Daria Maltseva

On November 30, the Faculty of Social Sciences held an Open Day of educational programmes at the HSE University, where the master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' was presented.

On November 9, a hybrid meetup was held by the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research (ANR-Lab) and the Master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' (DASS). The event brought together students and graduates of the DASS (ex-MASNA) master's programme, team and friends of the laboratory to discuss how the programme is doing and what opportunities for collaboration exist.

Eight courses in the Master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' were recognized as the best by students of the 2023-2025 cohort.

Head of the laboratory Daria Maltseva gave a presentation at the VII Media Forum 'Freedom of Journalism in the Context of Human Rights, New Technologies and International Information Security', which was held on October 17-18 in Vladikavkaz.

On October 18, ANR-Lab Senior Research Fellow Ivan Klimov spoke at the Research Expo conference, where Russian research organizations have been exchanging experience and expertise for several years now.

The DASS programme invites you to watch a recording of the open day, where together with the head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva we talked about some discoveries in the field of Social Network Analysis (SNA): concepts and theories that explain social interactions with various network effects.

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.

There was a workshop on network analysis – three bright speakers told important, interesting and necessary things in an hour and a half.

ANR-Lab team gave presentations on the laboratory's ongoing research at the Sunbelt conference's online panel.

On June 5, Daria Maltseva, Irina Pavlova and Lika Kapustina spoke to the participants, organizers and alumni of the Academic Talent Pool of the Higher School of Economics with a workshop on "Network Analysis: Introduction to New Methodology".

On May 20-21, theXIV International Conference on Network Analysis took place, at which ANR-Lab members presented their work.

On May 23–25, 2024, a joint visiting seminar of the Academic and Administrative Talent Pools “Project culture and project management at the university” was held at the Voronovo Educational Center of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

The International Laboratory for Applied Network Research celebrated its 10th anniversary. In honor of this, a number of events were organized.

The online master's programme Data Analytics and Social Statistics (DASS) has two tracks. The open day was dedicated to the track 'Computational Social and Network Sciences'.

ZIRCON, together with the Laboratory of Applied Network Research of the HSE University, the SocioLogos.ru platform and the OMI (Online Market Intelligence) company is conducting a project to study professional communications among members of the Russian research community working in the field of sociology and marketing. Daria Maltseva, head of the ANR-Lab, spoke about its strategic mission.

On April 11-13, 2024, the International Grushin Sociological Conference was held in Moscow. This is the main annual event for everyone who studies public opinion, understands and explains social processes and phenomena. This year's theme is “Metamorphoses of society and the research industry: new challenges.” ANR-Lab team took part in the conference and shared their impressions of the event.

Head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva took part in the scientific conference 'Neighbors in Research,' which took place on April 5 at the HSE University campus in Perm.

On March 30, the Data Analytics and Social Statistics programme held a series of events as part of an Open Day at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The programme of events assumed a hybrid format and included several presentations by representatives of the master's programme.

The first house event after the renaming was dedicated to the changes that have occurred in the programme over the past year.

On November 30 – December 2, a full-time module of the annual School of Applied Data Analysis was held at Tomsk State University. Head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva acted as a guest expert and conducted a series of master classes on applied network analysis for participants in the “Science Management” track.

Team of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research registered the Bib-eLib Program for collecting and processing bibliographic data in Russian from the eLibrary electronic library as a result of intellectual activity (RIA).

Experts from the Russian Science Foundation recognized the project 'Collaboration Patterns in the Russian Sociological Community: The Structure of Scientific Schools and Possible Points of Growth' as successfully completed.

The head of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, Daria Maltseva, took part in several events at HSE departments, where she spoke about scientific collaborations from the point of view of a researcher in this field and a practitioner with experience in implementing joint research projects.

In a new video from the popular science channel on social sciences 'TELOS', the head of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, Daria Maltseva, talks about the network structure of social capital and its theory by Mark Granovetter.

On September 4-8, the 7th European Conference on Social Networks EUSN 2023 was held in Ljubljana (Slovenia), where laboratory members presented their reports, learned about the latest developments in the field of network analysis, and also met with their colleagues from foreign universities.

