventromedial medulla (VLM/VMM) and increasing the activity of inhibitory synapses facilitates glycine release. We found that presympathetic VLM/VMM neurons receive glycinergic inputs, which release both glycine and GABA,
Hong Gao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inclusion and collaboration: What do trainee educational psychologists in Ireland think?

open access: yesSupport for Learning, Volume 41, Issue 2, May 2026.
Abstract Inclusive education is a central topic in the field of education, fuelled by national and international policy and legislation. While there is no universally accepted definition of inclusive education in Ireland or elsewhere, it is widely recognised that collaboration among relevant stakeholders is a core principle underpinning inclusive ...
Emma Teahan, Trevor O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

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