Working with Network Data

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

International Laboratory for Applied Network Research

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

2 year, 1-3 module

Instructors

Maltseva, Daria

Matveeva, Nataliya

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is about conducting research, both in academia and in practice. Specifically, we will focus on basic steps of the scientific inquiry, starting with the topic selection, and progressing through to literature review, hypotheses generation, choice of analysis method, and methods of propagating the research results to wide audiences (written and oral presentations). Throughout the semester we will become familiar with the most advanced current topics, presented by guest speakers and the ANR researchers. Whether you plan to work in the corporate world, or develop your career in academia, you will be forced to generate knowledge and disseminate it to others, so there is no doubt that you will use the skills acquired in this course.

Learning Objectives

• The course gives students an important foundation to develop and conduct their own research as well as to evaluate research of others.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Be able to develop and/or foster critical reviewing skills of published empirical research using applied statistical methods.
• Have basic academic writing skills in both English and Russian.
• Have oral presentation skills.
• Know the most recent advances in network science and applied statistics.
• Be able to understand the basic steps of the research process.
• Know the requirements and guidelines of scientific publishing both in Russia and abroad.
• Know topics, terminology, and principles of scientific research methods.
• Be able to to criticize constructively and determine existing issues with applied linear models in published work.

Course Contents

• Research design in social sciences
• Network-based research design
• Types of network data
• Network data collection
• Network data preparation
• Network data analysis
• Network data visualization
• SNA software
• Ethics and integrity in network-based research

Assessment Elements

• Homeworks
  8 consequtive homeworks on the materials of the research seminar
• Final Project

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.5 * Final Project + 0.5 * Homeworks

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Brewerton, P., & Millward, L. (2001). Organizational Research Methods : A Guide for Students and Researchers. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=251199
• Bryman, A. (1989). Research Methods and Organization Studies. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=97175
• Maruyama, G., & Ryan, C. S. (2014). Research Methods in Social Relations (Vol. 8th ed). Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=798826

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Sword, H. (2012). Stylish Academic Writing. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=464125

Authors

• MATVEEVA NATALIYA NIKOLAEVNA
• Pavlova Irina Anatolevna
• MALTSEVA Daria VASILEVNA