On September 7, another open house event was held for the Master of Applied Statistics with Network Analysis (MASNA) online master's programme.

In the new episode of HSE Online's "+/- 10 Minutes" project, Daria Maltseva, head of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, talks about how social connections are formed, what models exist to explain network analysis, and how the Six degrees of separation theory works.

From July 4–8, the 14th Summer School ‘Methods and Tools for Analysing Social Networks’ was held by the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research (ANR Lab). The dissemination of knowledge about the most recent methods of network analysis is one of the goals of the laboratory. Social network analysis is an interdisciplinary field that studies networks of interactions between different objects (such as people, organisations, institutions, countries, words in texts, texts on the internet) and identifying hidden patterns within them.

On July 8, the Summer School 'Methods and Tools for Analyzing Social Networks' ended. We present you a brief overview of the events that the ANR-Lab team held as part of the 14th Summer School.

Stanislav Moiseev, Daria Maltseva and Tamara Shcheglova, in collaboration with foreign colleagues, conducted a comparative study of the attitude of Russia, Ukraine and Slovenia population to passive RFID microchips within the framework of the Fundamental Research Program of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE).

Daria Maltseva, Head of the ANR-lab, took part as an expert in the advanced training program "Academic Accelerator: Flexible Skills of a Modern Researcher", implemented by the HSE Center for Scientific Integration.

On July 3, the graduation of the master's programme 'Applied Statistics with Network Analysis' was held for students of the 2021 enrollment.

A MASNA webinar devoted to work in Pajek took place on June 29 for all MASNA applicants and all listeners who are interested in network analysis.

Interview with Daria Maltseva published in the new issue ‘Careers at HSE’ on the university portal ‘HSE University Life’

Daria Maltseva and Ivan Klimov recorded a podcast episode about the MASNA programme for the project "Vyshka On the Line".

The journal 'Sociology: 4M' and the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research announce the preparation of a special issue of the journal dedicated to the methodology of network analysis in the social sciences. Guest editor – candidate of social sciences Daria Maltseva. Estimated release date of the issue is December 2023.

On April 11, within the framework of the XXIV Yasin (April) international scientific conference on the problems of the development of the economy and society, a Roundtable ANR-Lab 'Theory and application of network analysis' was held. Laboratory staff and external speakers made presentations.

In March, Quality & Quantity journal published an article by Aryuna Kim and Daria Maltseva ‘Qualitative social network analysis: studying the field through the bibliographic approach’.

On April 9, the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research turns 9 years old.

In December, ANR-Lab Head Daria Maltseva visited the Center for Methodology and Social Informatics of the University of Ljubljana, where she met with the laboratory supervisors, exchanged experience with foreign colleagues, and also agreed on future cooperation in the field of scientific and educational activities.

The activity of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research was extended for the next year after a successful defense at the HSE Expert Council.

From August 1 to September 3, the 13th summer school of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research "Network Analysis and Contemporary Decision Sciences" was held. More than 50 people took part in the school. The program was based on the courses "Introduction to Social Network Analysis", "Advanced Social Network Analysis" and "Contemporary Decision Science". The classes were taught by professors from Ljubljana, Vladimir Batagelj and Luka Kronegger, as well as ANR-Lab employees Dina Yakovleva and Daria Maltseva.

The head of the ANR-Lab, Daria Maltseva, was given the Tier 3 bonus for publishing in international peer-reviewed refereed journals for 2022-2023.

Since September 2022, ANR-Lab continues to train 3rd year students at the “Applied and Network Analytics” minor.

On July 12-16, the XLII Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt took place. Laboratory members made presentations at the conference.

ANR-Lab members Daria Maltseva and Stanislav Moiseev took part in the XII Summer School of the Centre for Sociocultural Research "Cross-cultural research design development" for students, graduate students and academic staff, which took place in Zvenigorod from June 26 to July 1.

On June 22-24, the conference “Networks in the Global World: Structures in Time. Relational Dynamics in European Societies and Beyond” was held. Laboratory staff presented their reports within the framework of thematic sessions.

