Research & Expertise
Аnna Kartasheva told how data turns into knowledge
The expert of the new issue of the "+/- 10 minutes" column is Anna Kartasheva, PhD in Philosophy, research fellow at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, and director of the publishing house "Business Book". In the lecture, we will look at how data becomes information, and information becomes knowledge. We will also discuss whether data can be a neutral and error-free record of facts, and how the specifics of knowledge formation affect modern information systems.
Anna Semenova explained why centralities are needed in networks
In the "+/-10 minutes" release, Anna Semenova, a junior research fellow at the Laboratory of Applied Network Research and the International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis, a postgraduate student at the Faculty of Computer Science and a representative of the online master's programme "Data Analytics and Social Statistics", told how one can explain why Moscow became the capital of Russia or why you received fake news last week. Anna analyzed such problems from the point of view of centrality measures, and also explained what types of centrality exist and what other studies can be conducted in this way.
Natalia Matveeva spoke about the application of network analysis in interaction research
In the new episode of the project '+/- 10 minutes', Natalia Matveeva, research fellow at the International Laboratory of Applied Network Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, representative of the online master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' spoke about the basic principles of network analysis: What is network analysis? Why is it used in research? And what results can be achieved with its help?
Special issue of the journal Sociology 4M, dedicated to network analysis, edited by ANR-Lab
A special issue of the journal 'Sociology: Methodology, Methods, Mathematical Modeling' (Sociology:4M) has been published, dedicated to the methodology of network analysis in social sciences. The guest editor of the issue was the head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva, and 3 out of 5 articles were written by the laboratory members.