The XII Summer School of the Center for Sociocultural Research "Development of the design of cross-cultural research" was held for undergraduates, graduate students and research and teaching staff, which was held this year in Zvenigorod from June 26 to July 1.

Since April 2022, Daria Maltseva has become the Head of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research. She took over the position of Valentina Kuskova, the founder and ideological inspirer of the laboratory. We talked with the "new" and "old" leaders - remembered how it all began, what the laboratory has achieved in almost 9 years of its existence, and what plans its employees have for the future.

On April 5-22, 2022, the XXII Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by NRU HSE takes place. Within the conference framework, the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research traditionally organized a section, "Network Analysis," addressed to various theoretical and empirical studies from different disciplines, based on applying theoretical and methodological approaches from the field of network analysis.

On December 24, a solemn event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the International Laboratories project was held, where ANR-Lab employees Daria Maltseva, Dmitry Zaytsev, and Gregory Khvatsky received awards from the university administration.

The conference was held online on September 6-10 and brought together sociologists, statisticians, computer and science specialists, economists, humanitarians, and scientists from all fields related to network science. The conference presented current results and the latest methodological developments in the field of social network analysis.

The conference of the European Sociological Association was held online from August 31 to September 3 and attracted over 3,800 participants. The main focus of the event was sociological knowledge for an alternative future.

On July 5-10, Networks2021 was held – joint conference of Sunbelt and NetSci, the main international conferences on network analysis and network science. Nine laboratory members made oral and poster presentations at the conference and took part in workshops within the conference framework.

We congratulate the Deputy Head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva on winning the 2021 RSF grant competition for young scientists.

On June 17-19, the 8th STS Italia International Conference "Dis/Entangling Technoscience" was held, dedicated to the interaction between technoscience and society. Seven ANR-Lab members made presentations in the track "The New Role of R&D Networks and Evaluation Processes in the Time of "Big Science.""

On April 13-23, 2021, the XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by NRU HSE was held. Within the conference framework, the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research traditionally organized a section, "Network Analysis," addressed to various theoretical and empirical studies from different disciplines, based on applying theoretical and methodological approaches from the field of network analysis.

The academic achievements of Daria Maltseva, Deputy Head of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, were recognized in the HSE Science Foundation competition framework. Congratulations to Daria and her co-author, prof. Vladimir Batagelj with the recognition of their research results and the received academic allowance of the 3rd level for two years.

The conference 'Networks in the Global World' was held online on July 7-9, 2020. ANR-Lab members and MANSA graduates participated in the conferece sessions. ANR-Lab held its own session on scientific networks.

On April 20-21, the two-day online section “Network Analysis” was held as part of the XXI April International Scientific Conference on the Problems of Economic and Social Development, organized by the International laboratory of applied network research. Both days were fruitful and rich in scientific communication: the section brought together researchers from different cities of Russia, Slovenia and the USA.

On March 4, 2020, in the Durasov’s house in the building on Pokrovsky Boulevard, an award ceremony for the winners of the HSE student research competition - 2019 was held, where Ekaterina Melianova and Kirill Lesnykh, students of the master's programme "Applied Statistics with Network Analysis", were awarded.

Ekaterina Melianova, Kirill Lesnykh and Marya Vorobyova are the winners and laureates of the HSE Student Research Paper Competition. Congratulations to our students and colleagues and their scientific supervisors Irina Zangieva and Daria Maltseva on winning the competition.

In December 1-28, 2019, Daria Maltseva had an internship at the Center for Methodology and Informatics of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana.

The 7th international workshop on the analysis of social networks was held on October 29-31 in Salerno, Italy. The workshop was about multilayer, multilevel and multimode networks. Some of our laboratory members and students of the master's program presented the results of their research on the thematic sessions.

This fall, we are restarting our meetings in new formats: following organizational expansion, the time has come to expand the types of activities we offer that are open to the general public.

ANR-Lab members took part in the 4th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2019), whichwas held on September 9-12 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Daria Maltseva took part in the 14th European Sociological Association Conference 2019, which was held on August 20-23 in Manchester, UK.

ANR-Lab, jointly with the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, has conducted the 10th International Summer School “Analysis of Scientific Networks” and the International Workshop on Scientific Networks.

ANR-Lab members took part in the main event in the field of social network analysis – XXXIX SunbeltSocial Networks Conference in Montreal, Canada.

Anja Žnidaršič' (PhD, University of Maribor, Slovenia) has visited ANR-Lab according to the HSE International Scholar's Visit Program.

On June 10 and 11, Daria Maltseva, Deputy Laboratory Head, and Anja Žnidaršič, PhD University of Maribor, Slovenia, organized a workshop "Analysis of Bibliometric Networks" at Tomsk State University.

At the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, ANR-Lab organized its own section "Network Analysis".

On November 21 and 28, ANR-Lab senior research fellow Daria Maltseva made a presentation at the “Sredin Seminar” (No. 1282/1283) at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Ljubljana.

Deputy Head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva took part in the 15th International Conference on Applied Statistics, which was held on September 23-26 in Ribno, Bled (Slovenia).

Employees of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research took part in the annual conference of the European Consortium for Political Studies, which was held on August 22-25 in Hamburg, Germany.

Members of the International laboratory for Applied Network Research took part at the Conference “Networks in the Global World. Principles behind Structures: Patterns of complexity in European societies and beyond”, which was held on July 4-6 in St. Petersburg.

ANR-Lab members took part at the 2nd International Statistical Conference in Croatia (ISCCRO`18) “New Advances in Statistical Methods Applications for a Better World”, which was organized by the Croatian Statistical Association (CSA) and took place in Croatia, Opatija on May 10-11^th.

ANR-Lab members took part in the open stand up conference “Networks 4.0. The Speed of Changes”, which took place on April 13 at the “Boiling Point ASI”.

The members of ANR-Lab and LCSR HSE will organize the session «Mixed Methods in Network Analysis» at the conference"Networks in the global world", which will take place on July 4 – 6, 2018 in St. Petersburg.

Senior Researcher of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research Daria Maltseva took part in the 22nd Young Statisticians Meeting, which was held on October 13-15, 2017 in Zagreb, Croatia.

ANR-Lab members took part in 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association «(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities», which took place from August 29^th to September 1^st in Athens, Greece.

Members of the ANR-Lab have organized its own session “SNA in Russia: Progress and Prospects” at the XXXVII SUNBELT CONFERENCE of the INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS, which took place in Beijin, China from May 30 till Jine 4.

On May 16-17 in Naples (Italy) the Sixth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis “Challenges in Social Network Research” took place, where ANR-Lab organized its session.

From March 1 to May 27, Senior Researcher of the ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva trains at the Center for Methodology and Informatics of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana

Daria Maltseva took part in the conference “Urgent Problems of Modern Society” in Novosibirsk

ANR-members took part in the conference “Russian Sociological Community: History, Present, and the Place in International Social Science”

ANR-Lab memebers took part in the conference “Networks in the Global World-2016. Multiple Structures and Dynamics: Applications of Network Analysis to European Societies and Beyond”

Valentina Kuskova and Daria Maltseva took part in The Sixth International Conference on Network Analysis NET 2016

International Laboratory for Applied Network Research has held a section “SNA in Russia: Progress and Prospects” at SUNBELT-2016 Conference

In October 2015 Research and Study Group "Network methods and models in text mining" resumed conducting its seminars. The head of the Group is Galina V. Gradoselskaya, assistant professor of the Department of Sociological Research Methods of the School of Sociology and leading research fellow of the International laboratory for Applied Network Research of HSE. The main purpose of the Group is to develop new methods of analysis of textual and communicative information. Seminars are held in Russian in the usual format - presentations of participants, group discussion and Q&A.

Senior researcher of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research Daria Maltseva participated in the workshop on research advances in social and semantic networks «Network Theory and Methods: Combining Structure, Content and Meanings?», which took place on August 31 - September 1 at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The ANR-Lab researchers attended the 12th conference of the European Sociological Association ESA-2015 «Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination», which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, in August 25 - August 28, 2015.

The ANR-Lab staff attended the XXXV Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).